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North Carolina resident Bev Veals recorded a phone call she had with a Tillis staffer, who compared health insurance to a "dress shirt" and said "if you can't afford it, you don't get to have it."
Tillis, who's facing a strong challenge in his bid for reelection this year, has voted several times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, without replacement legislation.
Millions of Americans have lost their employer-sponsored health insurance as a result of pandemic-related job losses.
Read more: VIDEO: GOP senator'''s office apologizes for staffer'''s dismissal of cancer survivor - Business Insider
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis' office was forced to publicly apologize after a constituent released a recording of a conversation she had with a staffer who dismissed her concerns about losing her health insurance amid the pandemic.
Bev Veals, a three-time cancer survivor, called her North Carolina senator's office recently to express her worries about not being able to afford her health insurance after her husband was furloughed.
"I wanted answers because the thought of having no healthcare and possibly getting sick with COVID is extremely frightening," Veals told local news outlet WRAL-TV. She said she's used her savings to pay for insurance recently.
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We will either pay for our healthcare, with preexisting condition, or we dont, and we suffer.
Strictly a transaction. And they can deny you till you are dead, even if you ARE covered.
Tillis, who's facing a strong challenge in his bid for reelection this year, has voted several times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, without replacement legislation.
Millions of Americans have lost their employer-sponsored health insurance as a result of pandemic-related job losses.
Read more: VIDEO: GOP senator'''s office apologizes for staffer'''s dismissal of cancer survivor - Business Insider
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis' office was forced to publicly apologize after a constituent released a recording of a conversation she had with a staffer who dismissed her concerns about losing her health insurance amid the pandemic.
Bev Veals, a three-time cancer survivor, called her North Carolina senator's office recently to express her worries about not being able to afford her health insurance after her husband was furloughed.
"I wanted answers because the thought of having no healthcare and possibly getting sick with COVID is extremely frightening," Veals told local news outlet WRAL-TV. She said she's used her savings to pay for insurance recently.
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We will either pay for our healthcare, with preexisting condition, or we dont, and we suffer.
Strictly a transaction. And they can deny you till you are dead, even if you ARE covered.