The problem with this line of thinking is that when the gloom and doom predictions all come true, the Democrats will start crying that the GOP knew about the ramifications and somehow should have done something sooner, despite their opposition to Obamacare and Democrat attempts to block anything to do with repealing or tweaking it.
You know, sort of like how they blamed the GOP for not being in lock step with Pelosi, forcing the democrats to give in to their more moderate members' demands just to get the votes to get the thing passed.