Officials of the federal Department of Health and Human Services — the agency that’s supposed to be fighting obesity — got to fly first class at taxpayers’ expense by claiming they were too overweight to be crammed into coach.
HHS officials took 7,000 first-and business-class flights between 2009 and 2013, according to figures first reported by the Washington Examiner.
In 5,100 cases, they got medical exemptions — including obesity, back injuries, or circulation issues — for the premium seats.
“If someone is obese and too large for a seat, the doctor can put in a request,” HHS spokeswoman Kristin Gillham told The Post, adding that an agency travel official must approve each request.
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2 comments:
Really? Are you kidding me? They'd be riding a bus if it were in my control.
Bus? Hell with that ..make em walk
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