'Help Save My Life' — Dilbert Cartoonist Begs Trump To Fix Kaiser Health Battle

Scott Adams, the man behind the internationally syndicated Dilbert comic strip and controversial remarks, said he appealed to President Donald Trump on social media for help accessing a cancer treatment from Kaiser Permanente.

Adams first posted a public plea on X, saying on Sunday that he planned to ask Trump for his help getting a specific treatment for metastasized prostate cancer from Kaiser Permanente.

"On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life. He offered to help me if I needed it," Adams wrote Sunday.

"I need it," he added.

Adams wanted Trump to use his influence to persuade Kaiser to schedule treatment of Pluvicto, a radioactive drug approved for men with advanced prostate cancer who had received hormone therapy and chemotherapy, according to reports.

Kaiser had approved the treatment for Adams, but a scheduling snafu was delaying it, he said.

"I am declining fast. I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday. That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer," Adams wrote.

"Scott. How do I reach you," wrote Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "The president wants to help,"

“On it,” Trump wrote in response shortly after.

On Tuesday, Adams posted that he would receive the cancer treatment he is seeking the next day.

Kaiser Permanente said in a statement that, "Mr. Adams’ oncology team is working closely with him on the next steps in his cancer care, which are already underway."

A spokeswoman did not respond regarding the delay in treatment claimed by Adams.

Some X users praised the intervention and offered sympathy for Adams.

The exchange also prompted angry posts, accusing Adams of using his influence.

One user reposted a 2023 comment attributed to Adams, "Don't ask a president to make healthcare or moral decisions for you. No one would respect that process."

The exchange revealed not only the seriousness of Adams’ condition, but also the personal and transactional nature of many relationships with Trump and the distrust of medical expertise sown by his administration, the San Francisco Chronicle observed.

Adams experienced repercussions from his controversial comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Feb. 26 it would no longer work with the cartoonist.

In an episode of his YouTube show, Adams described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.”

Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work.

The Associated Press Contributed to this report.