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Conservatives backed the ideas behind Obamacare, so how did they come to hate it?

  • Written by Christopher Robertson, Professor of Law, Boston University
imageMitt Romney, left, and Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House, in a presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Both men backed some of the original ideas of the ACA.Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo

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