A Republican-controlled Congress may never vote to repeal Obamacare. Because it might be blocked by Republicans.
You read that right. The GOP, which has exactly zero members of Congress who voted in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 and has made killing the law its central policy goal of the past five years, may be responsible for preventing any legislation aimed at crippling the law.
To be clear, the PPACA is all but assured to survive until at least the end of President Obama's term, so the current discussion over repeal efforts is largely symbolic. If the GOP can get a repeal bill through both houses of Congress, it will send a message to the public that it will be able to undo the health law in 2017 if there is a Republican in the White House.
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