"Conservatives have long wanted to reverse an Obamacare requirement that all health plans include 10 key benefits, including emergency services, drug use treatment and maternity care.
It has led some people to question why they are paying for services they say they do not need - like pediatric care for people who have no intention of having children.
Republican Senator Pat Roberts expressed that view on Thursday, when asked about the negotiations, saying: "I wouldn't want to lose my mammograms."
He later tweeted an apology: "I deeply regret my comments on a very important topic. Mammograms are essential to women's health & I never intended to indicate otherwise." "
(From the BBC)
Selfish disregard for your fellow man - or woman? Is this the American Dream? And I bet Roberts would claim to be a Christian as well
I think the education system will be next in line - why bother with (godless?) state education when the GOP lawmakers don't use it?
I found many voices like Roberts when working in the States on a commissioning job.
They asked about our NHS but couldn't get their heads around the idea that we all pay towards it through NI and taxes and it wasn't tailored to our individual needs.
I heard comments that we were paying for all sorts of things that we would never use such as maternity units if I was single and male, or screening programmes for women.
It's a very stand on your own feet society and the idea of an NHS was too leftish or pink as they put it.
I also spoke to some workers who could see the drawbacks of their health system and one women told me that if you have a disabled child and you are not very rich you can forget having a comfortable life in the financial sense.
Trump is going to cause a lot of pain for many Americans over the next four years. Just what sort of leader they will vote for in 2020 will be very interesting. The Democrats will need to choose their candidates very carefully as the people voting will not want to be hoodwinked again.
