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Barr’s curious vote on health care

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr claims to be a fiscal conservative.

However, on Jan. 13, he voted to increase the U.S. debt by more than $9 trillion in the next decade as part of a strategy to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

This plan will not only take away health insurance from nearly 13,000 of his working-class and low-income constituents but also will cut taxes for couples earning more than $250,000 a year.

Just who is Barr working for? Not his constituents.

Mark Swanson

Lexington

This story was originally published January 20, 2017 at 7:44 PM with the headline "Barr’s curious vote on health care."

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