'I don't use insulin, should I be?' Trump asked attendees.
While announcing on Tuesday that most seniors on Medicare will have their insulin prescription co-pay capped at $35 a month, President Trump asked attendees in the Rose Garden whether he should start taking insulin, despite having no history of diabetes.... [+]
seniors with diabetes, in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. The United States is closing in on 100,000 deaths in less than four months caused by the coronavirus. "I don’t use insulin, should I be? Huh?" Trump asked."I never thought about it, but I know a lot of people are very, very badly affected, right? Unbelievable."
Asked why he would take insulin, Trump had surgeon general Jerome Adams answer, as he explained to Trump that,"Your body actually makes insulin." Trump also used the event to criticize his presumptive opponent for the presidency in November, Vice President Joe Biden, saying"I hope the seniors are going to remember it because Biden is the one that put us into the jam," presumably referring to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, thoughTrump also claimed he would always protect Medicare and social security, despite his administration's proposed"We'll always protect you on pre-existing conditions, much more so than...
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