WisDems: New in the #WISEN Race: Eric Hovde Facing a healthcare backlash after he claimed obese people choose to be fat and should pay more for healthcare wisbusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wisbusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Eric Hovde has been slammed by health professionals after video resurfaced of him blaming obese people for a lack of personal responsibility during his last run for Senate in 2012.
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, FileMultimillionaire banker and Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has made health care, namely his beef with Obamacare, one of four central issues on his campaign website.The Republican challenger to Democrat Tammy Baldwin, who also unsuccessfully ran in 2012, has long opposed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Back then, Hovde said he didn’t support anything about it—including its coverage for Amer