#Healthcare Reform

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

“The brazen shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has prompted an outpouring of dark online humor from health insurance industry haters.

Many commenters online have responded to the news of his death with variations of the phrase “thoughts and prayers are out of network,” a reference to the language insurers often use when refusing to reimburse patients for their health care costs.”

76,000 Americans die each year because insurance companies make decisions to limit what they will spend on us. We’ve reached the point where it’s us or them. We lose loved ones and then go bankrupt losing everything else. They get billions for causing heartbreak and making us homeless.

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Clinical studies be like

1 billion random boys were tested. results show that 0% of girls are autistic* 👍

1 billion autistic males were tested. results show that 0% of autistics are female* 👍

1 billion minors were tested. results show ADHD stops at age 18, often to be replaced by plain laziness* 👍

*certified😎 totally credible source✨ we are pros🤓 with coats🥼

[reasonsforhope]

"In short: Nine million Canadian women of reproductive age will have the full cost of their contraception covered as part of a major health care reform, the government says.

The reform includes the most widely used contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants and the day after pill.

What's next? The government must still win the approval of Canada's provinces, which administer health care."

"Canada will cover the full cost of contraception for women, the government says as it highlights the first part of a major health care reform.

The government will pay for the most widely used contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants or the day after pill, for the nine million Canadian women of reproductive age, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Sunday at a press conference in a pharmacy in Toronto.

"Women should be free to choose the contraceptives they need without cost getting in the way. So, we're making contraceptives free," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on X, formerly Twitter.

The announcement fleshes out the first part of a bill unveiled in February that, once completed, would mark the biggest expansion of Canada's publicly funded health care system in decades.

This new regime will also cover the cost of diabetes medication for some 3.7 million Canadians.

The cost of the new system and timing of the launch have not been announced...

The government must now win the approval of Canada's provinces, which actually administer health care, for this new system. Alberta and Quebec have already said they would opt out.

The pharmacare plan — as it is called locally — follows protracted negotiations between Mr Trudeau's Liberal minority government and a small leftist faction in parliament.

The New Democratic Party agreed to prop up the Liberals until the fall of 2025, on the condition that the government immediately launch the drug program."

-via ABC News Australia, March 31, 2024

[ontheoutside-lookingin]

Clinical misdiagnosis is more common than self misdiagnosis. Just for the record, in case anyone is still skeptical of self diagnosis :) it’s not up for debate btw

[godisarepublican]

Check this out! This is serious! Just by naming RFK Jr for Health and Human Services, "Healthcare" stocks tanked! The error (era) of corporate greed masking as healthcare is over!

[fullpenguincupcake]

Delay, deny, depose: lessons for the new year

In the world of healthcare, delay stalls justice, deny erodes trust, and depose dismantles accountability; reminding us of the courage needed to confront broken systems. As we step into the new year, may we resolve to demand transparency, prioritize compassion, and ensure that every life receives the dignity it deserves. Change begins when we refuse to let the cycles of delay, deny, and depose define our future.

[biestcallisto]

Briana Bostons gofundme is still under 100k ;-(

[thepeopleinpower]

Capitalism and colonialism took community away from us and I want it back. I’ve heard about it from my grandparents and in books and articles online. All throughout history and still today in some parts of the world. People looking out for each other. Regularly. Relentlessly. Neighbors watching each others children, having enough food to share and actually sharing it, being invested in each others lives because everyone has different strengths.

Today community has been strategically painted as a weakness and something to be skeptical of because it is a threat to the very foundations of capitalism. And that’s a real fucking shame because in reality, growing up with community and still having that through adulthood would probably make most people generally happier and less perpetually tired and stressed. It is renewable resilient versatile adaptable self-sustaining and kind of the Ultimate Resource.

[ohiomedicareplansposts]

🚨 - This Weeks Healthcare Cabinet Elections: The Real Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries and Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act

[abbey1kenobi]

I still stand with Luigi.

[sequesthered]

So fucking terrified of not being taken seriously by people who have the power to dictate my quality of life through the level of help which they chose to grant or deny me

[travelerofthetimestreams]

I will not celebrate the cold blooded killing of the UHC CEO despite my feelings on the heinous actions of "healthcare" companies.

It was murder and it seemed premeditated. If vigilantism is the path we are going to start down, most will not like the journey they undertake.

We need healthcare reform among many other things for the greater good.

Murder is not what we need.

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Can we go ahead and normalize medicine? Taking pills in front of people? Taking pills in public and not getting weird looks? Using alternative medicines or anything other than pills and not being treated like a novelty? Fucking please because first of all literally everyone takes medicine of some kind at some point in life okay and second of all people need medicine to live it’s a thing it’s pretty common and people need to be in public for a lot of reasons actually so can we please

[kikonyc]

Connections between Israeli lobby, TikTok Ban, and what Luigi Mangione became the face of: anti capitalist American system.

It is important to understand that these are deeply intertwined. We cannot see them as separate individual issues. While TikTok had its toxic influences on children before, and while everyone was talking about its alleged ties to CCP before, it didn’t become considered a national security threat until the latter half of the year 2023. After October 7, Palestinians in Gaza started to post live streams of a literal genocide that was and, to this day, is happening to them. Israel lost control of their Zionist narrative and rhetoric because of it. People in the US became aware of what is really happening. We’ve learned so much during the last 15 months. That most of US tax dollars not only fund this genocide conducted by Israeli defensive force that is unfolding before our eyes, but also take care of israel citizens free healthcare, free education, and affordable housing. While in the US. Citizens suffer from medical debt, lack of medical care, student loans, low wages for teachers, banning of educational books, erasing of America’s own genocidal history, food deserts, unhealthy foods and the sickness they cause, mental health and drug use epidemic, mass shootings, high cost of living, low and staggering minimum wage, homelessness, criminalization of homelessness, police brutality, and the list goes on. American sufferings are deeply tied to and caused by Israel supremacy. NYPD and cop cities popping up across the nation have deep connection with Israel Defense Force. Militarization of police force against protesters is rooted in joint training with IDF.

One of the early sentiments for a tiktok ban was expressed by ADL chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt to prevent further interference by Palestinians and their supporters. And since majority of the US congress is bought by AIPAC, it was seen as threat to Americans. Not to the everyday hard working Americans, but to Israeli Jews and those who control the narratives. American oligarchy. The billionaires and the media. The mainstream media lost the plot and viewership. People can now see through their lies and propaganda.

Where does Luigi Mangione come into this? wether he actually shot Brian Thompson or not is irrelevant. The shooting happened and Luigi Mangione became the face of the fight against American corruption. Healthcare is human rights in Israel and it is afforded by American tax payers. Luigi himself apparently had major issues with the system. These billion dollar corporations including insurance companies as well as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s,Nestle, Apple, Google, Meta, also contribute to controlling of the main stream media and the U.S. government and wars conducted by Israel.

They are banning TikTok not because of Chinese interference like they pretend to make a big deal out of. They are banning TikTok because they need to control the narrative to keep Israel going and keep us ordinary citizens separated, by political parties, class, race, gender identities, anything they can lay their hands on. The CEO shooting and the Palestinian voices are both threat to them. We cannot see these as separate issues. While we fight for Luigi’s innocence and freedom, while sexualization and idolization of Luigi are cute, we need to understand that the fish to fry is much bigger than Free Luigi. It is the corporate America and it’s tie to Israel.

[wenclair-more-like-whenclair]

I love having four diagnosed psychiatric conditions and then being accused of “faking being disabled” bc I ask for accommodations from my grad school lmao it’s like bITCH WHO’S PRETENDING??? It’s mE I’M THE DISABLED ONE. Sometimes I can’t drive or leave my house bc my OCD convinces me that I’m going to die if I do, but pls remind me again of how I’m “taking advantage of the system” by reaching out for help. Smh mental illness will never be taken seriously.

There have been times when I haven’t been able to leave my house or drive bc my OCD

[fullpenguincupcake]

The public option: luigi’s fight for healthcare justice

healthcare for all, not just for some - luigi’s vision lives on.