After changing instances, re-introduction:
I'm a family physician who cares about primary care, prevention, and public health. My day job in academia juggles medical education, clinical work, and scholarly pursuits in the U.S..
In my free time, I like reading, dancing, traveling, and K-dramas. I believe in the power of community and diversity is a strength. Looking for joy in simplicity and going outside. Will consume BTS content.
(NEW!) As America celebrates it's 250th birthday, I decided to take a closer look at the plight of #transgender veterans and their ability to access #healthcare through the VA. Spoiler: It wasn't good before, now they're under direct attack under Hegseth.
My latest for Big & Bright & The Barbed Wire: thebarbedwire.com/2026/06/23/h…
#news #Pride #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #trans #Hegseth #Trump #military #veterans
Trans veterans were told to get a gender dysphoria diagnosis "for insurance." Now the VA is using it to deny them the care they earned.Kit O'Connell (The Barbed Wire)
ABC News: Fewer than half of Americans say they can afford healthcare
Dr. Zia Agha, chief medical officer of West Health Institute, discusses new Gallup polling showing fewer than half of U.S. adults say they can afford needed healthcare and medication.ABC News
The gig economy is moving into healthcare and trying to make nurses bid on shifts through apps. It’s madness.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Katie Wells to dig into the threat gig work poses for patients and hospital workers alike. There are already horror stories.
Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/332_si…
#tech #healthcare #health #nurses #gigeconomy
This is the logical end goal for the American right wing. See this and know that this is what Republican men have planned for your daughters.
#abortion #healthcare #womensrights
" #Russia has effectively outlawed the public expression of childfree views. #Women now face heavy fines for discussing a wish not to have #children, or even for candid #socialMedia accounts of difficult #birth or #postpartum #depression, the account notedThe Health Ministry, it added, has introduced mandatory questionnaires for #teenagers; a #girl who indicates she does not currently want children is referred to a psychologist for 'corrective' counseling"
united24media.com/world/russia…
Russia Revives Soviet-Era Controls to Police Women’s Bodies and Futures
Russia revives Stalin-era controls, policing women's reproductive choices to offset war losses and create a new workforce.Roman Kohanets (UNITED24 Media)
NEW: Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
Tim Robinson, the former CEO of Addiction Recovery Care, which once operated more than 40 drug treatment facilities statewide, was charged with attempting to resell millions of dollars worth of tax credits.
Q. as Tony Blair says the public would back a 'rethinking of healthcare', we might ask why whenever a 'rethinking' of healthcare is proposed its always about how the private sector involvement can be expanded, not how we might better fund & support both existing public provision & the woefully underfunded preventative aspects of public health?
Its almost like politicians talking about health had already been bought up by private health care providers.... oh, hold on.
#NHS #health #healthcare
*Right underneath* the massive headline from the Auditor General of Ontario warning of AI ‘hallucinations' in medical AI transcripts used by Ontario doctors, there is another article with the headline
“Artificial Intelligence shows promise in emergency room diagnosis”
NO! There is not promise there are CLEAR DANGERS being pointed out by responsible adults.
"“Inaccuracies in medical notes generated by AI scribe systems could potentially result in inadequate or harmful treatment plans that may potentially impact patient health outcomes,” the auditor’s report said.”
Auditor General story: cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ai-…
#AI #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Medical #HealthCare #Doctors #AIHallucinations
The question arises of whether healthcare is a human right. Can care that needs to be given by another human be deemed a human right? Or is it simply a question of being not for profit?
Jesus Fucking Christ. These #fascist #ghouls will never be able to let go of the fact some people identify differently.
Here's my input for the #federal #government:
Spend your time figuring out how to lower #gas and #grocery #prices.
Spend your time figuring out how make #healthcare and #prescription #drugs more #affordable.
Spend your time reducing the cost of #housing.
Spend your time humanely solving #homelessness.
Spend your time getting #Trump out of office.
Spend your time improving physical and online #privacy for #Americans.
Spend your time eliminating #ICE.
"Did Trump’s hatchet job on healthcare, education, food assistance, and other public services and egregious tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans deliver the prosperity and economic growth that he promised so effusively?
You’ll be just shocked to learn the answer is…no, of course not.
Time to log on."
Read the report for the rest of this sordid story.
#Trump #Republicans #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #education #food #EconomicElites
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"It’s been one year since the Republican Party rammed Donald Trump’s Big Awful Bill through Congress without a single Democratic vote, slashing taxes for the wealthy and gutting an array of popular public programs to pay for it."
~ The Feed
#Trump #Republicans #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #education #food #EconomicElites
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