Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, is applying for free medical care through a federal program for emergency workers and others exposed to toxins following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to his lawyer.
More than 152,000 people have been enrolled in the initiative, the World Trade Center Health Program, which pays for medical research and provides free medical care to people affected by the terrorist attacks. Beneficiaries have access to doctors who specialize in Sept. 11-related illnesses, and the patients don’t face co-payments or deductibles.
What an absolute ghoul.
Meanwhile, in functional countries this would be a non-story, because everyone would have guaranteed access to tax funded medical care already.
He’s a conservative so he only cares when it affects him personally.
Just tell him to use Trump’s healthcare plan.
I might be mixing up my right wing assholes, but didn’t Giuliani oppose medical care for 9/11 emergency responders?
Is he sure he wouldn’t rather have some horse dewormer or 1ppm of oregano in a gallon of water or some protein powder injected into his spinal fluid?
Now I fully understand why everybody is negative towards him getting this care. And I fully get why everyone hates his existence completely.
That being said, if Giuliani never did anything after his mayoral term, he would be fondly remembered today. There was a time when he was remembered as the hero that held NYC together during and after 9/11. If he just stayed out of politics after that, and was only remembered the 9/11 mayor, he would actually have a legacy worth remembering.
But he didn’t. He got back in the spotlight. He did everything wrong after that. He’s become an embarassment, and a joke. He’s basically a grifter at this point.
HOWEVER…he was still present at many 9/11 media sites, including the site of the destroyed towers in the days when asbestos was still in the air.
It took Jon Stewart to get this program approved. I’m unclear if Giuliani stood against it. I don’t think he did. But regardless, if anyone deserves this program, it’s the first responders. After that, second in line should be medical staff that helped during 9/11. After that would be Giuliani. I feel he should be low on the priority list, but still on the list. He DID do a lot to help NYC at that time.
With all that out of the way, I feel like everybody should have 100% free healthcare at all times.
Sounds like SoCiALiSm to me
Now this is Ayn Rand territory
What an absolute asshole.
The only care he needs is medically induced suicide.
He’s as good as dead. Pneumonia at his age is already incredibly dangerous but his lifestyle basically guarantees he won’t be making a comeback. Anytime a person over 75 is diagnosed with “pneumonia” the grim reaper is already in the room with them, it’s only a matter of time
The one time I hope the care doesn’t work out.
Whatever people think about Giuliani politically, it’s easy to forget how central he was during and after 9/11. A lot of people exposed that day are still paying for it physically decades later.
He was central only because he happened to be mayor at the time. This is also someone who, before he was mayor and as a police officer, lead a charge on city hall and occupied it with other police because they were sad that a black man became mayor.
He MADE himself central. That’s why
The country let him too. “America’s Mayor” he was called. He was a celebrity for a while, even cameoing in movies. It wasn’t really until he showed what a crooked spineless fuck he was as Trump’s crony that his image was permanently changed.
