A critical crowd of constituents confronted House Ways and Means Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) at an event Tuesday afternoon to grill him over his support for plans to repeal Obamacare without a replacement ready.
Fifty or so attendees came to an hourlong session billed by Brady’s staff as an opportunity for “local people affected by ObamaCare” to “share their experiences with rising costs and loss of coverage and choice,” according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
“Don’t lie!” one attendee shouted when Brady claimed that Planned Parenthood uses taxpayer money for abortion. The Hyde Amendment prohibits using federal funds to pay for any health coverage that includes abortion, as the attendee noted.
Brady said that he was not shaken by the apparent opposition he faced, however.
“This is health care,” he said, as quoted by the Chronicle. “They should be passionate.”
And the native haven’t even begun to become truly restless.
more of this please.
“Let them eat penicillin.”
It is interesting that prior to the November elections all we heard was how poor the ratings were for the ACA. Now, when the damage is done by electing anti-ACA legislators and President, the tide seems to have switched. Legislator after legislator is confronted by constituents saying do not repeal the ACA. (However, it appears to be to little to late.)
Evidently people aren’t willing to live in an alternate reality when it comes to getting their health care paid for. Or wait—no. That’s wrong. Let me try again. Despite their desire to vote for a candidate who’s more emotionally satisfying in important but less tangible ways, they’re upset with the real-world efforts of that candidate and his party to take away their damn health insurance. Or something. This respecting people is complicated stuff, I’ll tell you.