Trump Looks To Rally His Favorite People
By: Bashar Salame
Tags: Politics, Covid 19, Health, Medicine, Healthcare

After professing his love for the seniors, Donald Trump redirected attention to the villain, in this message anyway, China. Simply unfair to single out China when he’s implicated a host of other parties previously; the media, past presidents, The Obama administration, Governors, General Motors, and last but not least, Hospitals. Before you find yourself questioning those claims, not to worry, hospitals are back to being good:

But we have medicines right now and I call them a cure, I went into the hospital a week ago and I was very sick and I took this medicine and it was incredible, incredible, I could have walked out the following day, sooner, it was incredible the impact it had.

Did I say good, I meant incredible! And this medicine he’s speaking of, the one he took, does the mystery medicine have a name? Let’s find out:

and we’re gonna make that and others that are similar to it, almost identical to it available immediately, we have an emergency use authorization, that I want to get signed immediately….

Ah, so to be clear, Trump may have signed, or will sign, an emergency declaration making that medicine and others that are similar available. Good to know. This medicine though, I for one would like to know what it is, and there are eight possible candidates.

The President was given Dexamethasone, Remdesivir, Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody, Zinc, Vitamin D, Famotidine, Melatonin and finally Aspirin. My money would be on the antibody treatment as “this medicine”, being both the subject of emergency authorization, and Regeneron’s deal with Roche, another drug maker, to boost manufacturing capacity.

A little more on that:

We’re taking care of our seniors. You’re not vulnerable, you’re the least vulnerable, but for this one thing, you are vulnerable, so am I. But I want you to get the same care that I got. I got incredible care at Walter Reid … one medicine was unbelievable, you’re going to get the same medicine and you’re going to get it free, no charge and we’re going to get it to you soon. And it’s made by a number of companies and it’s totally safe. but it’s powerful against this disease, we’re going to get it to you and it’s all free. We’re going to take care of our seniors. All free.

The one thing I feel Trump and those around him fail to comprehend is this; seniors are angry. I mean, generally, sure they’re angry, but specifically, when it comes to this administration’s non-response, they’re flaming mad.

The President, the head guy, the main man, symbol of American democracy, a senior, was diagnosed with Covid19. As for receiving the same care he did; being medevaced by helicopter to a world class hospital, having a team of doctors with every conceivable specialty by your side round the clock, receiving multiple therapies including experimental, cutting edge drugs, I don’t think they’re sold.

Pricing for three of The President’s therapies break down like this: Remdesivir $3,120 per patient, Regeneron’s Monoclonal Antibodies $1,500 per treatment, Dexamethasone $1 per dose (hopefully that’s the “incredible” cure, but I doubt it). This represents a portion of the medicinal (therapeutics) portion, not the evaluations, exams, IVs, Oxygen, let alone the hospital stay.

Here’s the problem, according to the companies manufacturing the main drugs, we currently have 500,000 treatments of Remdesivir as of now, and 300,000 treatments (potentially more) of Antibodies. Last check, there are more than 54 million seniors in America.

When it comes to healthcare, senior citizens are insured through Medicare, a program signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. Medicare is extremely popular among seniors, with a satisfaction rate of 80 percent on average.

While the program is extremely popular and covers nearly all expenses, there are copays and a deductible. The “free” portion, as in “all free” for my “favorite people” would really be subject to the Medicare Part A deductible of $1,408 per benefit period in 2020, as well as daily copayments for extended inpatient hospital and skilled nursing facility stays.

So, yes, provided you have satisfied your deductible, and less than 1 percent of all seniors require treatment; you will certainly have access to the same care (minus the helicopter) the president received, and it’s all free!

All this talk about free healthcare though reeks of socialism to me. And that word, Medicare, sounds oddly familiar. Where have I heard that word before? Oh yes! That’s the same type of insurance some crazy socialist wanted all Americans to have. I believe he called it “Medicare For All”, what a nut job.

Anyway, back to the sane adults in the room, all the mainstream media had to say about the above video was, “Did Trump use a green screen or how to tell if there’s a green screen”. Fine reporting guys, keep it up.