GOP Senator Blames Opioid Epidemic On...Obamacare?

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Republicans and various conspiracy theorists have said a lot of crazy things about the Affordable Care Act. Think death panels or microchips embedded under your skin. But Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) appears to have come up with a brand-new one: Americans abuse heroin and painkillers because of Obamacare.

Yes, he actually made this argument.

Because it’s not enough for conservatives to say that the Affordable Care Act raised health insurance prices for some people, or that it costs the government too much money, or that the federal government shouldn’t legally mandate that people get health coverage.

GOP Senator Blames Opioid Epidemic On...Obamacare? - The Huffington Post - US
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This shit is getting very strange..

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1. Cons are Hell bent on destroying the ACA.