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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...
Jason Chaffetz, fresh from surgery FOR A PREEXISTING CONDITION, en route to sign death warrant for disabled childre… https://t.co/SE9w6bKjxi— rob delaney (@rob delaney) 1493914267
Rolling hypocrisy: @jasoninthehouse returns from his coveted surgery to take away your healthcare. #Trumpcare… https://t.co/bj5KmDS3Xy— Steve Marmel 💉 💉 💉 (@Steve Marmel 💉 💉 💉) 1493919028
Disabled man goes for gleeful scooter ride on his way to take away Americans' health care. #VoteNoAHCA… https://t.co/ZyzWOxrd0T— Spinoza (@Spinoza) 1493914750
Find someone who looks at you the way Jason Chaffetz looks at a bill that strips 24 million people of access to hea… https://t.co/tbxpbLrESH— Scafe says wear a gd mask (@Scafe says wear a gd mask) 1493914811
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