Rep Sensenbrenner, Repug, WI constituents concerned about health care #TownHall
He is from a gerrymandered district and is quite safe.
Sensenbrenner constituents concerned about health care
http://www.hngnews.com/waterloo_marshall/news/local/article_d8c7168c-1faf-11e7-88ed-832a11f5b1f1.html?platform=hootsuite
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner held a town hall meeting in the Waterloo Council Chamber in the municipal building Tuesday, April 11. He faced constituents that had questions on health care.
Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017 7:00 am
By Cathy Kozlowicz Courier reporter | 0 comments
Posted on Apr 13, 2017
by Diane Graff
Affording health care was still a pressing issue at Congressman’s Jim Sensenbrenner’s town hall meeting held at the Waterloo Municipal Building Tuesday morning, April 11.
About 15 constituents were in attendance. Many voiced concerns about the increasing price of Medicaid and Medicare, the American Health Care Act (ACHA) and the rising cost of premiums. The town hall meeting kicked off with a constituent asking, “Is healthcare a right or a privilege?”
“A privilege,” Sensenbrenner said. Even with Medicare, Sensenbrenner explained, that people have paid into it their whole lives. One constituent, as echoed by others present at the meeting that having health care is one of the pillars of the constitution, and that the health care needs of the people in the community need to be taken care of.
“The health care needs of people in Waterloo are real,” John Tyler, a constituent present at the meeting, said. “People in this area are lower income. People who are older and self-employed (and) cannot afford health insurance. If someone can’t afford it, they can lose their home if something happens.”...........
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