While some athletes have raved about the muffins and others have complained about the cardboard beds, some American Olympians are taking advantage of the free healthcare. Team USA rugby player Ariana Ramsey didn't just get a bronze medal in Paris — she's had a pap smear, X-ray, teeth cleaning, and an eye test. She's posted about this on TikTok, influenced other athletes in the Village to visit medical professionals, and now plans to fight for universal healthcare in the U.S. Here's more from Sports Illustrated.
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#Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government
The Senate, with the help of Democratic defectors, passed a bill to end the longest government #shutdown WITHOUT the #HealthInsurance subsidies #Democrats long demanded. The earliest the House will vote is Wednesday.
#healthcare #ACA #Medicaid
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/10/us/trump-government-shutdown-news/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share
Update on the "Teach ME, Treat ME" medical education campaign from #MEAction :
https://www.meaction.net/2024/09/04/teachme-treatme-we-cant-believe-these-numbers/
"We tallied up some numbers from our 'Teach ME, Treat ME' campaign to educate clinicians and medical students about ME, and the results are fantastic!
The campaign has been a herculean effort by #MEAction staff and our 16 incredible teams across the U.S and U.K., and we are beyond proud!"
@mecfs @longcovid
#MEcfs #LongCovid #MedEd #CME #HealthCare #MayoClinic #TeachMeTreatME
Bullshit
Enough #Democrats voted with #Republicans to allow a spending deal that would reopen the government without the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies they had originally sought.
#ACA #Healthcare #HealthInsurance
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/09/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes #Insurance
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Those who need #therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have #health insurance.
Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable.
#News #HealthCare #MentalHealth #Government #Business #Law #Doctors #Hospital #Patients
#House passes bill to reopen government after longest #shutdown ever
The legislation now goes to #Trump to sign into #law.
The bill INCLUDES the provision allowing Senators who were investigated by the #DOJ for their alleged involvement in Trump’s effort to overturn the #2020election to sue the #US #government for $500,000.
It DOES NOT INCLUDE the #healthcare subsidies for the #ACA, nor a reversal of the GOP #Medicaid cuts Democrats wanted.
#SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-reopen-update-house-returns-5771f2befb15f4ab45e327369f2e98d9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-12-Breaking+News
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<p>The sudden shutdown of Med-Mastodon was a shock, splintering the medical and science community, and causing years of quality content to become lost. Over the holidays I made it my mission to create that space for the medical (and allied health) community on the fediverse once again.</p> <p>Introducing <a href="https://postcall.pub/" rel="nofollow ugc">postcall.pub</a>! <strong>Postcall.pub</strong> is the digital lounge for clinical practice, medical science, and everything in between. A decentralized home for the medical community to think, share, and connect.</p> <p><img src="https://community.nodebb.org/assets/uploads/files/1767631104191-e3f2a72a-90a3-468b-ba97-d8c5dba5eb19-image.png" alt="e3f2a72a-90a3-468b-ba97-d8c5dba5eb19-image.png" /></p>
They bought #HealthInsurance promoted by #Trump. Then they needed surgery.
The cheap #health #insurance promoted by Trump officials has a catch.
Some states have banned “short-term” insurance plans with limited coverage, & consumer advocates have warned of the drawbacks.
#law #scammers #affordability #healthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CostOfLiving #economy #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #policy #USpol
https://wapo.st/4oRpNtt
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#SCOTUS allows #HHS to divert funds over #abortion referrals
The #SupremeCourt Tues cleared the way for the #Biden admin to strip millions of #HealthCare dollars from #Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to info about #abortions — a federal req that the state says would be at odds w/its strict #AbortionBan.
Last yr, the Biden admin diverted $4.5M from OK’s #FamilyPlanning prgm, which primarily serves #LowIncome or #uninsured patients.
#law #ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/oklahoma-abortion-funding-supreme-court-title-x/
Candi Miller would have turned 43 today.
Under Georgia’s abortion ban, Candi avoided doctors, deciding to navigate an abortion alone. Her death is the second preventable abortion-related death ProPublica has found.
#News #Abortion #Georgia #AbortionBan #USNews #Pregnancy #Health #Healthcare #Government #Politics
#Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week #Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care
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Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller.
#News #Health #Healthcare #Pregnancy #PlannedParenthood #WomensHealth #Law #Government #Politics #KamalaHarris #Doctors #Hospital
UK voters need to read this and pay serious attention. This is what Wes Streeting and his despicable acceptance of donations from American for-profit Healthcare providers is bringing to the UK.
If it doesn’t make you very upset and very angry there’s something wrong with you. #NHS #Healthcare https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/113618572452925991
Denise has now had surgery & has a new pair of lungs. So far, her body is accepting them but she has a long road ahead & is not out of the woods yet 🕯️🕯️
They still need help with costs, so if you are able to give or to repost, they would be grateful 🙏
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolksLive2025 #Health #Healthcare
The scary thing is that unofficial GPTs claiming to be medical professionals (like PAs and NPs) has been around for a few years already.
Thousands asking questions daily. Some created by official medical orgs and associations, but mostly not. And no way to tell the difference.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/07/chatgpt-health-tab-apple-fitness-apps
A teacher called over a dozen therapists to find mental health care following a miscarriage.
An EMT spent months looking for one after a suicide attempt.
They couldn’t find any in-network provider able to see them. Now they're suing their insurer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Health #MentalHealth #Lawsuit #Healthcare #Insurance #NewYork
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to #Texas Emergency Rooms
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It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a #hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened.
Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.”
She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s #abortion ban.
#News #Health #HealthCare #Pregnancy #Government #Law #Safety #Family
https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala
#Georgia officials have dismissed all members of the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which is charged with investigating deaths of #pregnant women, in response to ProPublica's reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller.
#Abortion #Pregnancy #Women #Mothers #Families #RoeVWade #Health #HealthCare
"Trump claimed drug companies would be forced to give Americans the lowest prices in the world. ...
Now reality has arrived. And it brought the receipts.
As of yesterday, drugmakers are raising U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications—up sharply from 250 last year."
~ Michael Cohen
This week's comic: "Protecting the children"
#uspol #comic #cartoon #children #education #lgbtq #climate #health #healthcare #transgender
For-profit death: "A physician, said that after her practice was acquired by private equity, she “was forced to see 45 patients daily with 1 medical assistant. This was unsafe."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/private-equity-healthcare
Seattle Children's Hospital has begun halting some gender affirming care and caved far earlier than most expected in the face of Trump's illegal executive orders.
There's a call to action below and protests are planned today and tomorrow.
https://monogr.ph/67a3f86c0b0ee042476f706c
#Seattle #ProtectTransYouth #lgbtq #USPol #Healthcare #calltoaction
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How to not giving up and cope with the mental part of Long Covid? A practice guide to losing your patience, and not your mind.
This is a work-in-progress guide based on LC experiences, grouped into seven areas. Please share any suggestions to help us support each other. Remember: we’re not weak, we’re exhausted.
#LongCovid #PostCovid #NietHersteld #PAIS #MentalHealth #WellBeing #HealthCare #Health
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The idiotic (and evidently pampered and privileged) folks who mock "public health" and governmental initiatives to prevent spread of infectious disease and assure that people get basic healthcare obviously did not live prior to the 1950s when, for the first time, parents could spare their children of the crippling disease of polio — due to government initiatives.
Me, I tend to turn a deaf ear to idiocy spouted by the pampered and privileged.
You're tired of reading takes about Doctronic's #Utah AI prescription pilot. But did you know that the company hasn't spoken to the FDA about it?
Nine policy and legal experts STAT spoke to disputed Doctronic's reasoning.
This is the most important story you haven't read about the Utah AI program.
@STAT's Mario Aguilar has more about the law, the uncertainties, and the risks of the experiment:
https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/utah-doctronic-ai-doctor-prescription-renewal-fda-regulation/
#health #healthcare #medicine #AI #artificialintelligence #healthtech