In all the ways that Congress and the Donald Trump administration have tried to depress participation in the Affordable Care Act individual markets, they are actively trying to make the nation worse, in hopes that some good will come of it eventually.

Blowing up the individual market in health insurance in order to blame it on the previous administration just seems like very foolish politics.

As I've said all year, and as far back as Barack Obama's first term, the best option all along for Republicans on health care may well be to just call "Obamacare" something else and call it a day a "pretend and rename" strategy.

It's not too late to avoid the trap, or at least the worst of it. Yes, if the bill dies in the Senate, Mitch McConnell and some or all Republican senators will take the blame and some Republican activists may hold it against them.

Democrats support adding to the ACA a government-run insurance program that would compete with private health insurance. But will they fight for it?

Medicaid expansion under PPACA is increasing as 30 of the 50 states sign up--will more Republican-dominated states follow?

What if the Supreme Court rules against the government in King v. Burwell, and the Obamacare subsidies end in states that have chosen not to set up health care exchanges?

If Republications win the King vs. Burwell case regarding PPACA, will Republicans in Congress find their constituents demanding a solution to the loss of Obamacare?