"Scott Adams, the creator of the iconic Dilbert comic strip, was able to call on a friend in a very high place President Donald Trump to intervene on his behalf get his health care provider, Kaiser of Northern California, to finally schedule an appointment so that he can receive life-extending treatment for metastasized prostate cancer. Best President ever, the famous and controversial East Bay-based cartoonist said on X early Monday, confirming that Trump took time away from running the country and a part of the world to help him get his appointment."
"Adams didn't specify that he had an appointment scheduled for Monday as requested, but he revealed that he was inundated by offers of help from Donald Trump Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after he said on X the day before that he would ask the president to help save my life."
"But Trump's high-profile intervention on behalf of Adams sparked a range of reactions from people online. There are those who declared Adams a national treasure and thanked Trump for rushing in to help him. Others said that Adams' plight was an example of how American health care system is broken or that a managed care organization like Kaiser fails its patients. They praised him for calling attention to what millions of Americans experience daily."
Scott Adams contacted President Donald Trump to obtain help scheduling a delayed IV infusion of Pluvicto for his metastasized prostate cancer. Trump intervened with Kaiser of Northern California, and Adams confirmed that the president helped secure an appointment. Adams reported receiving additional offers of assistance from Donald Trump Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Mehmet Oz. The intervention prompted mixed reactions online, with some praising the assistance and others criticizing systemic problems in American health care and managed-care organizations. Critics noted the contrast between the intervention and proposed government actions, including a government shutdown, cuts to cancer research funding, and Republican plans to reduce Medicaid and ACA programs. Adams initially said a Kaiser scheduling snafu had prevented his infusion.
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