Fixes, not repeals, more typical for major legislation like Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, came closer to repeal as the U.S. Senate and House last week passed a “budget reconciliation” order to launch a formal legislative process that may lead to substantial repeal. Or maybe not.

The stakes could hardly be higher for 22-30 million Americans at risk of losing health insurance, plus tens of millions more at risk of losing key health benefits. Also, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Monday said that 18 million people would lose insurance in 2018 and 32 million by 2016 and