People applaud this woman's viral response to Rod Blum on maternity care

GOP Rep. Rod Blum made a controversial response about healthcare in a recent town hall:

"Get rid of some of these crazy regulations that Obamacare puts in," Blum said, "such as a 62-year-old male having to have pregnancy insurance."

This opinion on maternity care caused the crowd to grow louder in dissent. One woman took to her local newspaper to respond.

Iowa resident Barbara Rank's letter was shared on Twitter, where it went viral:

The letter reads:

Congressman Rod Blum in a Dubuque town hall (Monday) night asked, "Why should a 62-year-old man have to pay for maternity care?"

I ask, why should I pay for a bridge I don't cross, a sidewalk I don't walk on, a library book I don't read?

Why should I pay for a flower I won't smell, a park I don't visit, or art I can't appreciate? Why should I pay the salaries of politicians I didn't vote for, a tax cut that doesn't affect me, or a loophole I can't take advantage of?

It's called democracy, a civil society, the greater good. That's what we pay for.

The letter also went viral on Reddit, where it received over 100,000 upvotes.

Rank, a retired special ed teacher, told the Washington Post that she did not ask a question at the town hall and instead writes to her paper when she gets "fired up."

A spokesman for Blum told the Washington Post: "He was referring to the idea of patients being able to choose health insurance policies that fit their needs, rather than one size fits all policies filled with government mandates. Obviously he understands that taxes pay for things that not everybody uses."

Rank doesn't mind the criticism, and focused on the people who resonated with her letter. "I got a text from one of my nieces," she told the Washington Post. "She put it really well: 'Whatever. To 60,000 people, you just said what they think.'"

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