Republicans are lost in the wilderness on health-care policy

Republicans have no idea what a conservative health-care system would even do

Sen. Lindsey Graham and other Republican senators.
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The cynical explanation for Sen. Lindsey Graham's warning last weekend that failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act would mean the eventual enactment of "BernieCare" and "single-payer socialism" is that he was trying to whip up the rubes. Graham was speaking on Breitbart's Patriot Channel on satellite radio, after all; he wasn't talking soberly about public-policy alternatives.

"This is not about repealing and replacing ObamaCare. This is about stopping a march towards socialism," Graham said with bellicosity.

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Scott Galupo

Scott Galupo is a freelance writer living in Virginia. In addition to The Week, he blogs for U.S. News and reviews live music for The Washington Post. He was formerly a senior contributor to the American Conservative and staff writer for The Washington Times. He was also an aide to Rep. John Boehner. He lives with his wife and two children and writes about politics to support his guitar habit.