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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House Security official Crede Bailey-- diagnosed in Sept with Covid, "gravely ill"
Not a word about him from the White House in all this time, and in fact, Jared Kushner has been bragging that WH staffers who have had it have been fine.
Well, apparently this staffer is in need of aid and isn't getting it from the White House or the supposed billionaire in there.
Mr. Bailey's friends have had to set up a GoFundMe to help modify his home for his new disability, and also pay his massive medical bills (weeks in ICU).
It's very sad, and infuriating that he was exposed to this dread disease by the Trump administration's hateful negligence and defiance.
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elleng
(131,102 posts)$25,947 raised of $25,000 goal
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)catrose
(5,073 posts)I thought federal health insurance was better than that. And what are his employment prospects , now that he's disabled?
LeftInTX
(25,551 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)bringthePaine
(1,732 posts)Harker
(14,034 posts)"nicht schuldig" to a tribunal convened to try them for crimes against humanity.
Gilbert Moore
(218 posts)Dems, Libs. . . well anyone with a heart pays the "Go Fund Me" tax when we have to contribute to the under or uninsured. This does not have to be this way !
Retrograde
(10,156 posts)If the former, shouldn't he have medical coverage? However, reading Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's book on Melania it seems that are a number of staff members who aren't formally employed by the US (the author was one of them - a volunteer who also paid her own expenses): if Crede Bailey is one of these he's probably on his own now.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)He's no longer an exploitable asset to Diaper Don, the Dainty Digited Dotard. So, off to the dustbin with another covfefe boy.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)And they should have good insurance, but there are always so many extra expenses, and probably limited sick time. If he's used up his sick time-- well, it's infuriating because he probably got the disease there at work! But he might not be paid anymore.
Anyway, apparently there was an amputation (I saw that in one of the comments)-- his foot-- and that's why they have to do modifications of the house. It's just terrible, and it's that terrible Trump and his nasty lackeys who let this happen.
I saw some intimations that some of the housekeeping staff were infected, and that a couple haven't recovered well.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,763 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)At least per Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crede_Bailey
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)You can make a great case that everyone in the country should have good health coverage, of course, but just for appearance`s sake alone.
Terrible, terrible optics...let alone the lack of basic human decency. I bet that poor man has hospital bills running into 7 figures.