Glenn Beck was hospitalized with appendicitis on Wednesday. Thursday, he tweeted praise for his “AMAZING drs/nurses” — even though the nursing staff are members of a union Beck despises. Alexander Zaitchik explains at Alternet:
The quality of care he is receiving should not have come as a surprise. When Beck complained of acute abdominal pain during his radio program on Wednesday, he was rushed to a nearby hospital. The security-conscious Beck has not disclosed the name of the facility, but it’s a safe bet that it is staffed by proud members of a storied union: New York’s Local 1199, aka United Healthcare Workers East, which belongs to the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU has organized all of Manhattan’s major hospitals, including every facility to which Beck could have conceivably been sent.
Here is what Beck thinks of the SEIU:
