Bernie Sanders undergoes surgery for artery blockage, cancels events until further notice

CNBC ^ | October 2, 2019 | Jacob Pramuk

[Prolixus]

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has canceled all appearances and events until further notice following a procedure for an artery blockage.

In a statement Wednesday, the senator’s adviser Jeff Weaver said Sanders “experienced some chest discomfort” during a Tuesday event. Testing found a “blockage in one artery,” and Sanders had two stents inserted, Weaver said.

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“Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits. He will be resting up over the next few days,” Weaver said. “We are canceling his events and appearances until further notice, and we will continue to provide appropriate updates.”

Sanders, 78, is running for the Democratic presidential nomination for the second time.

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[golux]

Thank goodness he needn’t seek treatment in a country with socialized medicine.

[RummyChick]

She has to be guided by the Devil

[Danette]

I wonder if Hillary paid him off to have medical problems?

[jetson]

The bad juju begins, and there is a year to go.

[seawolf101]

[Prolixus]

Good one!

[caltaxed]

Bernie needs to get on the Trump diet. Lots of hot dogs, fries and greasy burgers.

[GreenHornet]

So Biden and now Sanders have grave threats to their campaigns. Hillary lurks.

Elizabeth Warren better start looking over her shoulder.

[The Louiswu]

Why is he not waiting in a hallway in a hospital in Canada or England. If he loves socialized medicine so much he should ha e gone there or maybe Cuba. Freakin hypocrite.

Always wants to take my money, give me less, tell me how to live but oh boy when the rubber meets the road that jack off is first in line for the good treatment, the best doctors. I hope he has to have a colonoscopy and an ice water enema while he’s there.

[Sans-Culotte]

Dude’s too old...

[Ancient Man]

He received a couple of stents, and I wish him a speedy and uneventful recovery. My only two questions are: (1) Did he have the procedure done in Cuba or Venezuela — the bastions of modern communist health care?; and, (2) Why at his age wasn’t he triaged onto a death sentence waiting list?

[zerosix]

Woo, ole Bern’s gonna use his “really good” government employee health insurance (read that as it’s NOT Obamacare, nor is it Medicare for all) and will probably need to have at least one stent (invented and made by some eeevil corporation - again NOT in Cuba nor his fav Commie Soviet/Russia) put in to save his life!

He definitely isn’t “qualified” to get Veterans care, so what’s he gonna do and more importantly, what’s he gonna admit to doing to save his life?

If he’d just listened to former Colorado Governor Lamm, who claimed no one should live to over 75, he’d have ended it already.

Problem solved!

[wastoute]

“Heart doesn’t want to work.” Of course not, he’s a socialist! (Saw it elsewhere.)

[Titus-Maximus]

Whoooa. It looks like he might be going to the big Socialist Paradise in the sky.

[M-cubed]

Would Bernie make it if he had his healthcare for all? <<

Too bad Bernie doesn't have Canadian or UK FREE health care...
at his age..he'd be waiting 3-6 months for an MRI and ECG...

I bet he'd spend “His OWN money” to rush to the US and have it done within hours...

[Buckeye McFrog]

Bernie has a heart?
I thought he was one of the un-dead.

[Buckeye McFrog]

If he drops out his supporters are going to Warren. Biden and Hildebeast are pretty much SCROOOOOOOOD.

[EVO X]

If he’d just listened to former Colorado Governor Lamm, who claimed no one should live to over 75, he’d have ended it already.

You have it mixed up a bit. Lamm said the elderly have a duty to die. Rahm Emanual's brother Ezekiel is the one that put an age to it..

[eyeamok]

Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to put a stop to expensive end of life treatments like this??

[wastoute]

The question is will Warren step aside for Hillary? She still has kneecaps today.