“Leave it to Jon Stewart to potentially need medical attention after getting worked up about something related to healthcare.
On Monday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Stewart dedicated part of his monologue to discussing federal subsidies given to pharmaceutical companies and the exorbitant prices Americans pay for prescription medications.
“Do you know what’s so appalling about our current system and its inherent corruption?” Stewart questioned. “We’ve become so desensitized to it that we actually celebrate minor concessions in this exploitation as victories.”
He then played a clip of President Joe Biden at an event where Biden announced, “I’m proud to announce Medicare has reached an agreement with all manufacturers on all ten drugs selected in the first round of negotiations.”
Stewart then mock-shook with feigned excitement before exclaiming, “Oh, can it be? The companies we fund with billions of dollars are granting us the privilege of negotiating the price of ten of their drugs?!”
“And ten is all of them, right?” Stewart continued. “It would be shameful if it were just a small fraction, and if the American people didn’t expect us to negotiate the prices of all their damn medications! Because we’ve already paid for them with our subsidies!”
The talk show host then slammed his “World’s Most Dad” mug onto his desk, shattering it, and the audience gasped.
Stewart examined his hand, then lowered it beneath the desk, informing the audience, “I’ll be heading to the hospital shortly.”
His hand was subsequently bandaged during the segment. Following the show, Stewart humorously addressed the incident on social media.
“We’re back! New Daily Show tonight!” Stewart posted on X. “It’s a bloody good episode…emphasis on bloody…I’m an idiot…”
