.@SenBobCorker met with a couple protesters outside Tom Price’s listening tour in Chattanooga just now. pic.twitter.com/ksUxPgnypz
— Young Pope Jett (@LetsJett) July 6, 2017
As Tom Price began his speech inside the Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, only a few protesters gathered outside the building on Spears Avenue.
Anna Grabowski, 63, of Meigs County, said she was here because a neighbor who couldn’t afford quality health insurance died of cancer about two years ago. She would like to see the United States move to a single payer system.
Eric Reese, 37, said he only makes about $8,000 a year delivering pizzas. He lost his job delivering oxygen machines a couple years ago as his employer’s profits shriveled, dropping Reese’s annual salary by about $12,000. He also wants a single payer system in the United States.
Grabowski and Reese both met with U.S. Sen. Bob Corker for about 2 minutes after Corker left the event. He told them to continue to monitor the current bill that sits in the Senate.