“Healthcare Is For People Who Deserve It!”

As Rs gear up to cut healthcare, Sen. Marshall says, "Look, about 70% of your health outcomes are determined by you. It's determined by what you eat & what you're surrounded by. By the time you come to my office as a doctor, I can impact maybe 10 or 20% of your health outcomes" pic.twitter.com/ba3zHk3YT9

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2025

Vaccines. Antibiotics. Surgery. Beta blockers. Statins. Ozempic.

My father smoked like a chimney most of his life (he finally well and truly quit in his ‘70’s. After two heart surgeries.). His father died at 68: heart attack. His brother died at 46: heart attack. My father died at 90: brain tumor.

I could go on with examples from my family: people kept alive by surgery and drugs to treat chronic conditions no matter what they ate or were “surrounded by.” Mostly they were surrounded by the ability to get health care. It’s not an uncommon story. By the time they were my age, both of my grandfathers were dead. Healthcare, pure and simple. What was available to me, and my father, simply wasn’t available then. Treatment for hypertension alone has dramatically changed in my lifetime. The drugs routinely relied on now, all came into use within the last 40 years.

This guy is a blithering idiot.