Forward Kentucky: Rand Paul wants you to overpay for insulin. Can’t afford it? Tough.
By BERRY CRAIG
Sen. Rand Paul thinks the government has no responsibility to help anybody who needs help.
He’s rich, but believes that if you’re poor, you’re on your own. He believes only white lives matter. He’s anti-science. He’s so fanatically opposed to women’s reproductive freedom that he’s introduced a bill that defines life as beginning at conception. Paul also despises unions.
None of that is news. But this is: Kentucky’s junior senator, who’s seeking a third term on Nov. 8, voted against a $35-per-month cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs for people not on Medicare. The Democrats wanted the limit in their sweeping budget bill, which passed on a straight party line vote — with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie — and is expected to clear the Democratic-majority House.