#HealthCare
@MatWright @TRyanGregory @protect_bc probably right 😔 they minimize so as put the #longcovid #healthcare cost on the victims
A coalition of #labor unions representing 85000 #Kaiser Permanente workers accuse the company of bargaining in bad faith, and prepare for what may be the largest #healthcare #strike in US history https://thehill.com/business/4232971-kaiser-permanente-workers-prep-for-possibility-of-largest-health-care-strike-in-us-history/
When I was wandering around in Australia, I got some weird rash on my arms. I went to a clinic north of Port Douglas.
The Doctor: This ointment will take care of it.
Me (an American): Thanks! How much do I owe you?
The Doctor: Wut
Me: Wut
Most Americans Have Lost Faith in Our Political System. It’s Time to Change It.
Recent polling shows that most Americans have little to no faith in our political system and disapprove of both major parties
Americans are angry, and they’re right to be. A majority of Americans want to protect #abortionrights, address #climatechange, establish a single-payer universal #healthcare system, reduce #gunviolence, and redistribute the vast wealth being hoarded by the #veryrich
We use Kaiser for health care.
This makes me want to set up an appointment for this coming week so I can cancel it when they strike...
(paywall bypassed)
A contract for 75,000 #Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US #healthcare #strike could start Wednesday
@gedeonm
If you want to live on your 40 acres with your 12 wives and accept no assistance from the government - I see NO PROBLEM with that.
I may even join you (except for the wives). It’s actually comforting to have a gun toting, God fearing, trot line running, survivalist neighbor who has my back. Hi friend.
But try to take away my #freedom, my right to #cleanair, #cleanwater, affordable #healthcare including abortion, my American right to live free from hate/bias aggression - Them are fighting words. Don’t mess with my freedoms 🇺🇸
I think conniving to move the Oregon/Idaho border is unpatriotic. I makes me wonder if y’all are itchin to expand the white nationalist cartel. Sketchy.
Amanda Robinson is a frequent patient on HCMC's fifth floor, where she gets treated for a lifelong illness. So she was surprised recently when a nurse offered her new hair-care products, including shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner and detangler that were appropriate for her textured hair, which she wears in locks. Patient requests spurred change, which hospitals are embracing as way to make patients feel comfortable while receiving care. https://www.startribune.com/some-minnesota-hospitals-now-offer-culturally-appropriate-hair-and-skin-care-products/600305185/
“I’ve had a week on the road …”
Check out my latest LinkedIn post to find out more.
#scotland #dailywalk #lawyer #law #scotslaw #scotslawyer #rural #ruralbusiness #healthcare #nhs #renewables #photography #andydrane
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National Health Mission wants CCTVs in TN govt hospitals, docs flag privacy concerns
The order, which does not specify the nitty-gritty, has doctors questioning if the CCTVs would record audio, thereby infringing on patients’ privacy in Tamil Nadu’s primary health centres.
#TamilNadu #NationalHealthMission #TNGovtHospitals #PHCs #privacy #DASE #SDPGA #surveillance #CCTVs #healthcare #NHM #UnionGovt #india
After Decades of Pressure, US Drugmaker J&J Gives Up Patent on Life-Saving TB Drug
This move can lead to the entry of many manufacturers of bedaquiline, thereby reducing the exorbitant price which many governments currently find difficult to afford for all of their patients, say activists.
#tuberculosis #JohnsonAndJohnson #bedaquiline #sirturo #DrugResistantTB #DRTB #LMICs #DrugPatents #drugs #medicine #health #healthcare #india
National Medical Commission’s latest order on seat allocation viewed as unfair to southern States
The recommendation that colleges seeking approval from the National Medical Commission should follow the ratio of 100 MBBS seats per 10 lakh population will punish States that have performed well on this front and undermine federalism in healthcare, say doctors.
#NationalMedicalCommission #NMC #MedicalColleges #SouthernStates #federalism #healthcare #SouthIndia #TamilNadu #kerala #karnataka #AndhraPradesh #telangana #pondicherry #HimachalPradesh #manipur #sikkim #education #medicine #UnionGovt #india
Just read that criminal gangs in Sweden responsible for hundreds of shootings and bombings are turning to the regular entrepreneurial market and starting companies in the healthcare sector. Because there's more money to be made there acting like regular capitalist leeches than importing and selling tons of narcotics. Yay system.
#crime #gangs #capitalism #healthcare
In Switzerland there is no way for a patient to sue a hospital if it has done something wrong. I'm sure it's possible to change the law in your country too, if it's still possible.
Hospitals follow official guidelines from government bodies. So they are not responsible. And the official guidelines are based on expertise.
There is evidence that mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare settings is expensive.
Comrade LostSioux has done so much educational work in our community on issues facing First Nation's culture intellectual history, politics and current events. Because of his important contributions would like to support him in his effort to get his required medical care.
Help LostSioux Get His Healthcare Needs Met!
NHS crisis: UK seeks to expand virtual wards for patients
Forbes continues to slay
#SARSCoV2 #covid #longcovid #pandemic #publichealth #healthcare
Dr. Glaucomflecken's (ophthalmologist) explanation as to how dental & vision in the US got carved off as somehow being different than medical/healthcare. #Healthcare #STEMHistory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDtPmQ-hC8c
If you're feeling discombobulated by the start of #DaylightSavings today, spare a thought for people like #healthcare, #transport, #manufacturing, #utilities and many other #workers who turn their body clocks upside down on a regular basis so that our society can operate.
I did nearly 20 years of rotating onto night shift one week in four as an #ICU #Nurse. I know what it's like.
What can we do to fix United States healthcare? Yes it’s a semi-comedic sketch video, but actually useful policy and advocacy ideas! https://youtu.be/CxQr8eqLa5w?si=1rAtuWN_-6kksfUQ #healthcare #MedicareForAll
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More Than 60,000 Demand Climate Action in Swiss Capital
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The answer in our ITE in psychiatry- i shit you not these are equivalent optiins for
"what defines Non-Profit in #healthcare in 2018?":
a. Does not generate positive operating revenue
b. Does not result in large disproportionate administrative compensation increases
c. Must write off all profits through medical debt forgiveness
d. Implies there are no shareholders to which the org'n answers
e. Cannot be purchased by private equity orgs
Answer is only D..
Fun. "Non-profit" in the U.S.
McLaren operates a network of 13 hospitals across Michigan, along with various medical facilities such as infusion centers, cancer centers, primary and specialty care offices, and a clinical laboratory network.
#Healthcare #Cybersecurity #Michigan #Cyberattack #USA #Ransomware
https://cybersec84.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/michigan-healthcare-provider-hit-by-ransomware-attack/
This is accurate in my experience and the little I've talked with physicians about their paperwork load. I can't see a way to fix this without govt. mandates and even then I'm not sure what will work. The current approach is just going to continue to burn out health care professionals, benefiting no one except investors.
Why It Takes Forever to Get a Doctor's Appointment | Time https://time.com/6313270/doctors-overworked-patients-access/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
Effective obesity solutions beyond the norm: Genetics matter
Franchell Hamilton is a bariatric surgeon.
https://youtube.com/shorts/t1tdFeCNhxM
Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast
#Healthcare #ObesityTreatment #GeneticFactors #PatientSupport #MedicalApproach #WeightStigma #AlternativeStrategies #HolisticHealth #GeneticInsights #PatientWellness
New proposed DHHS rule on discrimination on the basis of disability in health care and child welfare services - take a look and comment on the rule here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/HHS-OCR-2023-0013-0001 Comments close Nov 13, 2023 #disability #healthcare #USPol
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Why Do We Forget So Many of Our Dreams?
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<p>We only remember a fraction of our dreams, and even those slip away if we don’t try to remember them—here’s why</p>
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When Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science.
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So if you wanted (another) example of what happens when regulatory oversight is reduced or removed from #healthcare, all you need to do is look at the 'wild west' of #cosmeticsurgery....
Of course, there is a perfectly professional & well-regulated segment of the market for such elective #surgery but there are vast areas where charlatans are taking advantage of the desperate or foolish....
And you thought #dentistry was bad?
These nightmare #healthcare #insurance stories are the norm in #america. I am fortunate this was not a worse occurrence.
The REAL Reason EpiPens & Inhalers Are So Expensive - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYbg5es58fk
Striking Health Unit Nurses Seek Board of Health Transparency by Filing Freedom of Information Request
September 29, 2023
#belleville ON, September 29, 2023 – As the ongoing strike of Hastings & Prince Edward County Public Health workers nears its seventh week, the 50 nurses and their union – the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) – is filing a Freedom of Information request to obtain transparency in the board of health’s finances.
https://www.ona.org/news-posts/20230929-statement-freedom-of-information/
All,
(See article link above & below)
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/aha-hhs-should-withdraw-health-data-tracking-rule.html
This issue strikes me as a potential emergency. All American health professionals need to be writing our professional associations to demand that they oppose what The American Hospital Association is trying to do here.
I will be writing ACA, and -- time permitting -- will publish more on this later.
The problem in a nutshell is that every time hospitals -- or any other medical source -- make use of 3rd party trackers like Google Analytics, they provide data that can identify a patient. It is a HIPAA violation. They will argue that -- depending upon what is provided -- it does not actually give away enough information to identify the patient, but that is a bogus argument. Google Analytics (and many other outside tech tools) collect databases of information so they can put together profiles over time.
So -- for example -- if a hospital gives Google Analytics a web browser cookie showing that the client logged into their site, the cookie MIGHT just identify the web browser without the client name. BUT -- when that same client goes and logs into their Google account later (for which they have previously given their name), Google can observe the same "anonymous" cookie in the web browser and deduce that this is the same person who logged into the hospital website. If it happens to be an abortion clinic, then Google knows roughly the services provided. If the hospital sends the cookie from psychotherapist John Smith LCPC's telehealth page, then Google knows that the patient sees psychotherapist John Smith.
If hospitals need the tools that Google and other tech companies are providing, they need to buy internal versions of such to run on their own systems. If hospitals need to do marketing, then they need to run the 3rd party trackers only on the most public parts of their websites. therapyappointment.com is a good example of being a good citizen about this -- they run about eight 3rd party trackers on their home page, but only 1 tracker once a therapist has logged in. And that one tracker is for Amazon Cloud Services -- arguably a tracker that is necessary to the operation of their website.
I could see narrow exceptions allowing for 3rd party trackers that might make sense (AHA is making heavy use of these fringe cases in the article). Most of the time its a big problem.
I'm disgusted that the AHA is taking this position. It means they have NO respect for the data privacy they supposedly support!
-- Michael
@rsstosecurity @infosec
#security #healthcare #doctors #itsecurity #hacking #doxxing #psychotherapy #securitynews #psychotherapist #mentalhealth #psychiatry #hospital #socialwork #datasecurity #webbeacons #cookies #HIPAA #privacy #datanalytics #healthcaresecurity #healthitsecurity #patientrecords #telehealth #netneutrality #socialengineering #AHA #americanhospitalassociation #APA #americanpsychologicalassociation #ACA #americancounselingassociation #NASW #nationalassociationofsocialworkers #AMA #americanmedicalassociation #EHR #medicalnotes #progressnotes @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #technology #healthcare #patientportal
#HIPAA #dataprotection #infosec #doctors #hospitals #BAA #businessassociateagreement #congress #senate #lobbying
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McLaren investigating if PHI was leaked on dark web
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<p>Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it has experienced a ransomware attack shortly after a ransomware gang took credit for it, <a href="https://therecord.media/mclaren-healthcare-ransomware-attack-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Record </em></a>reported Sept. 29. </p>
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#security #healthcare #doctors #itsecurity #hacking #doxxing #psychotherapy #securitynews #psychotherapist #mentalhealth #psychiatry #hospital #socialwork #datasecurity #webbeacons #cookies #HIPAA #privacy #datanalytics #healthcaresecurity #healthitsecurity #patientrecords @infosec #telehealth #netneutrality #socialengineering
If you don't know about Dr. #Glaucomflecken's videos, you really ought to check them out. He's been at it for years, and every one is funny. His current series, "30 Days of US Healthcare" is brutally funny and incisive about, well, US #healthcare.
Women and girls should not be required to wait, seek permission, or justify the reason to access abortion care.
FDA seeks to regulate lab-developed tests, closing the ‘Theranos loophole’
#health #healthcare #healthtech #diagnostics #medicine #theranos #FDA
The Liver Doctor's many haters
The defamation complaint by Himalaya Wellness is only the latest in a long series of strong-arm tactics and legal intimidation used against Dr Cyriac Abby Philips aka ‘The Liver Doc’, by proponents of alternative medicine.
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/the-liver-doctors-many-haters
#CyriacAbbyPhilips #TheLiverDoc #HimalayaWellness #himalaya #liv52 #twitter #x #defamation #SocialMedia #ayurveda #quackery #pseudoscience #homeopathy #medicine #FreeSpeech #censorship #health #healthcare #kerala #KSMC #covid19 #india
The only plan the Conservative-based parties in #Canada seem to have is for “parental rights”.
#cdnpoli #Healthcare #Manitoba
Episode 2 has dropped.
https://sites.libsyn.com/478434/episode-2-what-is-a-god
See post I am responding to.
I am also sending this out to lots of psychology/counseling sources as the series is a good way to gain insight into your Neo-Pagan clients.
#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy
@psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare
@PolytheismToday #Pagan #Paganism #Pagancommunity #Neopagan #Wiccan #Wicca #Heathen #witchcraft #witch #polytheism #religion #spirituality
@PaganWhoHasItAll
@TheRatCantRead @DaywalkingRedhead @crazypedia @inclusiveWicca @TheWildHuntNews #occult #theology #theaology #interfaith
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Interesting 📄 policy briefing from The Ada Lovelace Institute and The Health Foundation exploring inequalities in digital health services and data-driven health systems in the UK.
It sets out five challenges with accompanying recommendations for reducing inequalities and taking a more #Inclusive approach to digital #Healthcare.
https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-briefing/healthcare-access-denied/
My boyfriend's health insurance plan covers, in their words "pretty much everything except gender affirming care". We're trying to get them investigated for discrimination. Does anyone have any resources for being affective with this?
#trans #genderaffirmingcare #healthcare #legaladvice #legal #advice
Wow. I'm between #jobs and without #insurance. Something I usually don't worry about as a single, healthy tech guy that has gone through jobs every few years and usually gets a new one within a month of applying. I just setup an appointment for my #flu and #covid booster. $161 dollars for covid, $60 for the flu shot. Crazy. #American #Healthcare sucks.
Yes, I think that's right... the reality of the #NHS (and #NHScrisis) would put many off pursuing a career in #healthcare in this country
Foreign-trained doctors now working in B.C. hospitals and urgent care centres | CTV News https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-quietly-employs-foreign-trained-doctors-as-equity-and-care-concerns-loom-1.6579233 “HAs are already struggling to staff the #UPCCs with physicians as it is, so who is going to be responsible for the oversight and quality control?” asked Dr. Jennifer Lush, an award-winning GP(opens in a new tab) in Victoria. “Are we looking to just put warm bodies in clinics or are we looking to deliver top-quality #healthcare to British Columbians?” Via @pennydaflos
People should be able to safely access medical care, full stop. #Airborne #disease spread — including but not limited to #COVID19 — in #healthcare settings is a patient and #worker #safety issue. We need both #IndoorAirQualityStandards and #respirator usage (not just masks, respirators) to make care and care work safe and accessible.
Costco is latest retailer to push into #healthcare with $29 doctor visits - MarketWatch
> #Costco is giving members access to Sesame, which includes $29 virtual primary care visits, $72 in-person check-ups, and $79 therapy visits.
"Being on the wards with patients and being like—whoa!—I can’t believe this person’s going through this. Their odyssey sticks with you. And there came a realization: Well, if I’m shocked, everybody will be shocked by this."
Senior Reporter and Editor Lise Olsen, in our magazine's Interview, visits with author and doctor Ricardo Nuila, on the promise of public #health in America:
https://www.texasobserver.org/ricardo-nuila-peoples-hospital-ben-taub/
#healthcare #news #politics #USpol #Texas #HumanRights #medicine #inequality #poverty
From 27 Sep: Disability groups win fight to be included in health equity research - The designation as a “health disparity population” allows for more funding and research into the health equity barriers disabled people face. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/26/disability-groups-win-fight-be-included-health-equity-research/ #healthcare #research #disability
‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/26/feminist-approach-cancer-save-lives-800000-women
An age ago I wrote about how men were the default humans, with multiple backed up sources in relation to how medicine doesn't treat women, it considers them smaller men (which leads to worse health outcomes because hormones play a role in the effectiveness of medication). I can share this blog post if you're interested.
Anyway, it's great that in 2023, 8 years after I had breast cancer, we're still talking about how medicine needs to change their approach.
Sep 23 In hospitals, viruses are everywhere. Masks are not (Seattle Times) http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/in-hospitals-viruses-are-everywhere-masks-are-not/ - "Liv Grace came down with respiratory infections three times over the course of four months. ...Grace, 36, a writer who uses they/them pronouns, was infected with respiratory syncytial virus, which led to pneumonia, in December, after they were treated by a nurse wearing a surgical mask who complained about her children being ill with the virus." #healthcare #OSHA #indoorair #airpolitics
@HelenBranswell
Thanks. I’ve been wondering why #HealthPartners, 1 of #minnesota’s largest #healthcare systems still doesn’t have new #CovidVaccine (nor did #CostcoPharmacy when I checked couple of days ago).
New Oklahoma insurance plan will offer free, unlimited access to physicians | KGOU
https://www.kgou.org/news/2023-09-25/new-oklahoma-insurance-plan-will-offer-free-unlimited-access-to-physicians
"Direct primary care is a model where patients pay their physician or practice directly through monthly or annual fees beyond their insurance."
#Oklahoma #OklahomaCountyOK #ClevelandCountyOK #CanadianCountyOK #Healthcare
> #Costco now offering virtual #medical care for $29
> Sesame said it targets the uninsured and those with high deductibles who need to pay cash. It doesn't accept #healthInsurance to help keep prices low.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-virtual-medical-checkups-for-29/
Wait.. I thought we already paid for health insurance, it also makes the cost more expensive!?
FUCK #INSURANCE
Just another quick reminder for #Americans that “Medicare Advantage” is *not* #Medicare.
#MedicareAdvantage is private, for-profit #insurance that is owned by #billionaires.
For profit #medicalinsurance makes more money when they deny you care because it reduces their expenses.
They literally make more money when you die earlier since you are cheaper to care for.
Think about it.
#healthcare #oligarchy #marketfailure #uspolitics #politics #uspoli #usa
https://medicareguide.com/medicare-advantage-to-original-medicare-180767
Feeling so frustrated with healthcare in BC/Canada lately. I have never had a family doctor but have generally been able to update my prescriptions through Telehealth clinics for the past several years (starting before the pandemic). This was the first time I couldn't and I'm lucky BC pharmacists are able to refill prescriptions for longer now because I would otherwise be without meds.
My latest ... "What we don't dare talk about" — via Fintech Futures
#Fintech #FinancialServices #Healthcare #Aging #Longevity #AmWriting #Author #Speaker #WomensHealth
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2023/09/what-we-dont-dare-talk-about/
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If you ever wonder why psychotherapists sometimes stop taking insurance
in the United States, there are lots of reasons. Low pay is the typical
one.
Hassle is another.
I'm trying to catch-up on billing this fine Sunday afternoon. The last
thing I need is a billing rabbit hole to get stuck in...
Today's rabbit hole -- trying to figure out why one of my insurance
panels keeps paying significantly different rates on the same CPT 90837
billing code (the code for a roughly one hour session). A LARGE
difference in fact.
Took a long time... drum roll...
I'm paid LESS for POS 02 (place of service telehealth AWAY from home)
versus POS 10 (place of service telehealth AT home).
Cause, yeah -- that makes sense.
So, yes, I'm required to code whether or not a client is at home for
telehealth. Why? No idea. (I suppose *I* do need to know the address
in case I need to send an ambulance or something.)
This all was made especially fun by:
a) The insurance company does not publish a rate schedule. No way to
know if I'd get a check or a claw-back if I inquire about the discrepancy.
b) The client has co-insurance. So the co-insurance rate varies by
place of service (POS) too. Client pays a percentage (%) of the total
amount I'm due.
It's crazy-making. And "crazy" is a term I usually avoid. Except when
discussing the American health system.
-- Michael
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy
@psychotherapist @psychotherapists
@psychology @socialpsych @socialwork
@psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #insurance
#healthinsurance #americanway
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So, once again we find that when things get tough, private #healthcare exports the problem to the #NHS.... and not only that, they can't even arrange their own transfer of #patients (in the case reported here, leading to the patient's death due to delay)... as always the private sector wants to retain the profits but wants the state to bail them out of trouble.
#SaveOurNHS don't expand the parasitic profiteering & cherry picking private health sector!
@BlackAzizAnansi thank you love. and let people know #GetAmammo #GetChecked #FuckCancer
cancer is hitting black women earlier and earlier. we cannot let the fascists and their eugenics win.
Audre Lorde was right: taking care of ourselves and each other is political warfare.
am on #healthcare warrior mode.
Social Security Works says GOP is planning on closed door commissions to slash Medicaid and Social Security/Medicare just before the gov shutdown. They have an action page. If you don't trust the quick petition format of orgs like this, I suggest using their talking points to contact your reps directly. #USPol #Healthcare
This has been a complaint since my 20s, but I want to be able to get ALL the healthcare I need, including preventative healthcare.
Everyone should have access to this. The amount the US has spent on subsidizing rich criminals would easily have covered it. #Healthcare #Disability
In a #summer of record-high temperatures, things just kept getting hotter for Maverick County and its #firefighters.
In this issue's Photo Essay, Kaylee Greenlee Beal rides along with these first-responders, where crews are stretched thin and working harder than ever: https://www.texasobserver.org/maverick-firefighter-emt-summer/
#photography #Texas #infrastructure #health #healthcare #medicine
#Women and #nonbinary #people say #doctors won’t stop talking about their #weight.
A new #19thNews/#SurveyMonkey #poll finds they are more likely to report facing #weightbased #discrimination from #healthcare #providers, with sometimes #devastating #consequences.
#Women #Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Health #Healthcare #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://19thnews.org/2023/09/poll-weight-discrimination-health-care/
Most #Americans #agree #politicians aren’t #informed enough to make #sound #trans #healthcare #policies, #survey finds.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/22/politicians-trans-health-care-policies-minors/
Recently paid a friend a visit. She had to be warded at the public #hospital for cancer treatments. Guess how much she had to pay for a night?
RM3. That's about 60 cents in US$. It was a very basic, shared space. But she is receiving treatment because her insurance will not cover the treatments. I am ever so grateful for universal #healthcare in #Malaysia.
#Actress and #WomensRights and #ReproductiveRights #activist #MarthaPlimpton: We Must #Fight for #Abortion and #LGBTQ #Rights—and Our Own #Bodies
The #HumanRight to #bodilyautonomy is #sacrosanct, whether you’re someone who needs an #abortion, #genderaffirming #Healthcare, or simply want to #liveyourtruth #openly.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Allies #Feminism #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture
Which brings me to the #UAW strike. This is an historic strike, the first time that the UAW has struck *all* of the #BigThree automakers at once. Past autoworkers' strikes have marked turning points for *all* American workers. The 1945/46 #GM strike established employers' duty to cover worker #pensions, #HealthCare, and #CostOfLivingAllowances. The GM strike created the American middle-class:
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-09-18-uaw-strikes-built-american-middle-class/
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“It's better if you have more hands!”: #Latina #HealthCare access barriers and community organization interventions in #Chicago suburbs - #ScienceDirect #academics #science https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016718523001896?dgcid=author #tceajmg #edtech #TCEA #education #teachers #learners #students #K12 #learning
The #NHScrisis is being compounded by the failure of the #workforce plan to 'encourage' #nurses into the profession.... I mean why would you apply to be a an underpaid, overstretched nurse who the Govt. has abused & insulted who has to take on a significant student debt for the privilege?
The #Tories plan to wreck public #healthcare continues apace....
You'll notice the problem is actually an English issue, the devolved nations seem to have much less of a problem... hmmm, I wonder why?
@leadegroot that is very strange, as far as I can see any adult can get a booster if it’s been at least 6 months since last vaccine/infection 😕 This is current as of yesterday ~ https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/covid-19-vaccines/getting-your-vaccination/booster-doses
#COVID #COVID19 #healthcare #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDBoosters #Coronavirus #Australia
Nursing Home Food Alert!! 🔥😧🔥😧🔥
This disgusting, beyond institutionally bad dinner, was served to us tonight at the long-term care/rehab facility where I currently live.
The place is having a genuinely tough time hiring someone to run the kitchen. But orders from McDonalds would probably be best until they get it sorted.
Most #Americans Want #Rightwing #Politicians to #Stop #Attacking #Trans #People
In a new #survey, only 17% said that #politicians should focus on #restricting #genderaffirming #Healthcare.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.them.us/story/survey-results-americans-trans-rights
But most people won’t be able to access it at first.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zn9y/ketamine-therapy-is-now-being-offered-across-the-us-by-an-insurance-provider
#News #Drugs #Ketamine #ketaminetherapy #healthcare