Here's a reason you'll not hear for repealing the ACA. It's not a legal reason. It's not a constitutional reason. It is, however, a common sense reason.
From 1789 to 1791, the 1st session of the United States Congress was in session. As they were the first session of Congress that met under the new US Constitution, they had the un-eviable job of essentially building a country from scratch. As the First Federal Congress Project notes, this included "fleshing out the governmental structure outlined in the Constitution and addressing the difficult issues left unresolved by the Constitution."
If you're interested, you can see exactly what the House and Senate were up to in that first session. If you're the type who would rather have a printed volume in hand for some reason, you can always visit amazon and get your very own copy of the debates and proceedings. Nabu Press, ISBN 978-1143696558, weighing in at 700 pages.
Did you note that last number?
Seven hundred pages.
The "Affordable Care Act" weighs in at 2,700 pages.
Two thousand seven hundred pages.
In other words, the ACA is almost four times as complicated as establishing an entirely new republic.
By any complexity metric you want to use, that's just too much law.
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