Former President George H. W. Bush hospitalized
Source: Reuters
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H. W. Bush is being treated at Methodist Hospital in Houston, hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Asin said Thursday.
No other information was immediately available from the hospital, but Asin said she would provide more details later Thursday. A spokesman for Bush could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that Bush, 88, has a chronic cough and that his condition is not life-threatening. He has been in the hospital for a week and is expected to be released this weekend, the newspaper reported.
Bush, a Republican and the 41st president, took office in 1989 and lost his re-election bid in 1992 to Democrat Bill Clinton. The father of former President George W. Bush, he served as a congressman, U.N. ambassador, envoy to China, CIA director and was two-term vice president under Ronald Reagan.
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It must be nice to have health insurance that covers your ass when you are old need only the very BEST of care!
Renew Deal
(81,876 posts)Isn't he covered by Medicare?
CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)Rich people don't need Medicare. They have their own private care didn't you know this?
He certainly is entitled to Medicare and Medicare might well pay some of his bills but like all ex Presidents he has very good insurance provided by the government. He is by no means relying on just Medicare.
CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)Do you really thing that GHWB is on Medicare? You mean he goes to a doctor that is not satisfied with what pittance of a payment he receives for caring for him. Answer: HELL NO.
He need not worry about things like Medicare believe me. If he was on Medicare, he wouldn't be in the hospital for one thing unless he was about ready to die IMO.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)GHWB will never see the disenfranchisement of Medicare for two reasons...
As a former president, he has taxpayer funded for life, remember DarthCheney's heart? And even if he didn't have taxpayer funded medicare, he has a shitload of life insurance that he bought while we paid him to be a career public servant.
dsc
(52,166 posts)I said, Medicare does most likely pay part of his bill and that his benefits as an expresident pick up the rest. that is how it worked for both my dad and grandfather who had both private insurance and medicare.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)medicare even comes into the picture unless he's such a cheap bastard that he is relying on it simply because he's cheap... I think he's relying on the federal insurance and possibly some private policy as well. I'm almost (because I'm financially destitute) willing to bet his Drs. don't even accept Medicare.
dsc
(52,166 posts)than the private insurance. I just figured they all did that.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)high level political figures (former president, Cabinet member, agency head or Congress) probably not.
http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/
mahina
(17,705 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)He pointed out the obvious and what george h. w. bush helped to do in degrading this nation, to me, warrents unending insults of the man.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)PerceptionManagement
(464 posts)Just think if Babs would have aborted Jr., the US would be less one war criminals.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)that's interesting.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,212 posts)My grandfather and my dog both died from that. Persistent shallow cough is the red flag doctors and vets look for.
GAC
blueclown
(1,869 posts)That is his permanent legacy.
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)where you will be burning for eternity, HW - for producing diseased kids such as W.
Stand and Fight
(7,480 posts)Unleash the mean spirited ones!
I, on the other hand, wish him the best of health. While some of you people may think ill of him, he is loved by family and friends.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)I guess that could be said for Hitler as well.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Oh my... Stalin breathed air, and Mussolini was left-handed-- both could be said for me, as well.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other... but yeah, I understand we attempt to rationalize our vulgarity very vociferously these days (but then again, the same could be said for Hitler as well )
leftlibdem420
(256 posts)Seig Heil
Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)I, on the other hand, prefer to see such horrible people suffer the penalties for their life of committing horrible crimes, not from old age. So on those grounds, I take no interest (neither positive or negative) in this event, but the comment such as you offer is perplexing to me.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)It's not very becoming.
GHWB will never see your well wishes but DUers have to put up with the vomit you spew. Good job!
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)I don't want him to die.
Not until he is sequestered on an island, like the supreme war criminal that he is.
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)I don't think Papa Bush is much of a monster in historical terms - more like a clown - but I'm also not gonna mount my high horse and act like I'm all weighed down with grief at his stint in what is undoubtedly a five-star hospital room.
Baby Bush, on the other hand, I think IS a war criminal. So we break even.
azbillyboy
(56 posts)About Poppy Bush? He has plenty of resources available at his elite fingertips. What about the millions of other people in this country who have no luxury of receiving any type of medical care? Oh I get it; they weren't born with the "Bush" name.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)I don't want to spend a week with the media telling us what a great man he was...I want him to live long enough to fully see the effects of what he and his evil spawn has brought on us....if that is possible.
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)disrespectful as some might find my sentiments about this person, I am sure he will die at the most crucial moment for Congressional action creating national havoc and possibly preempting Christmas... It would be in keeping with his style. I find the Bu$h and R$ dynasties to be pretty much equal only one infiltrated our government and the other screwed up our private sector by shipping the well being of our middle income earning folks' livelihoods overseas for personal profit.
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)And that's all I'm going to fucking say about that.
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)By Elizabeth Chuck and Jamie Gangel, NBC News
... Bush, 88, has been suffering from a severe cough, and hes been in and out of the hospital for the last couple of weeks. He was admitted out of "an abundance of caution" due to his age, a source close to the family told NBC News.
"President Bush has been in and out of The Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center being treated for complications related to his bronchitis. He is in stable condition, and is expected to be released within the next 72 hours," Methodist Hospital said in a statement Thursday.
Bronchitis is a common condition in which the bronchial tubes in the lungs become inflamed and produce mucus, which creates the need to cough, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It can turn serious in people with weak immune systems, including children and the elderly. Symptoms such as chest pain, weakness and coughing typically last two weeks, but can linger for as much as two months ...
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15543363-former-president-george-hw-bush-88-hospitalized-with-bronchitis?lite
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)I loved him fiercely, and I miss him every single day. See, his political opinions were not the total sum of his parts. He was the best person I've ever known.
I know for a stone-bound fact that my mother misses him, her father, every single day.
I also know the internet is good for shitty, hateful, vicious commentary...especially on forums where people are allowed to remain anonymous.
My screen name is WilliamPitt. My real name is William Pitt.
I wish Mr. Bush a speedy recovery...and barring that, a smooth, painless passage.
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)Thank you Mr. Pitt
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Bush's political opinions (did he ever have any?) are not the total sum of his parts.
His unspeakable crimes against humanity are far more significant, and will never be put to rest. To speak truth on this monster of monsters is not shitty, hateful or vicious... it is essential.
My real name is Nicholas Levis.
I don't want Bush to die. I want to see him as Defendant Number 1 before the modern Nuremberg tribunal, as he deserves -- and as do we, if we ever want our history restored.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)please please don't make me do it.
damn, not worth the hassle
Just as the sins of the father are not visited onto the son, the sins of the son are not visited on the father.
I agree with your sentiments in every way.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)They include returning his mob of mass murderers to power with his son as the new front man.
BeyondGeography
(39,382 posts)And redirect your venom somewhere appropriate.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)PB
Aristus
(66,467 posts)I'm reminded of him every time I remember W's rationale (one of many...) for the Iraq War, and going after Saddam Hussein: "Remember, this is th'guy who wuz mean to mah daddy!"
Now 'Daddy', of course is George H. W. Bush. Decorated World War II combat pilot. Youngest aviator in U.S. Naval history. former director of the CIA, 41st President, two-term Vice President, and a guy who still goes skydiving as he heads into his nineties.
Does anybody really think this guy needed his colossal fuck-up of a son to stand up for him?
Get better soon, Mr. Bush.
leftlibdem420
(256 posts)The great progressive Democrat Ralph Yarborough kicking his civil rights hating, carpetbagging, New England ass all over Texas.
midnight
(26,624 posts)entitled to.... No one wants to be sick and our families suffer from undo worry about health, but to be stressed over how to pay is not fair to the rest of us who have been hoodwinked into thinking our tax dollars won't support this same type of access to health care...
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)It can lead to bronchitis like the previous poster said. I have used our nebulizer more times then I care to count when she gets sick.
So, it can seem like a chronic cough but can develop into something worse, especially in an 88 year old.
adigal
(7,581 posts)We tried everything! Nothing worked. He was on the nebulozer every day, and prednisone more times than I care to count. I took him to acupuncture - after two weeks, no more asthma. Swear to God. Never had it again. Give it a shot. They can do acupressure on a young child.
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)It is frustrating.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)Oh right... my bad.
triplepoint
(431 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:45 AM - Edit history (1)
Sort of what E. HoWEIRD Hunt did:
Cleita
(75,480 posts)I'm curious about where are the photos of the loving family, wife, children and grandchildren visiting him in the hospital or even talking to the press about how he's doing? It seems he's been sick for a couple of weeks now, in and out of the hospital.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15543363-former-president-george-hw-bush-88-hospitalized-with-bronchitis?lite=
If he's been that sick for that long, it seems his immune system is shutting down. Why isn't there more concern from those who should be concerned?