An analysis Wednesday by the New York Times estimating the treatment President Donald Trump received for Covid-19 would have cost ordinary Americans over $100,000 is being met with fury by critics—many of them Medicare for All supporters—who pointed to the cruelty of an administration working feverishly to slash healthcare access for millions in the middle of a pandemic and economic recession.
Further, despite a Covid-19 death toll in the U.S. of over 211,000 and vastly unequal access to healthcare services, Trump has repeated in messaging since his hospital stay a total dismissal of the severity of the disease. What’s more, the Times revealed just last week that Trump paid $0 in federal income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years and a mere $750 in 2016 and 2017—far more than everyday working Americans.
Donald Trump got >$100,000 worth of medical care—free of charge
— source nytimes.com | Oct. 7, 2020