Republicans must learn from their crash-and-burn attempt to repeal Obamacare

Health care is going to play a key role in Republicans’ budget reconciliation efforts, but they risk failure by repeating the mistakes of 2017.

During the first Trump administration, Republicans famously pursued a longstanding campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. However, the effort went down in flames after it became clear that there were policy, political and process concerns that prevented Republicans from coalescing around a single proposal. 

As the...