Here are five takeaways:
1. Due to personal relationships with candidates, Dr. Scheiner notes objective physicians may be better able to provide an honest assessment of the candidate’s health to the public, as opposed to candidates’ personal physicians.
2. Dr. Scheiner says although physicians have an ethical obligation to report the assessment, it puts them in a compromising position. He tells ABC News, “I would like to think I have more integrity, that I would have been honest about that. But it is a terrible position to be put in. And because it is such a terrible position I think the whole thing has to change.”
3. President Obama was in excellent health so Dr. Scheiner explains he was not placed in such a position.
4. Like many Americans, Dr. Scheiner wants both candidates to release more health information. For instance, he believes Hillary Clinton should undergo a neuro- psychological exam to determine if her 2012 concussion caused more damage than is currently known.
5. He also claims Donald Trump should have X-rays of his feet to confirm he was deferred from the Vietnam War due to bone spurs. Dr. Scheiner also stated Donald Trump should also have a neuro-psychological exam as he believes the Republican candidate may have a personality disorder. Dr. Scheiner told ABC News, “That warrants an evaluation, the kind of statements he makes.”
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