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Friday, March 13, 2026

Donald Trump's policies are likely to drive soaring rates of lung disease and premature death, according to a wide-ranging new study by pulmonary specialists and public health experts.

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Experts warn of 'attack on Americans' lungs' from cuts to health programs, environmental rollbacks and other plans

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-- Guardian US (@us.theguardian.com) Mar 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM

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Donald Trump's policies are likely to drive soaring rates of lung disease and premature death. The moves are likely to increase lung disease incidences, worsen existing illness and undermine care for patients already suffering, threatening children and adults' pulmonary health, the researchers say. Taken together, they amount to "an attack on Americans' lungs" that could mean millions "die needlessly in the years ahead"

This is what MAGA filth support.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-13 06:43 PM | Reply

More from the cited article ...

... Reached for comment, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said: "The Trump administration is not jeopardizing healthcare access for anyone."

Among the most immediate concerns highlighted in the report are healthcare cuts included in Trump's second-term tax and spending package. Known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), it slashed over $1tn from health programs, marking the largest federal healthcare rollbacks in American history.

The cuts could jeopardize access to care for millions relying on Medicaid, lowering vaccination rates for respiratory illnesses, diminishing emergency treatments and decreasing medication access, the analysis says. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-13 08:34 PM | Reply

@#2 ... "The Trump administration is not jeopardizing healthcare access for anyone." ...

OK, then now let's talk about Pres Trump's multi-trillion tax-cuts for the wealthy, while cutting health care for Americans.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-13 08:36 PM | Reply

"Reached for comment, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said: "The Trump administration is not jeopardizing healthcare access for anyone.""

Anyone who actually believes that is a math moron.

Even Republican Math only goes so far.

There is no way in heaven, hell, or anywhere in between, where you can slash $1 trillion from Medicare and no one's health access is jeopardized.

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-13 11:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#4 ... Even Republican Math only goes so far.

There is no way in heaven, hell, or anywhere in between, where you can slash $1 trillion from Medicare and no one's health access is jeopardized. ...

Agreed.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-13 11:14 PM | Reply

Epstein pall, Jeffrey Nutlick says they want us all to work into our 70's for the sake of the fascist economy. So they want us working from the age of 16 to 70+ years old, no retirement, so the Epstein class can continue to soak up every dollar they can get their filthy child raping hands on, to hell with the poor and the middle class.

For the Epstein class, money is just a way to keep score. Scott Bessent ranted about our parents owning six or seven houses as if it was something everyone does. THE EPSTEIN CLASS CANNOT RELATE TO THE REST OF US. They are all so rich they could NEVER spend their wealth, and that wealth means they get a different brand of justice from the rest of us. They're walling themselves off from the rest of us on private islands, and neighborhoods, etc.

Dotard has sounded like Maried Antoinette lately with his rants on the "hoax" of affordability, his statement that nobody gives a s**t about the cost of housing, how high gas prices are good for "us" meaning the rich oil company CEOs and their investors more of the Epstein class. Another way the Epstein class extracts more mo ey from the rest of us.

#6 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2026-03-14 03:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

EPA Dismantles Protections for Mercury and Air Toxics From Power Plants

Advocates warn of more toxic pollution, asthma attacks, and premature deaths, especially in communities living near coal plants
February 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. " The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) - a move that will allow coal- and oil-fired power plants to emit more brain-damaging mercury, other harmful heavy metals, and dangerous soot. Those emissions put the public at greater risk of heart and lung disease, cancer, and premature death.

www.nrdc.org

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-14 03:13 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump is relying on his tried and true policy of "in your face lying" so that one has to understand the truth and stand and deliver one's truth on Election Day...and if they are in the habit of just shrugging and going along with him, MAGA like, yeah, FDRs safety net of social security and medicare could be toast.
Even for the great grifter Trump, taking medicare and medicaid and social security from MAGA and asking for their midterm votes is going to be a tough sell.

#8 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-03-14 06:46 AM | Reply

What to do when your oncologist and your podcaster disagree about cancer treatment.

~ NY Times Pitchbot ~

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-14 10:19 AM | Reply

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