Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

The Messy Politics of Obamacare Repeal

Voters aren't as hostile as Republicans. It'll be hard to satisfy both.

November 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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Donald Trump and Republicans are about to encounter a political nightmare: unraveling Obamacare.

Already there are tensions between Trump, who's been shaky on the specifics of the 2010 health-care law and says he wants to keep the popular parts, and congressional leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan and conservative think tanks who ideologically, almost theologically, oppose anything associated with the Affordable Care Act.