We can expect the bishops to give lip-service to the changes to the ACA, e.g. loss of 23 million people otherwise covered under Medicaid, subsidies, etc. The bishops only care if the one percenters see the bishops covering the Republicans and encouraging the sheep to vote for the GOP. No-one who gives 6-figure checks in donations does so out of pure altruism. They look for a benefit to their "bottom-line" which would involve, in this case, tax cuts, and regulation roll-backs. The bishops encourage votes for the GOP ostensibly due to "church teachings", e.g. anti-abortion, contraception, SSM. However, those are just galvanic issues to charge up the base and garner votes for the GOP. The real agenda is the revenue stream from the "donor-class". Never bite the hand that feeds you!