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Tanuki

(14,920 posts) Sun Oct 4, 2020, 08:27 PM Oct 2020

Question: Do ex-presidents have the right to go to Walter Reed for medical care?

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Question: Do ex-presidents have the right to go to Walter Reed for medical care? (Original Post) Tanuki Oct 2020 OP

Yes. If seriously ill, but can travel, that is where they go. Blue_true Oct 2020 #1

Thanks for the info! 😃 Tanuki Oct 2020 #2

Yes, my Dad had to go shopping to find specific ice cream for Eisenhower Cicada Oct 2020 #3

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

1. Yes. If seriously ill, but can travel, that is where they go.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 08:31 PM

Oct 2020

If they are a distance away, like Bush, Carter and Clinton, then they go to a top facility near their home. Since President Obama is in Washington a lot, if he fell ill there, he would go to Walter Reed.

Tanuki

(14,920 posts)

2. Thanks for the info! 😃

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 08:33 PM

Oct 2020

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

3. Yes, my Dad had to go shopping to find specific ice cream for Eisenhower

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 08:39 PM

Oct 2020

My dad worked at Walter Reed in the sixties. Ike insisted on a specific brand and flavor of ice cream and my dad had to call stores from our kitchen and then drive to get it. My dad said Ike and Mamie were a pain, and inconsiderate of those who cared for them.

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