Why do the Republicans hate ObamaCare?

Answer 1

That is a question that even some moderate Republicans are having trouble explaining. The Obama Care plan (the Affordable Care Act) is based on the successful Massachusetts plan that Mitt Romney designed, which he now seems unwilling to acknowledge, or claims was only for Massachusetts-- not what he said back then, when he was justifiably proud of it. Further, many Republicans wanted an individual mandate, and under a plan proposed by the Heritage Foundation and promoted in 1993 by Republican Senator Bob Dole, that was part of it.

But given the Republican strategy to object to anything Obama wanted, this has forced Republicans to oppose the same plans they had once strongly championed. People who study politics can only conclude the Republican objections are politically motivated. That said, there are some very real questions about the future costs of the Affordable Care Act, and these questions could in fact be debated. But the plan itself is not radical (many of the claims about it are demonstrably false, and have been debunked by fact-checking sites); and the plan itself is based on ideas both parties have agreed with in the past. So the Republican effort to demonize it is puzzling.

The GOP had people's interests at heart. This bill is much too expensive, people are losing their coverage because of mandates, and Obama lied about you being able to keep your plan and doctor. Some will, many will not. He continued to lie about this even after he knew that would not be the case!