Ady Barkan is a fierce activist fighting for democracy, health care, and his own life. He suffers from ALS and will need a ventilator shortly to keep him alive and breathing while his 18-month old son grows up. Barkan is also the campaign director for Fed Up and Campaign for Democracy, and has been fighting in the halls of Congress to keep this Republican tax scam bill from passing because he knows it will trigger automatic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid services which are keeping him alive now and into the future. He talked to Ali Velshi this afternoon about his hopes, his dreams, his son and the dehumanization of people in need by Republicans desperate to serve their masters. "So what should I tell my son, or what should [Republicans] tell my son if you pass this bill and he has to pay for my health care and I can't get a ventilator," Barkan asked Jeff Flake earlier this month.
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Karoli Kuns, The Daily Dot
Tue, 12/19/2017 - 2:08pm
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