#healthcare affordability

[kazifatagar]

Universiti Malaya Medical Centre Fee Hike Sparks Healthcare Affordability Concerns

KUALA LUMPUR – Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) increased its fees on January 1, 2025, amid rising living costs, raising concerns about healthcare affordability. Specialist consultation fees surged from RM15 to RM50, while ward admission charges for single adult rooms jumped from RM120 to RM300 per day. Healthcare Affordability Patients like J. Pang, a 49-year-old cancer survivor, worry…

[ryan-sometimes]

It confuses me how normalized it is to be so anti human. The fact that two countries voted no to food being a human right. The fact so many people are against universal healthcare. The fact that it’s normal to believe some people don’t deserve housing because they’re poor, addicts, mentally ill, or any combination of the above. I find it so hard to comprehend that humans who have experienced hunger, thirst, cold, and illness would wish these things upon others, or at the very least not care. It frustrates me beyond belief.

These are the exact values we’re taught as children, to believe all humans are equal in worth and needs, and yet at some point you’re expected to grow out of that illusion. You’re expected to accept that this is what life’s like, that the world is unfair, and attempting to fix it makes you weak and childish.

[pinnaclemedicalsupplies]

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[health-and-fitness-care]

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[reasonsforhope]

Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three of the companies have relented, making commitments to cap costs for their inhalers at $35 for patients who now pay much more.

25 million Americans have asthma and 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), meaning over 40 million Americans rely on inhalers to breathe.

Inhalers have been available since the 1950s, and most of the drugs they use have been on the market for more than 25 years.

According to a statement from the Wisconsin Senator’s office, inhaler manufacturers sell the exact same products at a much lower costs in other countries. One of AstraZeneca’s inhalers, Breztri Aerosphere, costs $645 in the U.S.—but just $49 in the UK. Inhalers made by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Teva have similar disparities.

Baldwin and her Democratic colleagues—New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders—pressured the companies to lower their prices by writing letters to GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, and AstraZeneca requesting a variety of documents that show why such higher prices are charged in America compared to Europe.

As a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Baldwin recently announced that as a result of the letters they had secured commitments from three of the four to lower the out-of-pocket costs of inhalers to a fixed $35.00 rate.

“For the millions of Americans who rely on inhalers to breathe, this news is a major step in the right direction as we work to lower costs and hold big drug companies accountable,” said Senator Baldwin.

A full list of the inhalers and associated drugs can be viewed here.

It’s the second time in the last year that pharmaceutical companies were forced to provide reasonable prices—after the cost of insulin was similarly capped successfully at $35 per month thanks to Congressional actions led by the White House.

-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

Hey, at least now he has a "concept."

[thingstrumperssay]

THEY'VE ONLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF BENEFITS LIKE SSI AND SNAPP FOR A DECADE NOW. THIS IS SUCH A SURPRISE!

[capitalism-and-analytics]

*You should recognize bad practices AND not voluntarily support companies through conducting business (i.e. purchasing luxury products).

[sergle]

yall are about to piss me off by not having any PASSING basic knowledge of the way the u.s. military manipulates its recruits into joining by typing up one of your uninformed, unresearched, unempathetic, individualistic, unbelievably annoying posts about how 100% of the people in the military ended up there because they just Love America So Damn Much! they're extremely mature and informed at time of recruitment, they can totally leave anytime they want, they totally had tons of other avenues in life they could've taken, there was no rush at all to get income as fast as possible, and everyone in the military also totally is part of the combat divisions and personally enjoys being IN the military very much, big believers of violence. everyone in the military is shooting guns all day, that's how that works. they LOVE BLOODSHED. also I love the "amewicans haha" twang to this type of shit because you're actually TOTALLY stealing our Thing, which is turning systemic issues into Individual Issues. Instead of talking about the powers that be, it's so Personal Choice up in here. It's, "well you shouldn't have done it then. I totally wouldn't because I know better." you don't wanna talk about the military industrial complex as a whole, and you don't want to talk about recruiters, you just want to pin the blame on Specific Individual People one-by-one, as if they're responsible for the system that they're being ground up in. someone was in the military? bad person, no matter what. it's easier to believe that, I guess, than to acknowledge that Normal People (with high school educations) are manipulated and incentivized into joining a system that is Bad. at like age 18. but yeah no that 18 year old should have just been smarter lol haha anyway here are some screenshots for no particular reason

side note this reply of someone going "umm just get loans and go into a high paying field it's easy XD" as a direct response to someone trying to explain how most americans joining the military are being funneled in that direction out of a need for money.

and another person who Decided that americans join the military just CLENCHING their teeth thinking of other people, and not thinking completely selfishly about their own selves and their own income/housing/healthcare.

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

if you are over the age of 26 and bring this to a psychiatrist you will leave with an autism diagnosis btw

[incorrect-green-lantern-quotes]

"The Justice League get bodyswapped and have to figure out how to use each other's powers" but whoever ends up in the resident Green Lantern's body just can't get the ring to work. Like at best they get a little spark or glow.

The Green Lantern takes the ring, puts on their new body's finger, and immediately starts making constructs as usual. Because it's not the physical body that makes the ring work, it's the will and imagination of the user.

Bonus: The GL got swapped with Batman, who's like "No weird powers I need to adjust to? Perfect. Hand over my utility belt."

[its-not-too-late-for-coffee]

Things I Did Not Know Were Controversial Until Christmas Dinner

Everyone deserves FREE public Healthcare. You only have one life on this world, why would you have to choose between eating and healthcare?

Healthcare should not be FOR PROFIT. The only industry that profits from LIVES and DEATHS is WAR.

Everyone should have access to affordable higher education. Learning is our only way to combat oppression.

Everyone should be able to control what they do to their bodies. Their bodies should not be regulated and procedures should not be signed off on another entity. Minors are the only exception as they may be too young to understand a specific procedure so a DISCUSSION would be beneficial between parent/guardian, the minor, and the doctor.

The Death Penalty is wrong. People are wrongly committed because of the corrupt justice system that sides with who has more money and connections.

Physical punishment is wrong. A child does not need to be hit to learn when something is wrong.

VACCINATE THE CHILDREN! It is NOT herd immunity. You can get sick with disease while vaccinated, but your risk of getting it and ot being severe is LOWERED.

FREE SCHOOL LUNCH. It is mandatory for children to go to public school for EIGHT hours for free. Why should they pay for lunch when they go for 8 hours for free and it's mandatory?

ANYTHING OTHER THAN A DEFINITIVE YES IS A NO!

ABORTION BANS ARE IMMORAL. Why punish people who have medical issues with their lives at risk and force birth (and don't care about a child once it's here) so the elite can continue stuffing pockets full of green?

GUNS SHOULD BE MORE REGULATED. An AR-15 (weapon designed for quick massive death) and a shotgun (for hunting) are two different things.

WE ARE A COUNTRY BUILT ON IMMIGRATION. Why punish thought that did the same as our ancestors?

PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT LIKE YOU! Why punish people for being different than you?

TAX THE ULTRA WEALTHY! Anything over a billion dollars should be taxed. If the elite benefit from scamming the working class, they should be punished by taking away their hoard of wealth.

EVERYONE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO THE COST OF LIVING! Minimum wage was designed to be the cost of living. Why isn't it anymore?

EVERYONE DESERVES SHELTER! You cannot address the issues of poverty without providing housing. Providing housing reduces stress.

I am currently writing this as I am traveling home (not driving, but passenger), so I will add more as I remember more. If you wonderful people have more to the points, feel free to add more.