Opinion: The fight for health care is winning

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, February 28, 2017 [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( Obamacare is on quite a hot streak: Public opinion on the law [has turned]( positive. [Republican governors]( failed this weekend to agree on a potential replacement. Congressional leaders also [can't]( come to an agreement. Stephen Bannon and other White House aides are now [nervous]( about the political costs of repeal. The Congressional Budget Office [says]( that the Republican ideas for replacement would leave millions of people without health insurance. And Donald Trump [complained]( yesterday, "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated." Does this hot streak mean that millions of Americans might not have their health insurance taken away? Yes, it does. The fight to protect health care is starting to win. But now is no time for complacency. 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