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turbinetree

(24,631 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 10:46 AM Aug 2019

Retiring Congressman Duffy to rely on pre-existing condition protections he voted to repeal

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

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Retiring Congressman Duffy to rely on pre-existing condition protections he voted to repeal (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2019 OP
He is a hypocrite then! nt at140 Aug 2019 #1
This is why I hate conservatives, and conservative "Christians" - the hypocrisy. Coventina Aug 2019 #2
Nothing like standing on principle. dchill Aug 2019 #3
They are all such hypocrites! Ohiogal Aug 2019 #4
Yep, NINE kids on taxpayer-funded healthcare dalton99a Aug 2019 #6
Kick dalton99a Aug 2019 #5
he is planning to employ COBRA insurance stopdiggin Aug 2019 #7
But, of course. n/t demmiblue Aug 2019 #8
I don't get Republicans IronLionZion Aug 2019 #9
Why is he really quitting? cp Aug 2019 #10
Most likely. He wouldn't have just jumped out of the plane without a parachute. calimary Aug 2019 #11
Another vile hypocrite. kairos12 Aug 2019 #12
He needs to go on Kimmel. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2019 #13

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
2. This is why I hate conservatives, and conservative "Christians" - the hypocrisy.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 10:50 AM
Aug 2019

I find that I can forgive just about anything but hypocrisy.

The older I get, the more abhorrent I find it to be.

Ohiogal

(31,657 posts)
4. They are all such hypocrites!
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 11:05 AM
Aug 2019

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"......

stopdiggin

(11,089 posts)
7. he is planning to employ COBRA insurance
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 11:34 AM
Aug 2019

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.

cp

(6,536 posts)
10. Why is he really quitting?
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 01:29 PM
Aug 2019

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)
11. Most likely. He wouldn't have just jumped out of the plane without a parachute.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 01:41 PM
Aug 2019

But NINE kids??????????

You’re THAT insecure about your “manhood”???

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,992 posts)
13. He needs to go on Kimmel.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 01:51 PM
Aug 2019

Truly. Talk about what to expect and be thankful that Jimmy failed against dick moves to take away O-care.

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