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Related: About this forumRand Paul TORPEDOES Child Cancer Treatment Provision After Last Minute Push to Save It - The Bulwark
Sam Stein breaks down Rand Paul's vote against funding child cancer provisions in the Senate. - 12/21/2024.
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Rand Paul TORPEDOES Child Cancer Treatment Provision After Last Minute Push to Save It - The Bulwark (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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hlthe2b
(106,751 posts)1. It was reported repeatedly that the Senate saved it. What gives?
Rhiannon12866
(224,280 posts)2. That's what I heard reported too, I think the point is that Rand Paul tried to eliminate it. I mean, WTF??
Isn't he a doctor? An ophthalmologist, but still...
hlthe2b
(106,751 posts)3. He's an opthalmologist who could not even be accredited by the specialty board so he
went out and "created" a competing ophthalmology specialty board that is NOT official and not "real." He's also (obviously) a narcissistic, selfish, SOB. I don't have to wonder how his physician-neighbor was driven to rage against him sufficient for him to physically attack him. I may be a pacifist, but damn...