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Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

GOP lawmaker: Poor people would have health coverage if they didn’t spend money on ‘that new iPhone’

Author:     Brad Reed
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     07 Mar 2017 at 08:22 ET
Link: GOP lawmaker: Poor people would have health coverage if they didn’t spend money on ‘that new iPhone’
Stephan:   I want to emphasize again that the disastrous current circumstances of the United States are not due entirely to Donald Trump. The Republican Party is almost completely complicit and in support of the Fascism he epouses. Representative Jason Chaffetz Republican representative from Utah is a particularly scummy example of what I mean -- thanks, not, Utah voters. One of the things that defines these cretins is their contempt for ordinary people. Here's what I mean.

Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz Credit: CNN

The Republican Party’s proposed Obamacare replacement plan is already facing a storm of criticism, and Republican lawmakers are scrambling to defend it on cable news networks.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) appeared on CNN Tuesday morning to explain why obtaining health care is a matter of personal responsibility for millions of Americans, and not an area that requires government intervention.

In particular, Chaffetz said that, under the new GOP plan, poor Americans would be forced to make wise financial decisions if they really wanted to have access to health care.

“You know what, Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice,” he said. “And so maybe, rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on, maybe they should invest in their own health care.”

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average premium for an individual health care plan in the United States is just over $235 per month. Buying an iPhone 7 […]

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