Long-Time Republican Parkie Nixes Jeb Bush’s Health Care Reform

The NY Times reports that Jeb Bush, if elected President, would repeal the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare.

The article’s first paragraph immediately raises my hackles:

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush touted on Tuesday his plan to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with one that would increase tax credits for individuals, allowing them to buy coverage protection against “high-cost medical events.”

As soon as I hear bureaucratese like “high cost medical events,” I fumble for the nearest scrap of paper and scratch out a sonnet on anxiety.

But I’m not the only Parkie sweating bullets:

James Flathers, a long-time Republican voter who has Parkinson’s disease, said the president’s health care law was a financial savior when he had to switch jobs. Flathers said he is skeptical of Republican plans to repeal the law and wanted more details about how Bush’s plan would work.

“I think it would crush people like me,” he said.

Bush refused to answer questions from reporters and audience members after he announced his plan, an early-in-the-Halloween-season scary scenario.

Thanks to Wikipedia for the photo of wolves with raised hackles.