Distribution of People Ages 0-64 with #Medicaid by Race/Ethnicity
White: ~40%
Black: ~19%
Hispanic: ~30%
AANHPI: ~5%
AI/AN: ~1%
Other/Multiple: ~6%
#healthcare #medicine #health #disease #veterans #disabled
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-distribution-people-0-64-by-raceethnicity/
healthcare
Intense layoffs have begun at HHS.
The agency “as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed.” — former FDA commissioner Rob Califf
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/ via @STAT
#hhs #fda #cdc #health #publichealth #healthcare #medicine #doge #layoffs
Found an interesting graph with absolutely no relation to current events on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_vs_healthcare_spending.jpg
I forget who I learned this from, but it's pretty useful to add Reagan's face right around 1981 to help understand changes in US over time.
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills.
But the insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-louisiana-insurance-lawsuit-breast-cancer-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Everything maga hates, in one convenient place...
#CivilRights #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #FreedomOfReligion #SeparationOfChurchAndState #LGBTQ #Abortion #Contraception #Capitalism #Racism #WhiteNationalism #ChristianNationalism #ChristoFascism #ClimateCrisis #Immigration #Healthcare #WomensRights #Science #History
Questions about #covid that many people have and may not understand... And they matter and I've asked them too.
#Surgical vs #n95 #masks and #one way masking , with links to the studies and info in it, feel free to read of you are interested:
https://airsupportproject.com/does-one-way-masking-work-covid-19-series/
And info on the fight to improve infection control standards in #healthcare settings with #HICPAC and #CDC and #Hospitals etc
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Last week:
#Conservative opposition leader #Poilievre loses his own seat in #Canada
This week:
Conservative opposition leader (of the Liberal Party, but that's the conservatives in Australia) #Dutton loses his own seat in #Australia
🤣🤣🤣
👏👏👏
Congratulations Australia and #LaborParty's #Disability advocate #AliFrance!
She lost her leg in a car accident in 2011, sparking an interest in protecting the public #healthcare system
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💞⚕️💞 NEED HELP! 💞⚕️💞
It can be a rough road, disability plus poverty. Right now, I truly need your help...
🏥 Medical supplies not covered by Medicaid, especially Curist Lidocaine (1, 3, 6 packs), etc. - Amazon
🏥 Supplemental healthy groceries - DoorDash or suprise me
🏥 Cash for expensive prescription ($200), clothing cleaned - GoFundMe, PayPal, Zelle, snail mail
Details in link. Thank you greatly! 🙏♥️🙏
CLICK HERE! 👉👉👉 https://mailchi.mp/af647449c7f3/the-confessional-12849417
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When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
"Each new offensive makes it harder not to suspect that the ultimate goal of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is to ensure Gaza is uninhabitable and drive Palestinians from their land. For two months, Israel has blocked delivery of all aid into the strip."
~ Financial Times
#Netanyahu #Trump #Israel #Gaza #starvation #healthcare
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https://www.ft.com/content/f5fd6f8d-06a7-4d1f-b842-752e3aca9272
Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation
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The lawmakers also accused Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins of stonewalling their efforts to learn more about agency cuts and their effects. “There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans,” Rep. Chris Deluzio said.
#News #Veterans #Healthcare #Health #Democrats #Congress #Government #USPolitics
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-americans-pay-more-for-prescription-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Drugs #Pharma #Health #Healthcare #Cancer #Business #Congress
The #GOP’s New #Medicaid Denialism
Unable to defend their #healthcare #cuts on the merits, congressional #Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.
Republicans in #Congress claim to have achieved something truly miraculous. Their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they argue, would cut nearly $800B from Medicaid spending over 10yrs without causing any Americans to lose #health care—or, at least, without making anyone who loses health care worse off.
#law #Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
The Limitations of Professional Psychology - Tuning In
This is just an overview, a summary, of my thoughts from over three decades of study and practice in positive psychology to describe some limitations of contemporary professional psychology. What do you think? What have I missed? I’m eager for any comments, disagreements, or other perspectives.
#Psychology #MentalHealth #Healthcare #Politics #culture
http://www.ajschuler.com/blog/the-limitations-of-professional-psychology
I'm back from the denturist. He said my gums are getting damaged by the current immediate dentures & obtaining fixed ones would help with that & with eating more foods. The fixed dentures aren't as expensive as immediates were but they are still costly & not covered by my pharmacare. I am a disabled death doula/death care aide, working on independent contracts basis & have no additional health insurance coverage. I was slowly saving up for fixed dentures but had to use the $260 saved for unexpected medical costs for me & Mom's recent downturns in health last month.
These are the costs I was quoted today, for getting full set of fixed dentures made with the related costs that I'm #fundraising for:
X-rays, casting & full fixed dentures set - $1650
4 relines for any adjustments needed after - $680
$331.55 CDN in donated funds received as of 5:40pm on June 2nd.
Total still needed: $1,998.45
If you can donate anything at all to help me pay for fixed dentures, please use my PayPal QR code or my Kofi or e-transfers:
https://www.paypal.me/quebanh
https://ko-fi.com/phoenixserenity
quebanhincedar@gmail.com
Please boost, if you're unable to #donate to my fixed dentures #fundraiser. Thank you for any & all assistance 🙏
I'll document the whole process of getting fixed dentures, afterwards, so folks can see what they helped to fund.
#MutualAid #Dental #Healthcare #DonationsNeeded #PeopleWithDisabilities #WorkingPoor #HelpNeeded
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I’m so sick of these stories.
I’m enraged, exhausted and heartbroken.
This should never happen, yet it happens every damn day.
Misogyny in medicine kills.
Women are frequently ignored, gaslit, under treated and mistreated.
Some of us live to tell our stories, but many do not.
Tell your story. Scream it from the rooftops. Demand better. Keep raising your voice until we never have to fight the patriarchal system of medicine ever again.
https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/georgia-oconnor-uk-boxer-dies-at?utm_medium=ios
#misogyny #patriarchy #medicine #healthcare #ableism #discrimination #womenshealth
We obtained records showing how a DOGE staffer with no medical experience used AI to identify which VA contracts to kill.
His tool concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-veterans-affairs-ai-contracts-health-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“Texans know bullshit when we see it. This bill is a political stunt designed to distract us from the damage the state’s #abortion ban continues to cause.” https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-abortion-reproductive-rights-bills-2025/
#news #politics #USpol #health #healthcare #TXlege #HumanRights #women #Texas
New today from Ana Flores: "I learned early as a Texan that our state doesn’t always fight for its people. Especially if you’re Latina. Especially if you’re undocumented. Especially if you’re young, brown, or poor." https://www.texasobserver.org/cuts-women-healthcare-reproductive-rights/
Framing is everything.
"You can keep your healthcare" is often listed as a "major lie" of "Obamacare" (they call it the ACA when they use it themselves)
The reason many people lost their "healthcare" is those plans were either completely destroyed by the ACA's offering beating it out, or just plain not actually qualifying as 'healthcare' under the new rules
People were mad the ACA exposed their plans as a scam
"Never Pay" plan from Monty Python
Horrifying news about the VA:
Until the recent changes, VA hospitals’ bylaws said that medical staff could not discriminate against patients “on the basis of race, age, color, sex, religion, national origin, politics, marital status or disability in any employment matter”. Now, several of those items – including “national origin,” “politics” and “marital status” – have been removed from that list.
Similarly, the bylaw on “decisions regarding medical staff membership” no longer forbids VA hospitals from discriminating against candidates for staff positions based on national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, membership in a labor organization or “lawful political party affiliation”.
Dr Arthur Caplan, founding head of the division of medical ethics at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, called the new rules “extremely disturbing and unethical”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients
Earlier: “If a young queer person fears that their parents might not be affirming, they need an outlet to process that. Having access to counselors at school can be a lifeline to young queer people who are trying to make sense of how they fit in the world and also trying to maintain a healthy relationship with their parents.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-lege-2025-anti-lgbtq-bills-passed/
#politics #USpol #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #law #education #healthcare #news
'Devastating': Senators name 338 rural hospitals that could close if Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes, including 11 in #Ohio, 35 in #Kentucky, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL THAT SAVED MY WIFE PENNY last August when she had her widow maker heart attack.
Penny would be dead if not for our rural hospital, there is no question about it. She barely made it there alive and then, already incubated.
According to her chart, she arrived at our nearest rural #AppalachianOhio ER at 6:53 by ambulance and was in life saving surgery by 6:57. Surgery was over by 7:07 and she was out the door and on the way to university hospital at 7:12. She barely made it there alive and underwent more surgery. #Hospital #OBBBA #Budget #HealthCare #OBBB
#USPol
This 
letter includes the lists of hospitals:
https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_on_rural_hospitals.pdf
Heart attack thread, https://oldfriends.live/@paul/112975011306728469
![Dear President Trump, Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson,
In May, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a reconciliation
package that, if enacted, will impose the largest cuts to health care in United States history,
slashing funding for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act by more than $1 trillion and
triggering more than $500 billion in Medicare cuts. Republicans’ cuts to Medicaid and the
Affordable Care Act will cause 16 million people in the U.S. to lose health insurance coverage.
A majority of adults living in rural areas are concerned that these health care cuts will
“negatively impact hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers in [their]
community.”1 They are right to be worried, as these cuts will have devastating consequences for
health outcomes and costs, jobs, and the economic success of rural communities. Today, we
write to provide you with detailed information about rural hospitals that are uniquely at risk of
financial distress and even closure, conversion, or service reductions because of the cuts in the
House-passed reconciliation package. The information provided by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for
Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina (Sheps Center) illustrates what
your party’s reconciliation bill will mean for the health of Americans living in rural
communities.](/proxy/post_attachment/743075/5b71e118b9.png "Dear President Trump, Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson,
In May, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a reconciliation
package that, if enacted, will impose the largest cuts to health care in United States history,
slashing funding for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act by more than $1 trillion and
triggering more than $500 billion in Medicare cuts. Republicans’ cuts to Medicaid and the
Affordable Care Act will cause 16 million people in the U.S. to lose health insurance coverage.
A majority of adults living in rural areas are concerned that these health care cuts will
“negatively impact hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers in [their]
community.”1 They are right to be worried, as these cuts will have devastating consequences for
health outcomes and costs, jobs, and the economic success of rural communities. Today, we
write to provide you with detailed information about rural hospitals that are uniquely at risk of
financial distress and even closure, conversion, or service reductions because of the cuts in the
House-passed reconciliation package. The information provided by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for
Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina (Sheps Center) illustrates what
your party’s reconciliation bill will mean for the health of Americans living in rural
communities.")
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NEW ESSAY: rather than reading the legalese #SCOTUS used to justify #Skrmetti, learn about how conspiracy theorists hijacked mainstream discourse on gender-affirming care, and why many ppl find these particular "conspiracies" so compelling:
on Substack (no paywall): https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid-lab-leak-and-rushing-kids
& Medium (friend link): https://juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-lab-leak-and-rushing-kids-into-transition-have-in-common-2eb4e08ee3f4?sk=c866d22b9e29cc428fd73e02abba9881
please share & like etc! #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #science #healthcare
A federal judge ruled that the state of Texas for decades unnecessarily institutionalized 4,500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nursing home facilities, denying them services that are required under federal law.
#Court #HealthScience #Healthcare #News #Texas #Disabilities #FederalLaw #IntellectualOrDevelopmentalDisabilities #TexasDepartmentOfStateHealthServices #TopStories #Tpr