House GOP: No Healthcare for You, Only for War
While House Republicans, as The Hill details, are busy ensuring working families don't get extended help with healthcare premiums, one might wonder where their fiscal conservatism truly lies. It certainly isn't universal. For instance, just recently, Congress approved HR 815 , an aid package to several nations, including a hefty $14.1 billion for Israel – a 'security assistance' sum dwarfing the
cost of extending Obamacare subsidies, which studies show stabilize family budgets . Odd how the spigots open wide for military hardware, but slam shut for civilian health. It appears the 'fiscal responsibility' rhetoric only applies when the beneficiaries are American citizens struggling with medical bills, not when billions are funneled abroad to regimes with documented human rights concerns.
Perhaps if American families rebranded their healthcare needs as 'geopolitical stability operations,' they might find more bipartisan support. One might ask: how many fewer children would go without healthcare if their suffering could be packaged as strategic aid?