#provide healthcare

[hyperfixationinc]

So funny how Blue Cross basically went "You guys make a great point" and rolled back their anesthesia policy after the United CEO was killed

Seems like we might have found a form of protest that works

[amidtheglitz]

man…seeing glimpses of everyone’s personal lives after the shift got me. abbot is an amputee…mel and her sister…whitaker’s homeless…i love that they did that. doctors aren’t gods. they can do miraculous things but at the end of the day they’re still people, and everyone’s going through something.

[faerygardenparty]

I really try not to be a conspiracy theorist but I’m seriously flip flopping on whether or not I believe Luigi Mangione actually did it, on one hand this guy’s digital footprint is too vast to not be a real person with real motive, but on the other hand the circumstances of how they caught him are so odd that it just doesn’t add up, like, he wore very nondescript clothing and a mask the day of the shooting, suggesting he doesn’t want to be identified, despite this they were somehow able to identify him at a hostel in different clothing without a mask, he not only fled the scene but allegedly fled New York with a fake ID that the police recovered, several days later they found him in Pennsylvania carrying around all of the evidence in his backpack, including a manifesto, gun, and fake ID, the police also claim he had somewhere between $8,000-$12,000 in his bag, yet when asked about it Luigi claims he had no idea where the money came from and suggests it was planted (which raises several more alarm bells because if this “evidence” was planted then what else could they have fabricated to “catch” this guy?)

this not mentioning the fact that I find it really odd that this guy didn’t digitally publish his manifesto and instead chose to carry a physical copy of it around for days

this all could mean that he wanted to get caught but if that’s the case why go to Pennsylvania at all? why not just stay in New York?

I will say, though, that I think some of this can also be explained by this comment on Reddit:

regardless, the circumstances are suspicious as hell

edit: I realized I forgot to mention this part but it’s also so suspicious how everyone, the police, the media, whatever, are all 100% certain that Luigi Mangione did it, I’ve seen so many high profile cases where cops do press conferences and say “this is America, the suspect is innocent until proven guilty!” yet they’re not even calling Luigi a suspect, they’re outright saying he is the shooter and that he did do it, that’s just weird to me

[painted-bees]

Hey there, do you have a uterus? Are you entering your late thirties? Are you having more trouble than ever managing your anxiety? Are panic attacks a new and exciting development in your life? Do you keep smelling phantom burning or chemical smells? Does moving your head too fast give you vertigo? Are your migraines making you feel and experience hellish new sensations that you've never felt in a migraine before? Are your premenstural symptoms changing? Are your periods consistent but also kinda fucked up in strange new ways? Does the flesh of you vulva feel like it has the robust constitution tissue paper? Are you wondering if you might actually be dying and/or going slowly insane due to some undiagnosed degenerative brain disease?

You might be.

OR

You might be entering •°☆perimenopause☆°•!

No one talks about this, so I thought I'd at least mention it. Go ahead and read up on it in your free time, and good luck to you with whatever it is that you've got going on🙏💕 None of these symptoms are fun to endure, no matter what the underlying cause is.

[andhumanslovedstories]

I went to the emergency room the other day to get an MRI after I tripped over my own feet and fell face-first three feet down into a window well. Crazy that didn’t kill me. Anyway, I’m in the ER getting an IV put in by this nurse, and he’s joking with me, I’m joking back, it’s lighthearted, fine time, etc. I go back to the waiting room, then about 20 mins later, I get called back to the same booth where I got my IV so I can get some Ativan prior to the MRI.

(Even they were explaining I was gonna get an MRI, they were like “are you claustrophobic?” And I was like “in some circumstances yes, and in others no. Let’s not roll the dice on which circumstance an MRI would fall under. It went fine, no worries, definitely could have gone without the Ativan, but I can get why going headfirst into the screaming tube that thumps like a dryer with a shoe inside could stress some people out.)

Anyway, I’m back there, and the same nurse comes over, confused to see me, and goes, “huh did I forget something?”

And me, thinking he’s joking around again and knows that I’m here to get a medication, go “haha I guess there’s something else you gotta stick in me.”

Then he didnt say anything, and I played back what I said, just as another nurse came over and told him, “oh she’s here to get the Ativan,” so he gave me Ativan, and I smiled and thanked him, and the second he left, I grabbed Katie’s arm and hissed in complete mortification, “I guess there’s something else you gotta stick in me????” And she was like, yeah. You did a very bad job talking.

Anyway at least medically my brain is fine

[kallianthiutdr]

I don't think there's a super specific audience for this ultra specific thing my mind can't stop thinking about. But, man, do I wish Mettaton and Undyne would interact in more fan content. Their dynamic and their subsequent parallels fascinate me and they have their fair share of interactions.

They both only tolerate each other for Alphys' sake, that much is obvious.

Undyn and Alphys are soulmates, of course. They relish each other's passion, they cover each other's weaknesses. Undyne fills a void in Alphys' heart at a very vulnerable time of her life, meeting her when she's literally about to kill herself. She never directly addresses that fact because she's not that type of person, but she shows up for her. She treats her well. She wants Alphys to know her value–she wants Alphys to love herself. Because she believes in her, she respects her, even if she thinks everything Alphys is into is just “nerdy crap.” In turn, Undyne becomes a beacon of courage for Alphys at a time when she seems to be completely alone.

Mettaton, meanwhile, owes everything to Alphys. His transition, his career, his hopes and dreams. Without her encouragement, he'd never have the courage or chance to pursue any of it. These two are soulmates also, platonic if we may. They understand each other–and even when Mettaton doesn't agree with her, even when he is actively furious at her, he humours her plan. He helps her. But then comes the baggage–and it's heavy. Mettaton's entangled in her lies. He's cut off his family. He lives with the knowledge that the sister of a good friend has turned into an amalgamate, amongst others, and Alphys is to blame. Even when he betrays her, he doesn't expose nearly as much as he could.

Undyne doesn't particularly like Mettaton because of how he treats Alphys at that particular time period in which she meets them. She lacks tons of context. To her, he's a superficial asshole who actively mistreats the woman who “made him.” Partially, she's correct. Fame did go to his head.

I think that, in truth, Mettaton respects her. He respects and resents her at the same time, for being there for Alphys when he wasn't. For being an actual, important symbol of hope. He himself is important, he IS a symbol of hope for monsters–he brings joy to their lives. But Undyne shoulders her position like a responsibility, a duty, while he lets his get to his head. For Undyne, it is always about the people and never about herself. Mettaton often forgets to prioritize his audience, because all he's ever wanted was to express himself. To be loved for being himself, which Undyne has always unashamedly and unabashedly been.

If Undyne knew Mettaton is Blooky's cousin, I think she'd find him to be a coward who ran, at least at first. But Mettaton is not a coward for choosing to be himself. He isn't a coward at all, judging by the genocide route. Look at Mettaton and Undyne's devastating musical mush-up eith power of neo and battle against a true hero sharing a leitmotif because now that Undyne is gone, mettaton wishes to be the hope alphys and the underground desperately need, even though he's nothing like undyne. even if he's never been that brave, that strong, even if his being "human eradication robot" is just a performance. even if, unlike undyne, he isn't a true hero, not in the typical sense–because he's nowhere near as clear headed and he falls in one hit.

Yet he tries to be Undyne. He tries. To be. Undyne. He tries to be the epitome of courage and bravey and determination, to protect all those he loves.

AND THEY DON'T EVEN LIKE EACH OTHER.

I said it, they tolerate each other. They share leitmotifs, they most love the same person, they're both admired symbols of hope in the underground, they both owe their confidence and abilities to someone else, (asgore+gerson, alphys) and use it to guide others/be idolized by them, (papyrus+monster kid, hotland lioness, shyren, many many others technically) (speaking of shyren both of them try to reach out to shyren when they see her struggling. yet another parallel!)

AND. THEY. ANNOY EACH OTHER--

The piano / grape-eating scene in undyne's house already says much about their dybamic. (mind you, I hc that he went to waterfall in a moment of weakness to come clean to blooky but he just couldn't do that to Alphys so he instead changed courses to undyne's house and put on his most obnoxious persona-) then the alarm clock dialogue, all with Undyne calling him a space heater (which was tbf a running gag) and him constantly fucking with her, like during the team ice hockey game when mtt played referee and chose the dog as the winner soley to annoy undyne. They are passive-aggressive to each other–and Mettaton is as jealous of her, because she is what Alphys needs and deserves. He is not so much jealous for her romantic relationship with alphys, like how Mew Mew is jealous because she has feelings for Undyne. No, Mettaton has show continuous encouragement for these two together. (will you two just smooch already etc etc) He is proud of Alphys for finally finding someone who brings out the best in her and treats her right. Even though he finds this woman insufferable and lives to torment her–and even if the opposite also applies.

Every interaction we know they've shared is hilarious and every narrative parallel is devastating. Why are there not a million more character studies/fics/comics that explore their co-existance even slightLy.

Give me more of their begrudging, desperate attempt at forming an understanding. Please.

[melancholic-pigeon]

there is a special place in hell for cat owners who allow their cats to free-roam a residential neighborhood because it's ~natural~.

The amount of devastation and heartbreak I have seen from loved ones whose cats accidentally got out makes me like twice as mad too because I cannot. I cannot fathom the cruelty and selfishness required to ignore what we know to be best practice for cat husbandry because your feefees get uncomfies when people tell you it's animal abuse to wilfully, knowingly cut your cat's expected lifespan from 15-20 years to 2-3.

KEEP. YOUR. FUCKING. CATS. INSIDE.

[gottagobackintime]

Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈 11th of June The Pitt season 1 episode 4: 10:00 A.M. (2025-)

"Tomas Cordera, Mr. Tomas Cordera, please come to the window. I have your insurance card. Tomas Cordera. Yes?" "Cordera. It's actually Tasha Cordera, and "Ms."" "Okay."

[notmusa]

[neostalgia]

"depose," "deny," and "defend" being scratched on the shell casings is likely a play on what's known as the "3 D's of Health Insurance," which are "delay, deny, defend:" all slimy tactics that insurance companies deploy to increase profit margins

[wat3rm370n]

Hospitals respond to disease outbreaks instead of preventing them.

Several Illinois hospitals requiring masks as respiratory infections climb A mask requirement is in effect at area hospitals, including Rush University Medical Center, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital. By NBC Chicago Staff and NBC News • Published December 30, 2024 • Updated on December 30, 2024 at 4:55 pm Multiple Illinois health systems have implemented full or partial mask mandates amid a continuing uptick in respiratory infections across the state. Rush University Medical Center, in a note on its website, said visitors and staff must wear hospital-approved masks in some areas, citing increased levels of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu and RSV.

An “uptick” is what they call it when half the staff at any job has been out sick during the last month or so. When masks are used, whole strains of flu virus get wiped out. Prevention works with infectious disease.

NPR - The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID October 17, 2024 By Sarah Boden “no confirmed flu cases caused by the Influenza B/Yamagata lineage since spring 2020. And the Food and Drug Administration decided this year that the strain now poses little to no threat to human health. Scientists have concluded that widespread physical distancing and masking practiced during the early days of COVID-19 appear to have pushed B/Yamagata into oblivion.”

COVID isn’t seasonal so we need masks in healthcare year round.

My letter to reps:

Covid isn’t seasonal, we need to keep masks in healthcare year round. People are getting sick year round. Masks eliminated a whole strain of flu. Mask requirements year round in hospitals, urgent cares, and primary care just makes sense. Why wait until things get so bad and it ruins holidays, vacations, and takes away loved ones?

Please feel free to copy or repurpose the contents of my letter for your own letters to reps.

[werewolfmack]

Getting personal for a sec but I'd love to hear people's opinions: Married mutuals, how did you decide to get married? Is it super great to be married?

Been with my girl like... 11 or possibly 12 years (neither of us remembers the anniversary). But making the government get involved is weird to me (especially when they deny the ability to marry to LGBTQ and disabled people). I don't like the idea of having to file paperwork to break up with someone, that is insane to me. But we've been committed and monogamous for ages. I don't really know what to do about this.

Except, I think, that there are legal protections for spouses we may just need to get eventually, despite the distaste for a government to be involved in my personal life. And the more chaotic our country gets, the more I think it might be a good idea for us to get legally married at some point. Which isn't very romantic. Idk, the entire idea of it is weird to me. But we've been happily committed for over a decade, isn't that basically like marriage?

I asked this on reddit once ages ago and people basically said "just marry her." I would like to get rings to show I'm with someone, even if we don't get legally married. Maybe that's a good place to start?

Again, I know it's personal, but I'd love to hear opinions or personal stories on the subject!

[hyperfixationinc]

DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE

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[welcome-to-green-hills]

To all of the lovelies that are concerned about having access to contraceptives in the USA, please know that Plan B has a shelf life of a few years when stored properly (Plan B Fact Sheet, 2024). The same can be said for Julie Plan B.

These are not abortion pills. These morning-after pills delay the ovulation process, which means the menstrual cycle starts quicker and prevents the fertilization of the egg. Take when needed and store safely. All of these can be bought online and/or Target and CVS.

[lizawithaz-notlisawithans]

Got sad thinking about Dr John Shen dealing with racism while being an intern/resident during COVID