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Would the GOP's healthcare ideas work? It depends on your definition of 'work.'

Just like in the 2012 election, every Republican candidate for president wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Some of the candidates have even come forward with ideas for replacing it, and we are beginning to get a sense of what Republican healthcare reform might look like.

Judging from rhetoric alone, Republicans seem to want to achieve what Obamacare has already accomplished.

For example, in a recent op-ed, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio wrote that "we need to make affordable, quality healthcare accessible in the 21st century." Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, for his part, wants to "provide refundable tax credits to individuals who do not have employer-based coverage to make health insurance more affordable," and to "protect all Americans with preexisting conditions.