#healthcare departments

[saywhat-politics]

Last week, it emerged that health insurance leaders pressured the DOJ to bring federal charges against Luigi Mangione. This week, I discovered the top 3 officials at DOJ all collected paychecks from healthcare companies before serving in government: shorturl.at/lgLIU

[mugiwara-lucy]

Guys….i have to say it….i was wrong trying to get you all to vote for Kamala all these months and not President Trump who was saved by God….President Trump just exposed something inhumane about her!! That witch wants to give us HEALTHCARE!! 😂

How communist of her! It’s not like Doctor and Dental Care is expensive as shit! No let’s vote in the reincarnation of Jesus Christ himself President Trump who wants to make it to where votes will no longer matter and it’ll all be fixed for us after four years!!

(/s for Sarcasm if that wasn’t obvious 🤣)

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Trudy Ring at The Advocate:

The Department of Defense’s health insurance plan, Tricare, must cover gender-affirming surgery for transgender dependents of active and retired service members, a federal judge has ruled. The exclusion of coverage for this care violates the equal protection guarantees of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen ruled November 1. The suit was brought by two transgender women in their 20s, identified by the pseudonyms Jane Doe and Susan Roe, who are both daughters of retired military members and are covered by Tricare. Doe and her father filed suit in 2022 in U.S. District Court in Maine, and Roe was added to the suit last year. Doe lives in Maine and Roe in Florida. Both of the women’s fathers served more than two decades in the military.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the Defense Department, the department’s health agency, and Tricare were named as defendants. The women challenged a 1976 federal law that excluded coverage for “surgeries ‘justified solely on psychiatric needs including, ... sex gender changes’ and other services deemed ‘not medically necessary,’” Torresen wrote in her ruling. “Congress considered all ‘cosmetic’ procedures (including ‘sex gender changes’) to be ‘nonmedical’ in the sense that they were ‘psychologically’ or ‘psychiatrically’ justified, and not strictly medically necessary,” she continued. But Torresen found that such surgery is indeed medically necessary and that the Defense Department had not shown that any important governmental interest was advanced by denying the coverage.

Good news: Judge Nancy Torresen issued a ruling on November 1st in Doe v. Austin that Tricare is required to cover gender-confirmation surgery for transgender dependents of active and retired service members.

[nando161mando]

Elon is pro child cancer!

[autumngracy]

Man. Wait 'til all the folks in the armed forces who voted for Trump because he's a "patriot" and "pro-military" find out that he and his Attorney General pick want to abolish the VA

[tomorrowusa]

A reminder: Trump was never a successful businessman, he only portrayed one on TV – and even that required a massive amount of editing.

What money Trump did make was by screwing his workers or from being a conman.

How Trump’s Casino Bankruptcies Screwed His Workers out of Millions in Retirement Savings

A lengthy list of Trump’s disastrous business deals — compiled by his newest business partners

Plus, government is NOT a "business" and shouldn't be run like one.

Chile under the Pinochet dictatorship privatized its social security system on advice from right wing US economists. It turned out to be a disaster for pensioners. The current president Gabriel Boric is proposing to re-introduce government into the system to clean up the mess.

Chile's Boric announces plan to end private pension system

Also, we should point out that "Department Of Government Efficiency" is not real but is constructed from the imaginations of Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy. It has no budget or official standing.

EDIT: Musk thinks weight-loss meds should be used to reduce spending on healthcare. You can't make this stuff up!

Musk pitches weight-loss drugs to lower health care spending

[theriverbeyond]

bitches will procrastinate an academic presentation for 2 months and then be stressed

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. again gave the “lab-leak” theory a major boost, as its Energy Department, citing “new intelligence” but holding “low confidence” in it, joined the FBI in smearing China.

Reported exclusively by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Sunday, the claim immediately made headlines in major U.S. news outlets. However, its timing and source “only show the low credibility” of the report, analysts said, adding that the new hyping of an old topic is part of the U.S.’ political and information warfare with China.

[michaelbrous]

I just wanted to show my appreciation for Taylor Swift. I’ve never talked about this publicly and I would really like to make an impact and show my appreciation. Although she may not see this, thank you. For backstory, I was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2022. Because it had been there for so long, doctors were unable to remove the complete tumor for my brain because it wasn’t safe.

Obviously, this changed my life. I was only 13 and scared. I didn’t understand whether I would live or not. Ever since then, I have appointments almost weekly due to the cancer and other health problems.

I found Taylor Swift’s discography around late 2022/early 2023. I deeply connected to her words and her experiences, which helped me get through my own. My favorite song, seven, helped me process my childhood, having me realize that my parents not being around still affects me to this day. I also deeply connected to the song Ronan. He had a very similar connection to what I had, and I was so so happy that Taylor had made a song about him and had so much sympathy for his family.

Taylor Swift has been there through the hard, rough parts of my life, and her words make me feel as though she is singing about my life. I’m not sure I would’ve gotten out of 2023 without her, after going through a whole separate mental health journey and connecting with her even more deeply.

Thank you Taylor Swift for the music you make. Millions of people worldwide can connect so deeply and it truly does improve everyone’s life. I am so grateful we have amazing women like you in the industry. We love you ❤️

If there are any other people who can relate in any way to this, I would love to hear and know about it. I hope to make updates to my health here so everybody has a chance and a community to speak to about problems like this.

[grimbleby]

I hate Sundays

The silence of the birthplaces screaming the ear bleeds, how dreadful every bite feels, like carver shaping every inch of my gullet.

Hesitate my dear, do not speak intellect, do as directed or get your soul stabbed.

Talk to the air, wait for no response, clean the dishesh my love, do as siad or your soul gets stabbed.

Maybe that's the way of living

What about others blooming, so cheerful and loved. Maybe not everything copy pastes , what about my quiet death

Let live, it's an everyday thing,used to the lukewarm affection, weekdays are weekends ,

That is why i hate Sundays

[mercymaker]

there's really a unique flavor to the fear of seeking medical help because you're anxious the doctor won't believe you or think you're lying 💀

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

On Monday, Donald Trump announced his selection for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights: Harmeet Dhillon, a far-right California lawyer with a track record that could pose significant threats to transgender Americans. Dhillon, known for her staunch opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, has represented Chloe Cole, a prominent anti-trans detransitioner who has called puberty blockers a “gateway drug” and testified in favor of numerous state-level trans bans. Cole’s lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente is just one example of Dhillon’s alignment with far-right anti-trans movement. With the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division at her disposal, Dhillon’s appointment signals an alarming shift that could make life increasingly difficult for transgender people nationwide, including those who have sought refuge in blue states to escape anti-trans legislation.

Harmeet Dhillon's most prominent work includes founding the Center for American Liberty, a legal organization that focuses heavily on anti-transgender cases in blue states. The organization's "featured cases" section highlights several lawsuits, such as Chloe Cole's case against Kaiser Permanente; a lawsuit challenging a Colorado school's use of a transgender student's preferred name; a case against a California school district seeking to implement policies that would forcibly out transgender students; and a lawsuit against Vermont for denying a foster care license to a family unwilling to comply with nondiscrimination policies regarding transgender youth. With Dhillon's potential new role at the Department of Justice, these cases may gain renewed significance, as she is given the ability to leverage the department's power against states that protect their transgender residents.

The attorney herself has openly advocated for overturning blue-state laws that protect transgender individuals. For instance, in response to Maine’s designation as a refuge for trans people fleeing anti-trans crackdowns in red states, Dhillon claimed such a law would be unconstitutional. Safe-state laws like Maine’s have grown increasingly common, explicitly preventing care provided within the state from being subpoenaed by out-of-state actors seeking to prosecute individuals under laws that do not apply in blue states. These laws safeguard residents from interstate legal attacks over actions such as traveling to access gender-affirming care, abortions, or other reproductive healthcare. As of December, 17 states have enacted “shield laws” designed to protect their transgender residents from these efforts to eliminate access to care, even in jurisdictions where bans do not exist.

[...] If Dhillon is confirmed, she will have an array of tools at her disposal to reshape the legal landscape for transgender people. She could direct the Department of Justice to intervene in lawsuits against hospitals or states that provide protections for transgender residents. Schools that affirm transgender students could become targets of federal scrutiny. Existing civil rights laws might even be reinterpreted under her guidance to mandate discrimination against transgender people rather than shield them from it. Dhillon has previously expressed support for such interpretations, stating, “Title IX was passed by Congress to protect women’s rights, not the rights of men pretending to be women in sports and equal treatment in our educational institutions.”

Harmeet Dhillon, Trump's pick to lead the DOJ Civil Rights Division, has a history of anti-trans animus.

[izvmimi]

i’m so tired of these people ordering studies and i, the person who will actually read this study, explain to them that the thousands of dollars they’re about to spend on this test will not benefit further management of this patient and it goes ‘well we want it’

[dullahandyke]

adult adhd clinic attempting to be relatable by not reading my fucking emails

[glompcat]

A lot of these idiots think that the ACA isn't the same as Obamacare and that one can go without the other. That's part of it.

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I wish I could pretend people actually knew that Obamacare is literally just the name Republicans have very loudly called the ACA since its initial proposal.

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]