Latest Republican health bill ‘a porkfest, a monstrosity’, Rand Paul says

  • Kentucky senator says he will not vote for bill to proceed to debate this week
  • Rightwinger Paul wants clean repeal of Affordable Care Act

Rand Paul, one of the conservative senators who has helped to hold up Republican healthcare reform, on Sunday derided the current Senate bill as a “monstrosity” and a “porkfest” and said he would not vote for it to proceed to debate this week.

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