Politically, handling the Affordable Care Act or not taking it on are both dangerous. While numerous citizens don't understand all that the federal health law does, a few of its rules delight in broad assistance. That's especially true of the protections for individuals with medical issues under the existing law, insurance companies are disallowed from declining them for coverage or charging them more than individuals without such conditions.

Experts on both sides expect issues about health expenses and health law to play a large function once again in 2020. For Republicans, "the threat of doing nothing potentially leaves no port in a storm if the ACA is reversed lawfully," Rosen says. "However a more limited version, which is what most Republicans are for, is most likely to be met the very same issues.

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