Will Democrats deliver more affordable insurance or a massive premium hike before the next midterms? https://t.co/e8ej2g3mRy
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) May 17, 2022
Category: The Best Healthcare in the World
Wow
For the first time, surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically altered pig’s heart into a patient. The procedure may bring new hope to hundreds of thousands of people with organ failure. https://t.co/UFkJnUHTU5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 11, 2022
The other epidemic
Why 1,320 Therapists Are Worried About Mental Health in America Right Now https://t.co/UP80wPxcEw Every word is true. We are in an epidemic. My practice filled to capacity in 2 months time
— Dot (@dotcalmu) December 17, 2021
Blood from stones
I will go to my grave with the belief that health care and prisons should not be for profithttps://t.co/DboBORzLqo
— scoutprime (@scoutprime) May 17, 2021
Priorities
This astoundingly mangled story about why one woman voted "No" on the amazon union because she needs health insurance has the lede buried *17 paragraphs* in, almost in passing: Amazon texted her with a threat to take it awayhttps://t.co/oZY9YStNrR
— Rob Beschizza (@Beschizza) April 19, 2021
She’s good
Rachel Levine confirmed as assistant health secretary. She is the first openly transgender official ever confirmed by the Senate. https://t.co/6c97eQkoRe
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 24, 2021
Hard to handle
Blind Americans face roadblocks booking online vaccine appointments.
“This has been a real rough year for folks with the kinds of disabilities that affect computer and internet use,” one expert said. https://t.co/ioXfOiWPod
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 13, 2021
Ch-ch-changes
Fauci suggests the CDC may change its guidance to reflect that just 3 feet of social distancing in schools is sufficient pic.twitter.com/yZnmyw9Obu
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 14, 2021
Wouldn’t it be nice
Anecdotally, I hear that even many of the long Covid survivors (like me) are feeling much better after the first shot! I wasn’t one of those people, but I wasn’t feeling bad anyway, so…
Covid-19 survivors who get one vaccine shot are having a high immune response, studies show, and researchers say these people may need only one dose to generate sufficient immunity https://t.co/qeH3ObpDJ9 via @WSJ
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) February 24, 2021
This is just crazy
Dear hospitals, if you don’t want to be a front page story, don’t do things like this:
In today's @nytimes, @jbsgreenberg and I look into how modern day hospitals are using these laws to profit from low-income patients.
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) February 2, 2021
It's not just Monica — this is happening all over the country. You can read more about it here: (12/13) https://t.co/TjMFZJRlTS