#us health system

[destielmemenews]

Dragoneer died of complications from a lung infection. His last social media posts detail a frustrating ordeal with his insurance and have ignited criticisms of the US healthcare system.

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[historyforfuture]

The country of freedom and ridiculous democracy.

The moment of the violent arrest of the economics professor of Emory University Caroline Fohlinin in the state of Georgia

After these scenes, there must be a position for all universities around the world to stand with the people of Palestine in Gaza. All hypocritical authorities and rulers who support the Nazi terrorist Israelis must be confronted.

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

HOW CHRISTIANITY SUPPORTS MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL DEMOCRACY

'The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick' — This pastor perfectly explained how the values expressed in Christianity can support a multiracial, multicultural democracy instead of right-wing extremism (via jamestalarico on TikTok)

#christianity #religion #democracy

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[singsongraptor]

Can someone please help me out with feeding my kids tonight? This last two weeks has been a hot mess for my family as we experience the "joys" of US healthcare and its absolute hatred for elders in general, but especially Black elders.

This all started with my grandmom needing an arterial bypass to save her foot. She got an infection in the rehab center. Cleared it up, sent home. Needed surgery on the other leg, last month and that's where it really dovetailed.

She got another infection, & this one was big. She was in the hospital for a month, needed 3 surgeries to clean the wound and came home needing both oral antibiotics and IV antibiotics. I had to learn how to give her infusions, change her bandages and she's got a wound vac.

The home care company has been a menace the last two weeks. They lied about her medicare insurance stopping payment on her services, lied to her doctor about it, which led him to write orders to drop the wound vac, which they used to try and take her vac and discharge her.

Meanwhile, my sis and I are handling all the practical care, keeping our parents abreast of her health while they handle the clerical side, as well as get our kids prepared for the school year starting, and they all have uniforms, which ate what little spare funds we had

tldr, our circumstances have been extremely high stress and miserable, I'm exhausted and in more pain, I'm worried about my grandmother, and I still have to feed this household for Sept with 8 dollars to my name, get shoes and masks for the kids

And ya know, med care for myself would be nice too, though what I'd really like is another air purifier. Food and masks for the kids come first tho, so please, any and all survival appreciation for this capitalist, racist hellscape is love

Also, we need sick people stuff, like soup and otc meds like ibuprofen and cold medicine.

[starry-genome]

If you have ever wondered why health insurance in the US is so messed up, I highly recommend checking out Dr. Glaucomflecken’s 30 days of Healthcare series. Click here for the YouTube playlist or click here for the TikTok playlist.

Each video is about 1-3 minutes and goes through different aspects of the healthcare industry explaining how it works and especially how corrupt it is.

I spent 5 years working hospital finance watching the way health insurance directly affected my patients, and oftentimes seeing the ways lack of access to affordable healthcare resulted in chronic and emergent conditions, and even death. I cannot stress enough that I literally saw people die because their insurance denied them treatment. And on the billing side, the things people would complain about to me as something the doctors or hospital were doing wrong were usually a direct result of the way health insurance runs everything. It’s disgusting.

At the end of the series, he has a call to action - ways we (as regular people) can help work to improve healthcare (other than pushing for universal healthcare/Medicare for all). A lot of people talk about how ridiculous US Healthcare is but rarely do I see anyone talking about what we can do to change it. I think this is the most important video of all, so I’m including it here.

This video series is probably the most comprehensive, easiest to understand breakdown of the way healthcare fucks everyone over - patients, doctors, and hospitals alike. Please check it out!

[jangillman]

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[thecatchat]

Okay Tumblr, I need your help.

I need to find a video that was cross posted from tiktok. It talked about hospital debt forgiveness/reduction. Specifically, that most hospitals have financial forgiveness forms or whatever they are called that significantly reduces the amount of money you have to pay.

My friend has 50 cents in their bank account after paying rent. They've apparently been having trouble breathing and coughing up blood for the last 4 days and they didn't go to the hospital until now because money.

If anyone has any information or advice, it would be greatly appreciated.

[spooniestrong]

When insurance is confusing, patients can unknowingly receive more expensive care. For example, they may go to a doctor that is out of network, or receive a service that's not covered.

But new poll results from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, RIP Medical Debt, and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CAN show that there's another problem: patients often don't know what to do when they get a bill they can't afford.

❌ 1 in 2 didn't know about patient assistance programs run by hospitals or doctor offices to reduce bills

😖 Only 1 in 4 said they'd been offered this type of assistance

😕 Nearly 1 in 4 didn't know you can fight medical bills

❓ Almost 1 in 5 didn't know how to start fighting a bill

[destielmemenews]

"Picketers across California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington who are represented by a coalition of unions walked off the job Wednesday. They are seeking higher wages and solutions to a short-staffing crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, that has left workers feeling overburdened and run down."

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[madfoolish]

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[notmedicaladvice]

Gender is not Biological

XX is not always female. XY is not always male.

XX and XY are not the only options.

Upwards of 1.7% of people do not fit your biological definition. That is more common than Type 1 Diabetes in the US.

Gender assignment surgery is routinely done on intersex infants.

I apologize for pathologizing these states, but if you fall under one of the headings mentioned above, then you already know all this and you're not my target audience.

Any arguments about gender having a biological basis are made in bad faith. You're just wrong. Flat wrong. Full stop.

Health care decisions for transgender and intersex individuals need to be made between the individual and their doctor. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.