@paulknightly the U.S. doesn’t have a #heathcare system it has a #bankrupcy machine designed to drive people into debt and slavish dependency on employers in abject fear of losing health #insurance

Excellent presentation/speech by Senator Bernie Sanders at Oxford University.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7bS3pxu124

#usa #heathcare #students #Media #substanceabuse #Suicide #rustbelt #inequality #billionaires #ai #youth #incomecap #poverty #union #unionstrong #uk #wealthredistribition #homelessness #workingpoor #covid

A new study in the journal Hypertension finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure in adults with preexisting heart conditions or those who were older, Black or male | American Heart Association https://newsroom.heart.org/news/covid-19-may-trigger-new-onset-high-blood-pressure #health #heathcare

"Pharmaceutical manufacturers say high U.S. prices support research and development and point out that Americans tend to get new treatments first. But recent research has shown that the price of a drug is related neither to the amount of research and development required to bring it to market nor its therapeutic value."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/column-big-pharma-drug-price-regulation-tactics-medicare-negotiations/

#drugcosts #heathcare #prescriptiondrugs

Your health data is valuable. The hospitals know it. Insurance companies know it. Criminals know it.

Breached health data can sell for 46 times the price of your credit card data on the black markets. But in almost all states, you don’t own your health data. What?! Find out why, and what you can do to protect your personal information.

https://medium.com/wise-well/why-you-dont-control-your-health-data-2d802b620ab9

#heathcare #security

[All caps in original] NEW REPORT FINDS MORE CALIFORNIANS BENEFITING FROM EXPANDED #MEDI-CAL SERVICES | California Governor https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/08/03/new-report-finds-more-californians-benefitting-from-expanded-medi-cal-services/ #CAPol #Heathcare #Medi-cal

"...a wealthy nonprofit health system in the Midwest is among those taking things a step further: withholding care from patients who have unpaid medical bills.

Allina Health System, which runs more than 100 hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin and brings in $4 billion a year in revenue, sometimes rejects patients who are deep in debt, according to internal documents and interviews with doctors, nurses and patients."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/business/allina-health-hospital-debt.html

#heathcare #hospitals #medicaldebt

"“I got an email telling me that I’m evil, I’m foolish, my work is opposing God, that I harm children, that I’m going to hell, and that I should die,” said Meredithe McNamara, an assistant professor of pediatrics who specializes in adolescent medicine at Yale University.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/23/docs-who-treat-trans-youth-under-attack-00093322?_hsmi=255488638&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--0vDnCUe7Zq8r-jBUwlqfFv2ZEG9wMIUmRgUt-2C-djY3YJ0OCsphL8fHmP3XE-bwk052TNhLnesxOSqxcu3uinfRs5w

#heathcare #lgbtq #transgender

"We're just like the States when it comes to drugs. Unless you're poor, have a decent job or elderly, you're out of luck." #heathcare #canada
https://t.co/X2hMyWHQ55 https://t.co/Tp7pEPPS0x

Well this is shocking ... Not.

"Health insurance makes many kinds of hospital care more expensive

The price that a hospital charges a cash-paying patient for a procedure is often lower than the negotiated price that a commercial insurance plan would pay, a new study in Health Affairs has revealed. This finding, which is based on pricing information that hospitals have been compelled to provide under the national Hospital Price Transparency Rule, contradicts the conventional wisdom that insurers use their bargaining power to drive prices down."

#HealthInsurance #heathcare #AmericanHealthcare

Gift article 🔗: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/11/hospital-prices-health-insurance-high-costs/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjUwNTg4NzIxIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4MTE4NTYwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4MjQ4MTU5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjgxMTg1NjAwLCJqdGkiOiIyZGVjOGY4MC00ODRkLTRmNjEtYWNmMy03YzdkZDM1MjMyZDkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vb3BpbmlvbnMvMjAyMy8wNC8xMS9ob3NwaXRhbC1wcmljZXMtaGVhbHRoLWluc3VyYW5jZS1oaWdoLWNvc3RzLyJ9.hTekxTk5_bCSKojxUY-z0Qqh7BFTa2EQzmvEkLLlwpk

I have a dream. A dream where people with long illness etc can convalescence somewhere lightly supported where we are well fed, and can rest, walk, stretch, nap as much as we need to. A community where we share tips, experiences, humour, and companionship.

Kinda like a hospice, but for people who need help living. Or an intentional household with shared supports.

Interested?
#chronicIllness #longCovid #intentionalCommunities #heathCARE #pots #MEcfs #chronicPain #disability #burnout #ODSP

“We might have the ability to support Texans in accessing abortion care outside the state,” said Kamyon Connor, executive director of abortion fund Texas Equal Access. “What are the concerns? The nature of our work as Texas’ abortions funds is risky. Anything we’re doing is watched and becomes targeted.”

https://19thnews.org/2023/03/abortion-funds-texas-could-resume-support-court-ruling/?_hsmi=248615985&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-94fyOATIFDJyHEhlRu4zxgLT5DyJrsIo8qCQV0oMsDmr2PAunaOzw4Ih-V2Ih8GL2Wbbvz5zPKvAAE9Syqyo-ieZH0Wg

#heathcare #reproductivejustice #abortion #Texas

#Cdnpoli #HeathCare

LLoyds Of London went to "plain language" wordings many years ago and estimated every single word , besides, the ,a and the like, cost them a million dollars in Court challenges to have them interpreted , at that time

How do you think your going to make out in a dispute ?
How many lawyers do you have siting in your back pocket ? And remember if your slow to win your a gonner ,as your dealing with contract law, not healthcare

#Cdnpoli #HeathCare

Welcome to For Profit care

"Buying health insurance for your next foreign trip: Don't fall victim to the fine print"

This is a biased article born out of ignorance ,as it is well known a material change in risk can void an ins. policy .

However, if something so basic and so simple creates a problem/a denial imagine going through about 20,000 choices to see if your pre-existing condition voids your coverage , whether known or not as some do

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/things-to-keep-in-mind-about-travel-health-insurance-1.6763302

It's that day again...

This one goes out to *every* #heathcare worker, professional and manager on planet earth...

❤️

#ValentinesDay
#MedMastodon
#HealthTech
#DigitalHealth
#MentalHealth
#DigitalMentalHealth
#BehaviouralSciences
#OSI #PTSI #PTSD
#ADHD #CPTSD #MRI
#Addiction #Anxiety
#COVID19 #pandemic

Global News BC: ‘A miracle’: Viewer gifts $20,000 so internationally-trained doctors can get certified in B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9479397/anonymous-gift-doctors-certified-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #InternationallyTrainedDoctors #MedicalcertificationBC #BCspecialistshortage #Medicalcertification #BChealthcarecrisis #BCdoctorshortage #Healthcarecrisis #DoctorShortage #BCDoctors #HeathCare #Health

City of Oakland hit with ransomware attack of unknown severity /sp/

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/ransomware-attack-hits-oakland-17777432.php

#CyberAttack #CyberCrime
#CyberSecurity
#CyberSecurityAwareness
#DataProtection #DataSecurity
#Deadbolt #Exploit #FBI
#GoAnywhere #Hack
#Hacked #Hacker #Hacking
#HeathCare #InformationSecurity
#Infosec #NSA #Privacy #Ransomware #Security
#Technology #ZeroDay

North Korean ransomware attacks on healthcare fund govt operations /sp/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-ransomware-attacks-on-healthcare-fund-govt-operations/

#Bitlocker #CISA #CyberAttack
#CyberCrime #CyberSecurity
#CyberSecurityAwareness
#DataProtection #DataSecurity
#Deadbolt #Exploit #FBI
#Hack #Hacked #Hacker
#Hacking #HeathCare
#InformationSecurity
#Infosec #Jigsaw #NorthKorea
#NSA #Privacy #Ransomware
#Security #Technology

A good friend of mine is in need of help. He's unwell and his insurance company has cut him off leaving him with an increasing dept load with no end in sight. You can read about it at the link here. If anyone can help in any way, I know it would be appreciated. https://gofund.me/b47f8624 #Music #MusicJournalist #GoFundMe #Heathcare #Medical

starting IOT in one week, twelve weeks long.
no one should have to go bankrupt for getting sick or trying to overcome challenges.
help should be abundant. #heathcare is a human right.
fuck this whole country in it’s cold, dead heart.