And a funny thing happened along the way: Americans have suddenly decided that they're pretty cool with the government being involved in their health care, after all. This, of course, has been the GOP's biggest complaint about the Affordable Care Act — that it amounts to big government and government-run health care, ballooning costs and resulting in poorer care than the free market would provide. But as the reality of Obamacare repeal has begun to set in, the opposition seems to have morphed and taken its foot off the gas. And the guarantees that come with government-involved health care are suddenly looking more and more attractive. That's a prospect that is clearly scary to a large number of Americans, who have apparently decided they're okay with government-involved health care.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 19:46 UTC