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Letter: Cancel health insurance for Congress

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is overjoyed that 24 million citizens will lose health insurance when his Affordable Care Act repeal plan is enacted. He calls this “merciful.”

I call upon our Congressman Dan Newhouse to immediately introduce a bill to cancel health insurance for Congress — insurance that we pay for. This would be the “merciful” thing to do.

Melvin Adams, Richland

This story was originally published March 24, 2017 at 4:24 AM with the headline "Letter: Cancel health insurance for Congress."

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