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Despite pledging not to, Duffy voted to roll back the protections he plans to use after his ninth child is born.
Josh Israel
Aug 27, 2019, 9:28 am
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) announced on Monday that he will soon resign his House seat, citing family reasons. He and his wife, Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy, said their soon-to-be born ninth child will require heart surgery soon after her birth.
On Tuesday, Duffy explained that he had made sure the child will have access to health insurance despite her pre-existing conditions.
It is laudable that the Duffy family is preparing to provide as much care as possible for a child with serious medical challenges. But as a congressman, Duffy voted to take away those same important protections for others with pre-existing conditions directly contradicting his own campaign promises.
The couple went on Fox News on Tuesday morning to explain their decision and situation. Both discussed the challenging schedule a member of Congress must endure and expressed their commitment to being present for their family.
https://thinkprogress.org/retiring-congressman-duffy-to-rely-on-pre-existing-condition-protections-he-voted-to-repeal-cd226768dc66/
Maybe this "guy" can further his gas lighting.....................this is what he gets.....................
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43194.pdf
at140
(6,110 posts)Coventina
(26,844 posts)I find that I can forgive just about anything but hypocrisy.
The older I get, the more abhorrent I find it to be.
dchill
(38,315 posts)Literally, nothing like it.
Ohiogal
(31,657 posts)Can't see that anything would be so important to anyone else, yet when it affects THEM, that's a different story.
Nine kids on government health care .... gee that sounds an awful lot like a "welfare queen"......
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)dalton99a
(81,062 posts)stopdiggin
(11,089 posts)A common gap insurance universally available since 1986. Not sure if this has anything to do with "pre-existing condition" or ACA. The part of the article that points to Duffy "reversing" himself (like a good little GOP soldier) on ACA is completely justifiable. But then, the people of WI pretty much KNEW they were voting for MAGAts all along.
demmiblue
(36,742 posts)IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)there's no teaching them to care about other people
cp
(6,536 posts)Why would he quit a job with superb health insurance benefits and steady income right when his large family is going to need it? How can he afford the COBRA costs? What will he do after the 18 months of COBRA?
Suspect he already has a lucrative lobbyist job all fixed.
calimary
(80,693 posts)But NINE kids??????????
Youre THAT insecure about your manhood???
kairos12
(12,817 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(8,992 posts)Truly. Talk about what to expect and be thankful that Jimmy failed against dick moves to take away O-care.