Ben Domenech in 2013: "Of all the absurd memes repeated by the policy-bereft media these days, the idea that Republicans have no plan to replace Obamacare is one of the most irritatingly false." https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2013-04-25/there-is-still-no-republican-health-policy-agenda https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1304892879886848001

This was the topic on which the "smart" conservative policy commentators were the most huffily disingenuous for YEARS.

They were full of shit, they were full of shit when they denied being full of shit, and once they took control of the government and showed everyone they were full of shit, they just stopped talking about healthcare altogether.

While "repeal and replace" was a lie, my favorite bullshit GOP health policy phrase is "patient-centered health care" because it doesn't mean anything at all. It is, as they say on Veep, noise-shaped air.