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GOP lawmaker at town hall: “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care”

  • In a town hall one day after congressional Republicans passed the American Health Care Act and celebrated with a couple of cold brewskies, U.S. Rep Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) shut down the importance of health care at a town hall in Lewiston, Idaho, the Idaho Statesman reported. 
  • If passed in the Senate, the AHCA could strip 24 million Americans of their insurance.
  • After a woman in the audience said a person’s lack of health care could cost someone their life, Labrador begged to differ.
  • “That line is so indefensible,” Labrador said. “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.” Read more. (5/6/17, 9:04 AM)
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