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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 07:41 AM Feb 2017

Should Presidents be required to have a public health exam? Most do...

go for that Bethesda annual, but apparently it's not actually required. The Prez has to actually keel over before the Veep moves in. The question is-- do we know the odds of him keeling over?

Should we?

Here's what's in a Presidential physical:

http://www.webmd.com/men/news/20080307/whats-in-a-presidents-physical

Trump is my age. I don't expect to drop dead or have a stroke any time soon, but I am pushing against the averages and wonder about getting new dog, or wife, the odds being they would very shortly be left alone.

Here's an older, but still valid, article on the subject:

http://scienceline.org/2008/09/policy-hsu-presidentialhealth/





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