White House says diabetics don’t deserve health insurance
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Donald Trump’s budget chief again revealed the Republicans’ callous approach to health care, arguing that some diabetics simply do not deserve health insurance, because of how they may have developed the illness.
Donald Trump’s budget director specifically called out people suffering from diabetes as a group of Americans who do not deserve the protection of health insurance.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), weighed in on the issue at the Light Forum at Stanford University. He was asked if families should be denied medical care because they can’t afford it, a standard Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) had termed “the Jimmy Kimmel test,” after the late night comedian’s recent emotional call for improved health care.
Mulvaney said he believed in helping to provide “a safety net so that if you get cancer you don’t end up broke,” but separated those situations from others he termed “ordinary healthcare,” what he described as the heart of the debate.
He continued, “That doesn’t mean we should take care of the person who sits at home, eats poorly and gets diabetes. Is that the same thing as Jimmy Kimmel’s kid? I don’t think that it is.”
As of 2014, 29.1 million Americans suffer from diabetes, which is about 9.3 percent of the population.
Under Mulvaney’s standard, an examination of their eating habits and how their disease was triggered would have to be undertaken before it could be determined whether they are deserving of health insurance or not. In the meantime, people will suffer and possibly die from their illness.
The Affordable Care Act mandates coverage for people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, without casting about for blame or applying some kind of litmus test to discern if they are deserving of treatment.
The system championed by Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and the Republican Party would upend that safety net and contribute to ill health and death, in order to justify their sanctimonious attitude.
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These epic morons exempt themselves from this shitty care package, if the American people do not get their heads out of the sand we are ALL doomed! Pain medication and now insulin, whats next? The U.S. has the worst health care laws in the world and are about to get even worse yet! We should call for impeachment of all involved in this Our insurance cost are already through the roof and if he exempts us from coverage it will be devastating to the people. Wake up folks before we have NO healthcare left!
As a wife of a diabetic, this infuriates me. These morons need to educate themselves. One has to first inherit the genetics in order to be at risk for diabetes. I realize the issue of health insurance can be very complex, but one has to be a complete moron (and jerk) to think like that. I’d say this budget director has a healthy dose of karma directed right at him. While I don’t wish for bad things to happen, I can’t wait for the day this moron wishes he could eat his words. (And it will happen!)
The number people who can not get coverage due to pre existing conditions is small and can be dealt with separately from the general public.The simple fact is that when sick people need to be taken care of you need a pool of healthy insured people to help with the costs.This aint happening .Obamacare means you treat your body like shit,wait to you get sick ,and then get insurance.What a deal! Its like buying homeowners insurance when a hurricane is 1 day away.
My nephew in law voted for Trump and continues to defend him. He also was diagnosed as diabetic a few months ago. Maybe this will finally be a wake up call for him to realize the travesty that is Trump
I live in wisco,,,Little info on Paul Ryan,,,born w/ a silver spoon up his ass,,he is from the southern part of our state,,where the bigger cities are,,Milwaukee,Chicago are both 1 hour away,,thus MORE MONEY runs thru his district,,,Everyone north of Janesville/madison hates Paul Ryan,,that almost 90 % of the state,,,but 90% of the state does not vote on Paul Ryan,, because of Gerry manderring in the recent election to get Walker back in,which is now being tried in our courts as it was completely ILLEGAL,,,,it is very very corrupted here now a days in wisco,,
I say we all get the same insurance as ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES,,,THEY PAY NO DEDUCTABLES,,NO OUT OF POCKETS,,,THEY NEVER SEE A BILL!!!!I KNOW THIS AS MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS MARRIED TO A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE,,,SHE NEVER SEEE A BILL!!!!! now federal is wayyyyy different then state employees,,,our out of pockets is 12,000 bucks,,,6 grand a piece!!!maryw
Amen Mary!