Northwoods Congressman Wants to Ban Race-Based Coronavirus Treatments

One of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen wants to ban racial-scoring in deciding who gets the new coronavirus antiviral pills.

Northwoods U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit the federal government and the states from discriminating against or giving preference to any person based on race when it comes to the distribution of, or access to, medical treatment.

“Denying life-saving medical care to Americans based on skin color is wrong, it is illegal, and it is un-American,” Tiffany said.

The plan, which Tiffany is calling the Medical Equality and Discrimination Stoppage Act, or MEDS Act, comes after reports that states and hospitals are using race-based scoring systems to determine who gets access to the new pills.

Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services has proclaimed that it will distribute the pills in this state based on “equity.”

DHS told The Center Square last week that they are simply following the Biden Administration’s lead…. (Excerpts from the Wisconsin Daily Star)