Who really benefits from health bill?
I saw on the nightly news Sen. Mitch McConnell trying to justify the Senate version of McConnell/Trumpcare, saying “Americans need relief now.”
Relief now? Is he referring to the 22 million men, women and children in jeopardy of losing their health care or the tens of thousands of dollars in tax breaks the richest Americans will gain by the bill’s passage?
It’s a curious statement from a man whose own health insurance for over 30 years has been paid by some of the same people whose health care he so flippantly wants to take.
Bob Sutton
Springfield
This story was originally published June 27, 2017 at 7:11 PM with the headline "Who really benefits from health bill?."