Article from the Courier-Journal by Thomas Novelly.
Senator Rand Paul has found an ally in President Donald Trump.
“Today’s a big day, Trump is doing what I believe is the biggest free-market reform of healthcare in a generation,” Paul said at the signing. “I’m very glad to be a part of this and I really want to commend the president for having the boldness and the leadership and the foresight to get this done.”
As Republicans fail to unite on a healthcare bill, Trump has taken matters into his own hands and signed an executive order Thursday seeking to expand access to cheap insurance over state lines, a solution Paul has been collaborating with Trump on for the last nine months.
“At 11:15 a.m. Eastern today, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul attend President Trump’s signing of an executive order regarding expanding access to Association Health Plans, a press advisory from Paul’s office said.
Read the entire article at the Courier-Journal.
And, over at OFA, et. al., there is collective “wailing and gnashing of teeth” at the thought that their “dear leader’s” attempt to fundamentally transform the nation’s healthcare into European-style socialized medicine may be falling onto the ash heap of history. Prepare for more “grandmother-over-the-cliff” rhetoric in a desperate attempt to solicit contribution from their indoctrinated “useful idiots.”
He needs to go one step further and rescind the exemption of congress from Obamacare.
This is just what our POTUS should do. We the people are plumb sick and tired of the rinos, and liberals not working to improve gov. It has been a long time coming for the folks who work at our behest to be on the side of those who were smart enough to get-er done. Sic-em President Trump. And decrease the over – all size of the Federal gov. And do clean the swamp of all the graft, and fraud, and special interest groups, and lobbyist.
Good Luck.