Republicans predicted an Obamacare apocalypse. It hasn’t happened.

By Dana Milbank Opinion writer September 30 at 11:59 AM

It was a case of the dog that didn’t bark.

For 90 minutes this week, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed in their first presidential debate on a full range of issues. But meriting not a single mention? Obamacare.

The Affordable Care Act ripped apart the nation and dominated political argument for several years. But now, six years after enactment, Obamacare isn’t on the radar screen during this election. And for good reason: The predicted apocalypse has not occurred.

Remember that talk of Obamacare forcing employers to cut back on workers’ hours and even “phase out full-time work”? Didn’t happen. A thorough study by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that the law’s impact was, if anything, toward more full-time work.

Remember the talk about the “job-killing government takeover of health care”? The U.S. economy has added 15.1 million private-sector jobs over the last 78 months.

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