In terms of policy, the immediate impact of the Supreme Court fight is most obvious on the fate of Obamacare. So worth remembering what Rs declared about the ACA: It wouldn't work, it would kill jobs, and it would explode the budget deficit. How did it turn out? 1/

ACA went into full effect in 2014. Uninsured rates (<65) in US and CA, which expanded Medicaid and in general implemented the law as intended 2/

Employment. See the effect of ACA (and also Trump election)? Neither do I 3/

Budget deficit. Budget costs of ACA were modest, because most uninsured were relatively young and hence cheap 4/

The point is that we shouldn't just criticize Rs for not having a replacement (and lying about it). Their critique of O'care has also been wrong every step of the way 5/