MN-01: Jim Hagedorn, southern Minnesota congressman, announces he has stage 4 kidney cancer

[RandySF]

ST. PAUL — U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, representative of Minnesota's First Congressional District, announced Wednesday, Feb. 19, that he is being treated for cancer.

Hagedorn said he was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer on Feb. 14, 2019, one year ago, and has received care and immunotherapy at Mayo Clinic this past year.

Hagedorn said in a press statement Wednesday that he was given the "unexpected and rather shocking news" two months after marrying his wife, state Republican Party chair Jennifer Carnahan, and six weeks into his congressional tenure.

In a news release Wednesday night, Carnahan said, "Jim loves our country and serving in Congress more than anything in the world. As his wife and chair of our party, the past year hasn't been easy. We both remain committed to one another, our jobs, our state and our country.



https://www.inforum.com/news/government-and-politics/4960840-Jim-Hagedorn-southern-Minnesota-congressman-announces-he-has-stage-4-kidney-cancer

[MFM008]

1. if only everyone

had the kind of healthcare that's available to congress members.
Want to know when the military hospital Madigan here in WA could finally schedule my dad into cardiology?
The next morning after he died there.

[NutmegYankee]

2. They have access.

Congress buys their insurance through the Obamacare markets as part of the ACA. It was an amendment proposed and passed by Republicans as a poison pill and Democrats called the bluff.