- Collapse Of Obamacare Repeal Campaign Ups Pressure on Republicans to Work with Democrats Los Angeles Times by Noam Levey and Lisa Mascaro — Congressional Republicans, their campaign to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in shambles, face mounting pressure to work with Democrats to make fixes to the 2010 healthcare law rather than roll it back. But it remains unclear whether the White House and GOP leaders are prepared to reach across the aisle to stabilize insurance markets and shield Americans from rising healthcare costs, especially if that also means being seen as betraying their years-long promise to repeal Obamacare.