🌎 Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

[squeekness]

This Could Be The First Major Price Increase That Republicans Have To Own

Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers are about to see that governing is harder than campaigning.

www.huffpost.com

Oh, I certainly hope so. I hope it's so hard they get very little destruction done.

 

[blueharvest]

Oh, I certainly hope so. I hope it's so hard they get very little destruction done.

I hope so, too, but I'm not all that optimistic. Not with Trump back in the White House and a Republican-controlled House and Senate.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

FDA may finally ban artificial red dye from beverages, candy and other foods​

A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.

FDA may finally ban artificial red food dye from beverages, candy and snacks

A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

FDA may finally ban artificial red dye from beverages, candy and other foods​

A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.

FDA may finally ban artificial red food dye from beverages, candy and snacks

A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.

www.nbcnews.com

One of the very few things RFK and I agree on.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human Cells

A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to human cell receptors, raising concerns it could transmit more easily between people

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[squeekness]

Fun times ahead.

 

[blueharvest]

Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry

Thousands of Americans go bankrupt, lose their homes or die every year due to medical insurer practices

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

If it makes anyone feel better, the UHC shooter is uniting the country on healthcare reform. It would be pretty obvious for any politician to run on Medicare For All now.

 

[blueharvest]

If it makes anyone feel better, the UHC shooter is uniting the country on healthcare reform. It would be pretty obvious for any politician to run on Medicare For All now.

Probably won't do any good, since Trump and the Republicans will probably gut Medicare the first chance they get next month.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

HISTORY

The HISTORY Channel - Geschichte erleben! The HISTORY Channel ist der deutschsprachige Pay-TV-Sender für spannende Dokumentationen und macht die Faszination von Menschen und Ereignissen täglich greifbar!

www.history.com

At the same time, colorful figures like John Dillinger, Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, “Baby Face” Nelson and “Ma” Barkerand her sons were committing a wave of bank robberies and other crimes across the country.

Many Americans who had lost confidence in their government, and especially in their banks, saw these daring figures as outlaw heroes, even as the FBI included them on its new “Public Enemies” list.

CEO Brian Thompson's killing exposes simmering anger at US health system - BBC News

Long-standing frustrations were revealed online after a health insurance executive was shot and killed in New York City.

www.bbc.com

See also: - Discussion: The Second Gilded Age

 

[blueharvest]

NYPD probes theory UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot with a veterinary gun

The ‘net is closing in’ on the as-yet unidentified gunman, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday

www.the-independent.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

The deep roots of Americans’ hatred of their health care system

The industry’s blame game will not end the US national health care nightmare.

www.vox.com

 

[blueharvest]

Maternal mortality review panels are in the spotlight. Here's what they do

Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate and learn from each mother’s death.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

The ACA is going to be gutted or completely gone. Dems only chance now is to run on Medicare for All in the midterms to salvage a win out of this depressing time.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Trump once again takes full credit for Obamacare.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’

Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry

Thousands of Americans go bankrupt, lose their homes or die every year due to medical insurer practices

www.theguardian.com

It would be nice if this killing makes companies more aware of their crappy practices and change them.

 

[squeekness]

His only concept is to boot 7 million off the rolls because it helps the insurance companies that paid him big bucks.

 

[squeekness]

The ACA is going to be gutted or completely gone. Dems only chance now is to run on Medicare for All in the midterms to salvage a win out of this depressing time.

I'd love that actually. As one of the richest countries, we should have had it a long time ago.

 

[squeekness]

Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’

Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.

www.nbcnews.com

They should be looking at big polluters. Probably something in the water.