While President Trump is delivering on his promises to Make America Great Again, establishment Republicans in Congress are squandering their opportunity by pursuing a doomed effort to bail out Obamacare instead of advancing the bold MAGA healthcare agenda that Americans voted for.
According to a damning new analysis from The Federalist, GOP leaders have frittered away months that should have been spent developing real healthcare alternatives that put patients first and government last. Instead, they're playing defense for a system that was designed to fail from the start.
This is exactly the kind of swamp thinking that Trump campaigned against—and it's a guaranteed path to losing the 2026 midterms.
Where's the MAGA Healthcare Plan?
Patriots didn't vote for Republican majorities so they could patch up Obama's healthcare disaster. They voted for the complete dismantling of government-run medicine and a return to free-market solutions that actually work for working families.
"Republicans should have spent the past months developing Obamacare alternatives, not engaging in a pointless effort to bail it out," the analysis notes. This isn't rocket science—it's basic political strategy that any competent party leadership should understand.
But instead of rallying behind Trump's vision of healthcare freedom, establishment Republicans are doing what they do best: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
A Recipe for Midterm Disaster
Here's the brutal truth: voters don't reward politicians for propping up failed systems. They reward bold leadership that delivers real change. When Republicans waste time trying to make Obamacare work, they're essentially telling voters that Democrats were right all along.
"This is how parties lose elections—by abandoning their core principles and chasing after policies that excite absolutely no one in their base."
Trump's base wants healthcare that's affordable, accessible, and free from government interference. They want medical freedom, not medical tyranny. Yet GOP leadership seems determined to ignore this mandate.
The clock is ticking toward the midterms, and every day spent bailing out Obamacare is a day not spent advancing the America First agenda that swept Trump back into power. It's time for Republicans to choose: stand with Trump and the MAGA movement, or prepare to explain to voters why they failed to deliver when it mattered most.