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Matt Gaetz Blames Insulin Prices On Overweight People

Source: Crooks and Liars

AKA brain droppings from a fathead.

Matt Gaetz actually sent an email newsletter to constituents (he's obviously sure they don't or can't read) which said the following:

While Democrat posturing of H.R. 6833 victimizes insulin payees as people with an uncontrollable disease that are being taken advantage of and need Big Brother to throw them a raft, lifestyle changes en masse would expeditiously lower demand and the subsequent prices of insulin.

90-95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which “can be prevented or delayed with healthy lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, eating healthy food, and being active.” Arbitrary price controls are no substitute for individual weight control.

Since 2000, the number of diabetes cases in the U.S. has nearly doubled. The demand for insulin has increased and the requisite price increase has followed suit. In other words, the price of insulin increases as waistlines increase.

No comment on the fact that a great many people struggling with the price of insulin are totally not-obese CHILDREN.

Matt just fat-shamed the 25% of Florida residents who fall in the "obese" category.

I guess he figures that since he's gotten away with underage sex trafficking so far, this isn't a big deal.

Matt would never call Donald Trump "obese" to his face, but he clearly blames fat Florida seniors like Donald for INSULIN PRICES.

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2022/04/matt-gaetz-blames-insulin-prices

Hey, Matt -When are you going to blame ALL health issues on the fact that people get those health issues? Can't afford cancer treatments? - Simple, don't get cancer.

Remember the famous saying from that Democratic congressman about the Republican solution to healthcare, " Hurry up and die"