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Doodley

(9,088 posts)
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 09:47 AM Mar 2019

Why no fightback for the healthcare of the hundreds of thousands that benefit from Special Olympics?

Trump was forced to retreat over funding cuts to the Special Olympics. Those that benefit from that program are more likely to have a greater need for healthcare. Why dIdnt Democratic lawmakers highlight that Trump is still trying to take away their healthcare?

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Why no fightback for the healthcare of the hundreds of thousands that benefit from Special Olympics? (Original Post) Doodley Mar 2019 OP
Probably because he's trying to take away everybody's health care. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #1
Excellent Point-The Families of Disabled Americans Understand dlk Mar 2019 #2
It is currently a court case A DAY IN THE LIFE Mar 2019 #3

dlk

(11,549 posts)
2. Excellent Point-The Families of Disabled Americans Understand
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 09:54 AM
Mar 2019

Without adequate healthcare many of them would die. Republican antipathy toward healthcare for all Americans shows their hypocrisy on their purported “right to life” zealotry.

 
3. It is currently a court case
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 10:06 AM
Mar 2019

and not proposed legislation. They can make noise about Dolt45 wanting to end it. But the case was brought by several
republican state AGs.

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