Donald Trump’s Plastic Surgeon Declares Him a Poor Surgical Candidate

New York, NY—Donald Trump, successful businessman presumptive Republican nominee for President, recently met with his plastic surgeon to discuss a hair transplant procedure. After evaluating Mr Trump, his surgeon, Dr Norman Drumpf, found that his abrasive personality and multiple bigoted quips make him a poor surgical candidate for the procedure.

“You really need to have a positive, happy attitude for this procedure to be successful,” said Dr Drumpf, a cousin to Mr Trump. “Racially insensitive remarks and overall douchie-ness negatively impact scalp health and may render the entire procedure a failure. On the other hand, his current hair condition is in such a state that it may be considered an emergent procedure instead of elective. However, I feel the negatives far outweigh the positives in this case.”

Dr Drumpf had been encouraging Mr Trump for months to change his temperament prior to the procedure. Mr Trump initially fought it, repeatedly challenging the notion that his personality was too difficult to make him a poor surgical candidate. At the most recent visit, he denied ever having questioned the surgeon’s recommendations and declared that he was fully ready for the procedure.

“I kept reiterating the absolute necessity of an optimistic approach to life for this to work. At the last visit, he initially demanded that I get out of the office, even though it was in my own clinic. He then shouted that he would sue me for slander, but I strictly follow HIPAA, so I couldn’t understand his frustration.”

Mr Trump then yelled obscenities at Dr Drumpf in front of other patients and staff as he stormed out of the office.

“I’m afraid his behavior in the office merely epitomized the reason that he is such a poor candidate.”

Mr Trump could not be reached for comment.

Health Care Costs: why are they so high, and what can we do about it?

One of the biggest, most complicated questions for our economic well-being: what causes high health care costs? And consequently, what can we do about it? Here are 2 conversations I had with health economist Norm Waitzman on these topics.

Dissecting America’s high health care costs

Ways to reduce health care spending

Two relatively short podcasts won’t fully explore the issues, but it’s a good start!

A Perspective on Medicaid

David Sundwall is the person to talk to in Utah to understand health policy. He’s a Family Physician who has worked in Washington for many years on Sen Hatch’s staff, as well as the head administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). He then served as the Director for the Utah Department of Health for many years. He’s now a Professor of Public Health at the University of Utah.

He and I discussed Medicaid, it’s current role in the US system, and the future of the program on my podcast. It was deemed a little too political to be supported by my usual host, but no matter what you think of the program, I think you’ll definitely find this enlightening.

 

Note that the opinions expressed are those of Dr Sundwall and myself, not necessarily anyone else.