Keeping fat cat GOP donors happy

President Trump and the Republicans in the U.S. House have finally accomplished a eight-year long goal of repealing Obamacare.

Of course, they didn't bother to delay their vote long enough for the nonpartisan CBO to "score" the legislation because they didn't want to acknowledge how many millions of people will lose coverage and how much more their plan will cost after removing the 3½ percent tax the wealthy used paid into Obamacare.

So, Trump and Paul Ryan took a victory lap for passing legislation that defunds planned parenthood, frequently the only source of medical care for poor women in rural areas, allows states to seek a waiver to throw people with pre-existing conditions into a "high risk pool" that's underfunded, I wonder what those premiums will be, cover millions fewer people and rewards the wealthy with a giant tax break. Once again, money for the rich is the predominant motivation for Republicans.

Keeping the fat cat GOP donors happy is more important than affordable health care that truly helps the middle-class and poor.

Tom Minnerick

Elgin