Watched Natural Hazard Mitigation Association webinar today: Making Mitigation Work.
"People's access to healthcare is part of disaster resilience." Yajaira Ayala
Very simple. Obvious, if you think about it.
#NaturalHazards, #mitigation, #resilience, #HealthCareAccess
#naturalhazards #mitigation #resilience #healthcareaccess
Sen. Bernie Sanders says millions of people can’t find a doctor. He’s mostly right.
#BernieSanders #HealthcareAccess #DoctorShortage #MillionsWithoutDoctors #MedicalCare #HealthcareCrisis #Politics #News
#berniesanders #healthcareaccess #doctorshortage #millionswithoutdoctors #medicalcare #HealthcareCrisis #politics #news
Seize the Hospitals! ...But How?
https://blackrosefed.org/seize-the-hospitals-but-how/
In May of 2023 several Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) militants organizing in the healthcare sector attended the Health Autonomy Convergence (HAC) in Durham, North Carolina. This is their collective reflection on and analysis of the event and of the prospects for radical labor organizing in healthcare more generally.
#healthcare #healthcareaccess #healthcareworkers #workers #understaffing #corporateprofits #hospitalsafety #medicalracism #systemicracism #paywall #investors #profitmotive #organizing #peopleoverprofit
#healthcare #healthcareaccess #healthcareworkers #workers #understaffing #corporateprofits #hospitalsafety #medicalracism #systemicracism #paywall #investors #profitmotive #organizing #peopleoverprofit
FOR-PROFIT MEDICINE
for Blackrock and Vanguard, not for you.
New report exposes breadth of physician practices owned by private equity - UC Berkeley Public Health
The report, Monetizing Medicine: Private Equity and Competition in Physician Practice Markets, highlights private equity’s voracious acquisition of physician practices over the last several years. The analysis evaluates market penetration across 10 physician practice specialties within markets across the U.S., the impact on market shares and concentration, and on prices and expenditures.
#pricefixing #monopoly #profitmedicine #medicalpaywall #healthcareaccess #lackingoversight #healthcrisis #capitalism #concentration
#pricefixing #monopoly #profitmedicine #medicalpaywall #healthcareaccess #lackingoversight #healthcrisis #capitalism #concentration
Vladimir Putin signs law banning all trans healthcare in Russia
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/25/vladimir-putin-trans-healthcare-ban-russia/
The Russian president has signed a law banning all trans healthcare, and removes adoption, fostering and marriage rights from trans people.
#transrights #humanrights #russia #putin #healthcareaccess #breakingfamilies #marriagerights #fascist
#transrights #humanrights #russia #putin #healthcareaccess #breakingfamilies #marriagerights #Fascist
From 14 Jul: F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill - The move could significantly expand access to contraception. The pill is expected to be available in early 2024. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/health/otc-birth-control-pill.html #birthcontrol #healthcareaccess #pharmaceutical #overthecounter
#overthecounter #pharmaceutical #healthcareaccess #birthcontrol
Biden is quietly reversing Trump’s sabotage of Obamacare
#BidenObamacare #TrumpSabotage #HealthcareReform #AffordableCareAct #InsuranceCoverage #HealthcareAccess #Politics #News
#bidenobamacare #trumpsabotage #healthcarereform #affordablecareact #insurancecoverage #healthcareaccess #politics #news
From 03 Jul: Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe - https://apnews.com/article/plan-b-emergency-contraceptive-vending-machine-abortion-00ee797529a855b116a538575790098f #uspol #abortionrights #healthcareaccess
#healthcareaccess #abortionrights #uspol
From 22 Jun: Number of health systems allegedly denying care to indebted patients grows - Approximately “20 percent of nationwide hospitals in a random sample pursued similar policies of care denial,“ according to KFF Health News. - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/number-of-health-systems-allegedly-denying-care-to-indebted-patients-grows.html #debt #healthcareaccess #hospitals
#hospitals #healthcareaccess #debt
Biden's White House furious as red states kick over 1 million people off Medicaid on paperwork technicalities. Florida's in the lead.
#FortuneNews #MedicaidCuts #FloridaLead #BidenWhiteHouse #HealthcareAccess #PaperworkTechnicalities #Politics #News
#fortunenews #medicaidcuts #floridalead #bidenwhitehouse #healthcareaccess #paperworktechnicalities #politics #news
From 09 Jun: White House wants Native American health care funding baked into law instead of being part of budget negotiations. - https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4040669-white-house-wants-native-american-health-care-funding-baked-into-law/ #uspol #healthcareaccess #bipoc #nativeamericans
#nativeamericans #bipoc #healthcareaccess #uspol
Transgender adults in Florida `blindsided' that new law also limits their access to health care
#ABCNews #TransgenderHealthcare #FloridaLaw #LGBTQRights #HealthcareAccess #TransVisibility #Politics #News
#abcnews #TransgenderHealthcare #floridalaw #lgbtqrights #healthcareaccess #transvisibility #politics #news
From 25 May: Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk - https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/analysis-pro-life-movement-abortion-maternal-health-healthbent-column/ #uspol #abortionrights #abortion #healthcareaccess
#healthcareaccess #abortion #abortionrights #uspol
Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son. She’s Suing | “I was told that if I tried to discharge myself, or seek care elsewhere, that I could be arrested for trying to kill my child”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/texas-abortion-ban-forced-birth-1234739485/
#RollingStone #TexasForcedBirth #AbortionRights #ReproductiveJustice #MaternalMortality #HealthcareAccess #Politics #News
#rollingstone #texasforcedbirth #abortionrights #reproductivejustice #maternalmortality #healthcareaccess #politics #news
8 women join suit against Texas over abortion bans, claim their lives were put in danger
https://abcnews.go.com/US/8-women-join-suit-texas-abortion-bans-claim/story?id=99480988
#ABCNews #TexasAbortionBans #WomensRights #ReproductiveJustice #HealthcareAccess #LegalAction #Politics #News
#abcnews #texasabortionbans #womensrights #reproductivejustice #healthcareaccess #legalaction #politics #news
Future doctors say they're discouraged from working in states with abortion bans
#ABCNews #AbortionBans #FutureDoctors #MedicalTraining #ReproductiveRights #HealthcareAccess #Politics #News
#abcnews #abortionbans #futuredoctors #medicaltraining #reproductiverights #healthcareaccess #politics #news
After Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/05/after-idahos-strict-abortion-ban-ob-gyns-stage-a-quick-exodus/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Healthcare #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRIghts #HealthcareAccess
#healthcare #abortionrights #ReproductiveRights #healthcareaccess
From 01 May: When states limit care, some trans people do it themselves - https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-missouri-hormone-stockpile-4376cac68eecd22df9d3ad86825c18d3 #uspol #transgender #healthcareaccess
#healthcareaccess #transgender #uspol
From 01 May: More than 1 in 5 adults with limited car, public transit access forgo health care - https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3978640-more-than-1-in-5-adults-with-limited-car-public-transit-access-forgo-health-care/ #healthcareaccess #transportation #publictransit
#publictransit #transportation #healthcareaccess