Shot: Obamacare gets tangled in Hatfield-McCoy feud
By Paul Bedard; Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Correspondent | |
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The leader of the feuding Hatfield family, who fears Obamacare will bankrupt the medical careers of his three children, is jumping into politics to help a
"They're going to be put of business,"
Hatfield is surviving face of the 1800s Hatfield & McCoy feud and the most famous surrogate for
Reed, who owns a handful small town of pharmacies with his wife, got into the race because he fears Obamacare and other federal regulations will put many small businesses and doctors out of business as insurance companies favor larger operations.
"This is no fun," he said of campaigning. "I just wanted people to leave me alone."
But as he's campaigned through the sprawling
That approach won Hatfield over. "He's not a politician, he's a concerned citizen who decided to get involved. I think he would go there and stand up and speak his peace," said Hatfield, who has been promoting Reed on his popular Facebook page and in community meetings.
"It's time for a change. The people really are angry," said Hatfield, whose 1863-1891 family feud was recently made into a TV mini-series starring
Hatfield is a member in the legendary Hatfield and
Reed said he is so worried about Obamacare that he will advise this four young children to steer clear of the medical business. "We've stopped practicing medicine and now we're third-party administrators," he said of the wave of paperwork now required to fulfill insurance claims.
He is also running against the surge in regulations from agencies like the
To fix that, he is proposing a "Regulatory Bill of Rights" for Americans against overregulation. "The overreach of government is permeating every business I go in," he told Secrets.
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