Having effectively beaten Obama in November, Trump will be eager to finish off his legacy by putting an end of Obamacare in 2021. To do so, however, he will have to deal with the GOP dissidents in the Senate, and there is the small matter of the virus to contend with, as well. Does he succeed?
It’s close, but the answer is yes. The left wing of the GOP, such as it is, is persuaded to take an axe to federal expenditures on health care in the name of austerity and deficit reduction. Congress turns Obamacare into a block grant, and millions of poor workers, many of them GOP voters, lose their insurance. Trump and the leadership rejoice. At long last, victory is theirs!