Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, is applying for free medical care through a federal program for emergency workers and others exposed to toxins following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to his lawyer.

More than 152,000 people have been enrolled in the initiative, the World Trade Center Health Program, which pays for medical research and provides free medical care to people affected by the terrorist attacks. Beneficiaries have access to doctors who specialize in Sept. 11-related illnesses, and the patients don’t face co-payments or deductibles.

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    First, the people who were working at Ground Zero had no respirators because Bush’s EPA found the site to be ‘clean.’

    Second, neither Giuliani or Bush has ever gone to a funeral for anyone who died of post-9/11 problems.

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    I honestly shudder to think how such a shamelessly narcissistic mind operates. This man is a disgusting creature.

    Oh hey, remember when he showed up in Borat 2 and showed us what a gross old scumball he is, then floundered to save face? Lol

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    He’s as good as dead. Pneumonia at his age is already incredibly dangerous but his lifestyle basically guarantees he won’t be making a comeback. Anytime a person over 75 is diagnosed with “pneumonia” the grim reaper is already in the room with them, it’s only a matter of time

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    Whatever people think about Giuliani politically, it’s easy to forget how central he was during and after 9/11. A lot of people exposed that day are still paying for it physically decades later.

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      He was central only because he happened to be mayor at the time. This is also someone who, before he was mayor and as a police officer, lead a charge on city hall and occupied it with other police because they were sad that a black man became mayor.

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        The country let him too. “America’s Mayor” he was called. He was a celebrity for a while, even cameoing in movies. It wasn’t really until he showed what a crooked spineless fuck he was as Trump’s crony that his image was permanently changed.

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    Meanwhile, in functional countries this would be a non-story, because everyone would have guaranteed access to tax funded medical care already.

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    I might be mixing up my right wing assholes, but didn’t Giuliani oppose medical care for 9/11 emergency responders?

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      Even if he personally didn’t, he support a group of people that didn’t want to give medical care for 9/11. Jon Stewart had to go and yell at them every few years to do the right think.