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Harriet Marsden
May 05, 2017

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You may be wondering why pictures of Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz on a scooter is clogging up your Twitter feed.
Republicans in the House of Representatives, including Chaffetz, just voted to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act (AHCA), also known as Obamacare - and he was one of them.
The new system, unaffectionately nicknamed 'Trumpcare', would allow insurance companies to increase the cost of healthcare for pre-existing conditions.
Chaffetz is the person who, back in March, compared the cost of healthcare with a new iPhone.
He's also someone who suffers from a foot ailment, caused by a 12-year-old injury.
Put another way, he suffers from a pre-existing condition.
Twitter has been quick to make this rather obvious connection, and he's become a meme...
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