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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUN sent letter to Congress: "Taking away healthcare is illegal." So Republicans made it disappear.
TL;DROn February 2nd, the UN sent a letter to the State Department that taking away people's healthcare would violate international treaties. That letter somehow got "lost".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/apparently-repealing-obamacare-could-violate-international-law/2017/04/25/2794a77c-29f4-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.83f64ed4dbbb
A confidential, five-page urgent appeal from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in Geneva, sent to the Trump administration, cautions that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act could put the United States at odds with its international obligations. The Feb. 2 memo, which I obtained Tuesday, was sent to the State Department and expresses serious concern about the prospective loss of health coverage for almost 30 million people, which could violate the right to social security of the people in the United States.
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OHCHR requested that copies of the letter be shared with majority and minority leadership in both chambers of Congress and proposed that the wider public should be alerted to the potential implications of the above-mentioned allegations.
Apparently that didnt happen. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosis office and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumers office said they didnt receive the letter, and officials in House Speaker Paul D. Ryans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells offices said Tuesday that they were unaware of it.
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UN sent letter to Congress: "Taking away healthcare is illegal." So Republicans made it disappear. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Apr 2017
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NunnesBuznat
(47 posts)1. Does anyone even work at the state department anymore?
I was pretty sure that Trump was storing unsold steaks there now. I wouldn't be surprised if it did indeed get lost, and not "lost".
NewRedDawn
(790 posts)8. The Russian FSB is.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)3. It's a Grand Coverup
Doing the dirty work behind closed doors.
No release of papers on Michael Flynn. Focus on Muslims and Mexicans, anything
but Russians. Refuse to elicit public comment on reversing National Monuments, just
ask Corporations and Governors and make public lands into a private property issue.
Rule by Secrecy. And Theft.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)4. The UN loves the little people of the USA. #45 and Repukes in Congress, well, not so much. nt
BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)5. Does anything
surprise you by now from his corrupt administration? I'm admittedly only on my first cup of coffee this morning, but when I read this it was like "o.k. its trump and the gang". No surprise no .... anything , just ..... you know , more?"
nycbos
(6,034 posts)6. DO you think they care?
Amishman
(5,557 posts)7. They know the UN is effectively powerless
So they ignore it