A key part of Obamacare is in jeopardy
A God-fearing Texas tycoon is challenging it
Political mega-donors are an eccentric lot, but even among them Steven Hotze stands out. The Houston doctor got rich by hawking hormone therapies for all sorts of ills. Motivated by outlandish beliefs—birth control makes women less attractive to men and homosexual activists are “termites” who nibble away at society, to name but two—he used his money to buoy Bible-thumping politicians. When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, to expand health-insurance coverage, the hormone magnate filed lawsuits against it and released a pop-techno song, “God Fearing Texans Stop Obamacare”.
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United States December 2nd 2023
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