Letters: GOP may achieve its ends without repealing ACA

"Jim Boots is exactly right that conservatives constantly complain about Obamacare but can't put forth an alternative either on an individual basis or as a unified position for legislation. By default, then, their many efforts to repeal it would put the U.S. health care system back to its pre-Obama status quo. Has any conservatives ever specifically advocated that? Would anybody want that?"

"If it's possible to bring a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Justice on behalf of the statutes, Constitution, internal rules, courts, Congress and residents of the United States of America, count me in. Renee Good is far from the first person the department has publicly proclaimed guilty without conducting any investigation into the matter beyond the president's social media posts about it. The Department of Justice has become the Department of Just Following Orders."

Conservatives frequently complain about Obamacare but fail to propose viable individual or legislative alternatives, which would restore the pre-ACA health care status quo if repeal succeeded. Legislative maneuvers may instead render the ACA so expensive that eligible people cannot afford coverage, effectively achieving repeal by making enrollment unaffordable. The Department of Justice is accused of publicly declaring individuals guilty without investigation and of following orders or political signals rather than pursuing impartial justice. Protests over fatal shootings elicit accusations of hypocrisy when responses to different deaths appear inconsistent, prompting calls for protesters to adhere to nonviolent and lawful tactics.

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