.MaddowBlog: Targeting science again, Pres. Trump ponders whether to use insulin
By all appearances, the point of yesterday afternoon's White House event was to announce a program to cap copay costs for Medicare recipients who rely on insulin treatments. But many of those who saw the display in the Rose Garden were struck not by what the president announced, but rather byPresident Donald Trump pondered on Tuesday whether he should be taking insulin, a hormone typically prescribed to diabetics, during an announcement for a plan which would aim to drastically reduce the price of insulin for people on Medicare.
"I don't use insulin," Trump said. "Should I be? Huh? I never thought about it. But I know a lot of people are very badly affected, right? Unbelievable." A variety of observers suggested Trump was kidding -- or at least trying to. That's certainly possible, though with the president, it's sometimes hard to tell. At the same event, however, a reporter, likely picking up on Trump's comments, asked the president,"Is there any reason why someone who does not have diabetes would take insulin? Is there any sort of medical reason for that?" Trump , so he passed it off to Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who reminded the president that his body already makes insulin.
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