What if the healthcare issue simply remains in dispute until after 2018?

[MineralMan]

That's what it's looking like to me. If that occurs, ACA will remain in effect, and people will not feel the impact of the GOP changes. What that will mean is that we will need to make it clear to voters what the GOP wanted to do. That could prove difficult, I'm afraid, since so many voters pay so little attention to what is really happening.

If there is no pain, it's going to be troublesome to make the gains we need to make in the 2018 election. GOTV is going to be crucial, as will be the need for constant reminders of what the GOP is trying to do to this country.

[beachbum bob]

1. 18 months of discussion and debate won't help conservatives

[MineralMan]

3. I don't think it will generate a huge turnout, either.

We're going to have to dig in and help get people to the polls, as always. I hope we do it better in 2018 than we did in 2010 and 2014.

[moda253]

2. I think the senate lets it die and then blames Dems for it's death

But I don't think that is going to be a winning strategy for them either.

[flamingdem]

4. I think the AHCA doesn't go into effect, if passed, until Jan. 2019

So it won't impact the 2018 election very much, pain will be felt by 2020 though.

I'm not sure about the timing - cuts to subsidies may happen sooner than 2019.

[Demsrule86]

5. Democrats should run on saving and fixing the ACA...the evil GOP still wants it gone.