Why Leah Vukmir Is Bad for Your Health

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) writes model bills siding with its insurance company members, and Vukmir sits on ALEC’s board of directors as chairman emeritus of the rightwing, corporation-funded group. The Center for Media and Democracy shed light on her actions after winning a 2013 open records lawsuit against Vukmir. The documents showed ALEC wrote model legislation given to Vukmir on “how to thwart Medicaid expansion” in states, including a script to “parrot.”