Despite campaign promises, complete repeal of Affordable Care Act could be difficult

President Barack Obama’s 2010 National Health Care Reform law extended medical insurance to 25 million people — including about 180,000 in Iowa — by expanding Medicaid in 31 states and creating subsidized coverage for individuals through exchanges. Republican President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to repeal the ACA — more commonly called Obamacare. However, making good on that promise may be easier said than done.

Pete Damiano, Director of the Public Policy Center and the PPC's Health Policy Research Program, weighed in. 

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