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On Obamacare, Republicans Negotiate Their Terms of Surrender 
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On Obamacare, Republicans Negotiate Their Terms of Surrender 

The GOP seems willing to provide more federal funds for the Affordable Care Act beneficiaries, but wants to spend less and not fund abortion.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks to reporters on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

When Democrats and Republicans put forward competing Senate bills Thursday to provide enhanced federal support to more than 20 million people getting their insurance through the Affordable Care Act, to many people it might look like a genuine debate. 

To the American Enterprise Institute’s Yuval Levin, an expert on health care policy, it looks like “the Republicans are basically negotiating their surrender” on Obamacare.

John McCormack is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was Washington correspondent at National Review and a senior writer at The Weekly Standard. When John is not reporting on politics and policy, he is probably enjoying life with his wife and daughters in northern Virginia or having fun visiting family in Wisconsin.

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