The real knock on Trump is actually that he wants to do his part to kill off a decreasingly private system in this country, and further socialize it.

But you’re not going to hear Democrats say that, because “repeal Obamacare” is assumed by everyone to mean “go back to health care the way it was in the early 2000s” (which I think most of us would agree sucked, even if we don’t think Obamacare was an improvement), “repeal Obamacare” is scary and voters respond to fear, and— let’s be honest— a huge chunk of the Democratic base sees Obamacare as the really weak sauce moderate version of what they hope someday can be instituted in America: Something like Medicare for All. Biden needs those votes and he needs them bad. His polling numbers suck, even with diehard Democrats. “Trump wants to take away your Obamacare” is a really potent line of attack, even if what Trump actually wants to do probably makes Elizabeth Warren look mildly free market.

Now, why aren’t we hearing all this from the media, you’re probably wondering. Well, I assume we may hear about it from Avik Roy, or Peter Suderman, or Phil Klein. Those were the original writers with expertise in health care who took Obamacare to the woodshed as a proposal, from a free market perspective.