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Trump's Long History of Holding Health Care Hostage
Last edited Sun Oct 22, 2017, 04:05 PM - Edit history (1)
I don't know how many are aware of Trump's battle against his own family members health care, but this blew me away. How can he care about the rest of us if he treats flesh & blood like this:
By Froma Harrop
October 17, 2017
The story of Donald Trump and health coverage rightly starts with the story of Donald Trump and William Trump.
William was born in 1999, fighting for his life. He suffered seizures, and his breathing stopped twice. William's medical bills were enormous. That's when Donald tried to remove the infant from the Trump family health plan.
Why? Retaliation against his nephew (William's father) for challenging the will of Fred Sr. It seems the Trump patriarch had left the family of one son -- Donald's deceased brother, Fred Jr. -- largely out of his estate. Any part Donald may have played in nudging the elderly Fred Sr. to do that is not public knowledge. What's clear is that with his brother basically cut from the will, Donald inherited many more millions.
But the family lawyer ruled that no, you can't throw baby William off the family's health plan. William survived, though he later developed cerebral palsy.
My point is to note the president's indifference to questions of life and death when dollars enter the picture. Here he actually held his own grandnephew's life hostage in a fight over money.
Which brings us to Trump's diabolical crusade to blow up the Affordable Care Act. The Republican Congress failed to kill Obamacare for him, so he's now single-handedly destabilizing the health exchanges through various executive acts. Should they collapse, he'll say over the wreckage, "See? I told you it was a disaster."
Continued here (it's short):
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/17/trumps_long_history_of_holding_health_care_hostage_135275.html
October 17, 2017
The story of Donald Trump and health coverage rightly starts with the story of Donald Trump and William Trump.
William was born in 1999, fighting for his life. He suffered seizures, and his breathing stopped twice. William's medical bills were enormous. That's when Donald tried to remove the infant from the Trump family health plan.
Why? Retaliation against his nephew (William's father) for challenging the will of Fred Sr. It seems the Trump patriarch had left the family of one son -- Donald's deceased brother, Fred Jr. -- largely out of his estate. Any part Donald may have played in nudging the elderly Fred Sr. to do that is not public knowledge. What's clear is that with his brother basically cut from the will, Donald inherited many more millions.
But the family lawyer ruled that no, you can't throw baby William off the family's health plan. William survived, though he later developed cerebral palsy.
My point is to note the president's indifference to questions of life and death when dollars enter the picture. Here he actually held his own grandnephew's life hostage in a fight over money.
Which brings us to Trump's diabolical crusade to blow up the Affordable Care Act. The Republican Congress failed to kill Obamacare for him, so he's now single-handedly destabilizing the health exchanges through various executive acts. Should they collapse, he'll say over the wreckage, "See? I told you it was a disaster."
Continued here (it's short):
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/17/trumps_long_history_of_holding_health_care_hostage_135275.html