Do we have a right to know if any candidate for the presidency is medically fit to serve?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[jberryhill]

1. A "right"? No.

But you do have the prerogative to cast your vote on any basis you want.

If you decide you cannot vote for a candidate who has not released full medical records, then you have the right to vote however you want, for any reason you want.

Does some unspecified collective "we" have the right to obtain medical records of any individual who does not desire them to be released? No.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. We are affected by a president's health, whether we voted for him or her or not.

I don't want to pick on Chris Christie but physicians do a heart attack risk assessment, and I assure you his risk is higher than other 53 year olds.

[jberryhill]

28. We are affected by a lot of things whether we voted for it or not

It's kind of the point of elections. The electorate decides what they care about.

We also elect a spare at the same time, and concerns about McCain's health, and his backup, no doubt influenced many votes.

[bvf]

17. Good answer to a stilted premise. n/t

[joshcryer]

20. +1

[Motown_Johnny]

2. FDR was paralyzed. Was he fit to serve?

If you can accurately define that phrase I may be able to answer your question.

[dsc]

13. He was a walking corpse when reelected the last time in 1944

with a Vice President who was considered so inept the phrase was coined to err is Truman. Fortunately, Truman was a much better president than the public thought he would be, but the American people did deserve to know just how unwell FDR actually was.

[cali]

3. Of course and Hillary has a right to hire and cozy up to slimeballs

It's how they roll

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Is an attack on a candidate's age more vile or less vile

than an attack on a candidate's:

1. Sex
2. Race
3. Religion

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Any form of bigotry should be decried but I don't see the relevancy of it to my question.

Above I mentioned Chris Christie. He doesn't fall into the classes you cited.

[libdem4life]

32. In Christie's situation, he wears his ill health as a body suit, so it's pretty obvious.

But it's a silly question as it refers to Bernie Sanders. Especially for some guy who has been campaigning on a super-human schedule, looking fit as a fiddle, in fact he's getting even "fiercer"...in the Beyonce sense. As someone mentioned, he was back on the trail the day after surgery.

I think you're "beating a dead horse" with that claptrap.

[jkbRN]

6. Yes you have the right to know if someone is medically fit to serve,

However, you have ZERO right to ask a candidate to release his/her medical records (HIPAA).

Therefore, for the public to be able to know if a candidate is medically fit to serve there has to be an internal reporting process--for instance, I had to get a physical before going to nursing school to be able to prove my health standing, although, I was not asked to show my future patients, nor did I have to share it with my fellow nursing students.

[PoiBoy]

7. +100

[JonLeibowitz]

9. +1. Very well said.

[Hiraeth]

25. I guess they can ask/demand all they want. Whether it is released or not would depend on if the

individual wants to share it.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. No such actual right exists, but I think they should provide such records in a timely manner

and that means at a time relatively near the election itself. Hillary released hers last summer, by election day those conclusions will be 15 or 16 months old. How does that really help?

[oldandhappy]

11. campaigning is a major health challenge

If they are out there, they are good.

[libdem4life]

33. This ^^^^^Pretty damn simple...unless you're desperate.

[Live and Learn]

12. Now that is a very good question.

Do we also have a right to scrutinize their eating habits?

I mean, say for instance someone spent an inordinate amount of time at McDonalds, would we be justified in thinking that his or her health could take a turn for the worse in a short time period?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I would assume a unhealthy diet would show in their health records, do you?

Their salads aren't bad, especially on a plebeian's stipend.

[Live and Learn]

15. Not really, I recall someone that wore sweatsuits and 'jogged' his way to McDonalds that seemed

to be fit for the Presidency and had a stroke just a few years later.

I should think that buying a head of lettuce and some fresh vegetables would actually be cheaper in the long run than purchasing salads at McDonalds.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I don't recall a president who jogged and subsequently had a stroke.

FDR died of a stroke but he had uncontrollable hypertension. I wonder if today's anti-hypertensive drugs could control it.

[Live and Learn]

18. You are right, it was heart blockage, wasn't it? Still not behaviour one should emulate though

there will always be some that do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. Clinton was lucky. He self diagnosed.

He had the good sense to see the doctor because he wasn't feeling right...

My cousin is a hospital engineer and a super bright guy. He was checking the heart doppler at the hospital where he worked and discovered his own blockage.

[Live and Learn]

30. Glad your cousin caught it in time. nt

[Agschmid]

19. No we don't have a "right" to know... But we have our right not to vote for them if we don't know.

[hrmjustin]

21. If you can't release your medical records you should not run.

[Logical]

23. LOL another picture. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. I posted it with you in mind. Which physician's visage do you find most compelling?

Thank you in advance.

That reminds me...I could have accompanied my poll with a music video:

When I was a young person I had two friends who had Jackson's mom as a teacher. Her name was Mrs. Browne.




Always respectfully,
DSB

P.S. I don't believe you have voted in my poll yet.

[one_voice]

26. did we want to know about McCaine's health..

when Palin was a heartbeat away from the presidency?

[Depaysement]

27. Phony post

Phony accusation.

The equivalent of "Beghazi!" and "Emails."

[Hiraeth]

29. medically fit and releasing complete medical record is two different things.

[EdwardBernays]

31. Chelsea?

Clinton surrogate to demand Sanders release medical records
New attack line forms on senator's fitness as Clinton’s lead evaporates.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/clinton-surrogate-to-demand-sanders-release-medical-records-217880#ixzz3xRsHHt90

[libdem4life]

34. Probably...unless she's still stinging from her last performance.

[Kalidurga]

35. Sure I want to know if Hillary is suffering from Dementia

she seems to have forgotten she was leading the fight for Universal health care in the 90's and that just 8 years ago she was berating Obama for attacking her on the health care issue. She also seems to be forgetting that expanding medicare is not the same thing as dismantling health care for everyone.