Utah congressional Rep. Jason Chaffetz has suggested that citizens facing health care cuts need to make purchase decisions between their new cellphones and health care insurance.
He may be lucky enough to represent wealthy citizens who are not faced with such a dilemma. In Vancouver, we have elderly living on Social Security who now don’t have to choose between food and health care or drugs. With the passage of the American Health Care Act, this decision will become a reality.
We will be watching Jamie Herrera Beutler’s vote closely and whether she supports seniors on Medicaid or tax cuts for billionaires.
