we are in stage 2 of republican policy prevention:
stage 1: accept there is a problem and propose a conservative market based solution
stage 2: when the left finally adopts and is OK with conservative solution, switch to denying that there was a problem in the first place
stage 3: deny the problem for long enough, so that way it is now unfixable
stage 4: use this as evidence that some other problem cannot possibly be solved either
Stage 5: PROFIT
stage 6: rinse and repeat
see also: healthcare policy, gun rights, sexual assault/harassment etc