There’s a Trump voter sitting in the front row of Jason Rittereiser’s “Listen & Learn” health-care forum in Auburn. Her name is Sharon. She’s got curly blonde hair, a smoky voice, and an arm in a sling. She works with horses down in Enumclaw, and she recently fell off of one and broke her arm in a way that didn’t require surgery. She says the medical bill came to $4,000, which was nowhere near as high as it could have been, but her $3,000 deductible made it nearly impossible to afford anyway.
“I have insurance, but I have such a high deductible. If I make one mistake—”
The Trump voter can’t even finish the sentence. She’s pissed. She’s anxious. She’s sad. She demands that all hospitals include urgent care facilities, and she wants to know what Rittereiser thinks of that idea. Instead of launching into a long explainer about why her suggestion might be difficult to implement, he looks her in the eyes and says he’ll “put that solution on the table” when he gets to Congress.
