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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongressman announces cancer diagnosis months after characterizing illness as a personal failing
https://thinkprogress.org/mo-brooks-cancer-health-care-comments-0d472b2bc9ef/?fbclid=IwAR35fzt9vpjCgs_4J4Qp15JbPzfzTHeIerCzhLOc8gRmmbGWVz3bE-ZiX7wDuring a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) announced that he has prostate cancer.
Dont ever, ever, take your health or family for granted. During the holidays, enjoy your family, because no one, no one, is promised tomorrow, Brooks said, adding that he learned he has cancer following a doctors scan in October.
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While Republicans were trying to repeal Obamacare in May, Brooks who introduced a one-sentence Obamacare repeal bill in March went on CNN and defended Republicans plan to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people who have preexisting conditions, which he characterized as personal failings.
My understanding is that (the new proposal) will allow insurance companies to require people who have higher health care costs to contribute more to the insurance pool, Brooks said in comments that generated swift backlash. That helps offset all these costs, thereby reducing the cost to those people who lead good lives, theyre healthy, theyve done the things to keep their bodies healthy. And right now, those are the people whove done things the right way that are seeing their costs skyrocketing.
But people who lead good lives get cancer too, and discovering and treating it can be exorbitantly expensive. Nonetheless, Republicans like Brooks who support legislation that would result in tens of millions of people losing coverage routinely characterize insurance as a luxury item that some people
area51
(11,902 posts)Since he's a member of the republinazi party, I'm guessing the answer is no.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Please, as if it's possible for those people to actually learn.
SunSeeker
(51,545 posts)But I hope someone asks him why he didn't "lead a good life."
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)womp womp womp
Hekate
(90,616 posts)...because I am no longer very nice myself.
It won't occur to him to count his lucky stars that we, the taxpayers, are paying for his fcking insurance because he is a Congressman.
DFW
(54,328 posts)THEN he might realize what he has been advocating all this time.
($174,000 is just about what a member of the House gets as an annual salary)
sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)Yeah, Mr. Holier-Than-Thou. 😏
Must've lead less than a good life, huh?
Mariana
(14,854 posts)When "those people" get sick, it's because they didn't live right, and brought it on themselves. When Rep. Brooks gets sick, it's just bad luck and not his fault at all. Doesn't that make perfect sense?
Sprinkleeninow
sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)When the anointed get sick, it's a 'trial'. Or tribulation. Or test. God allows it to happen. Not to worry, they'll be delivered.
When godless people get sick with an infirmity, it's due to them living a crap-filled life and them having brought it upon themselves, doncha know. Seeing you godless ones don't 'know' God, good luck with your malady.
Do I need this thingy?:
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hope he suffers miserably.
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)safeinOhio
(32,656 posts)Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)
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dalton99a
(81,426 posts)to kill Americans by depriving them of their healthcare
Fuck him