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Loss of health insurance
One of Butler's reasons for his hunger strike was "graduate students being robbed of their health insurance." In August 2015, the university had issued a statement to graduate students which said, "The Affordable Care Act prevents employers from giving employees money specifically so they can buy health insurance on the individual market. Graduate teaching and research assistants are classified as employees by the IRS, so they fall under this ruling." Conservatives criticized the protesters for blaming the loss of inurance on the university instead of on Obamacare.

School issued statement saying that Obamacare forced it to stop offering health insurance to grad students. Conservatives criticized protesters for blaming the loss of insurance on the school instead of on Obamacare.