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Progressive health care advocate, cancer survivor & founder @healthcarevoices.org @voicesofhealthcare.org, biz owner PowerThru, host weekly streaming health care call-in show & podcast #CareTalk, Speaking Inquiries @collectivespeakers.bsky.social, she/her
Why become a doctor if most of your time is spent fighting insurance companies rather than healing people?
Learn more from @nealkshah.bsky.social at Counterforce Health about their free AI tool to fight insurance denials of care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZNc...
Your health insurance claim was denied? Fight back by writing an appeal, and these free AI tools will help.
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There are anti cancer vaccines now - the HPV and the Hepatitis B vaccines, and others in development. If RFK Jr. continues his anti-vax crusade, how many future cancer patients will get sick and die?
Anti vaccine beliefs lead to more people sick or dying of cancer. Pass it on.
PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) take bribes or kickbacks to put medications on their formularies?
Learn more from Dr. Jeoffry Gordon @drsforamerica.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mymn...
Anyway, what's happening in state legislative primaries in North Carolina rn should have everyone thinking differently about elections this fall -- yes, November is v far away but y'all people are maaaaaaaaaaad at what these MAGA creeps keep getting up to and also at everyone who aids and abets
There are 1,018,892 licensed physicians in the United States. And the Trump regime has chosen an unlicensed “influencer” who isn’t board certified and dropped out of her residency to be Surgeon General.
Casey Means is unqualified to be America's top doctor.
Pass it on.
(via @meachamdr.bsky.social)
Tax breaks for billionaires. Higher health care costs for the rest of us. My health insurance price went up 21% this year! #TrumpsWarOnOurEconomy
New #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia
Guest: @nealkshah.bsky.social
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/care-t...
Your Insurance Said No? Here's How to Win the Appeal #CareTalk live @nealkshah.bsky.social explores w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com
& Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answer your health insurance questions
Dr. Jerome Adams- As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised.
Casey Means is unqualified to be America's top doctor.
Pass it on.
My health insurance went up 21% this year. What about you?
My health insurance went up 21% this year. What about you?
And now the Trump administration's solution is for insurance plans to have a 31K deductible?!?
The Facts: www.commondreams.org/news/trump-o...
Are PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) acting as criminal syndicates?
Learn more from Dr. Jeoffry Gordon, @drsforamerica.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mymn...
![Dr Jen Gunter - If pregnancy were a medication it would have a huge black box warning.
Casey Means does not care about your health. She is uniquely unqualified to opine on hormonal contraception or vaccines or anything else.
Nominating her is nothing more than [an] attack on science and will contribute to the erosion of health care for women.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g3y4drpmwitgvydldddwj5gh/bafkreihmbcktbre53zg6o2maulslkojdc3whleuvq5nd7p6rvcpvpsp6fe@jpeg)
Dr Jen Gunter - If pregnancy were a medication it would have a huge black box warning. Casey Means does not care about your health. She is uniquely unqualified to opine on hormonal contraception or vaccines or anything else. Nominating her is nothing more than [an] attack on science and will contribute to the erosion of health care for women.
Casey Means is unqualified to be America's top doctor. Pass it on.
(via @drjengunter.bsky.social)
At the Capitol
Outside Sen Kaine’s office
Outside Sen Warner’s office
Outside Rep Beyer’s office
On Capitol Hill today with @everylifeorg.bsky.social advocating for more research funding for rare diseases, tax credits for caregivers, genomic testing for kids, and more. #RareDC2026 @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @beyer.house.gov
Casey Means’ confirmation hearing is over. My impressions: Means has zero understanding of or concern for the most vulnerable people in the US. Means will absolutely not promote vaccination or in any way push back on RFK Jr. Means doesn’t understand public health at all. Means is unqualified. Republicans will confirm her anyway.
Casey Means is a wellness influencer not a doctor, and is unqualified to be America's top doctor. Pass it on.
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
When politicians assess the "state of the union," they focus on concepts like the stock market or on partisan fights in Congress.
But a more revealing measure tells us far more about the health of our country: the state of care.
via @familyvaluesatwork.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Brushes me off when I ask about the FDA taking down a website warning about fake autism cures
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Forget about BDE, Trump has Liddle Grievance Energy.
Trump was boring. I was bored. 2 hours of “woe is me”, mixed with “anyone who disagrees with me is crazy” and huge dollops of racism. 0/10. Do not recommend. #StateOfTheUnion
What wasn't talked about: RFK Jr. dismantling public health, cutting medical research, letting diseases run rampant and making us all sicker.
Get the facts on Trump, RFK Jr & public health w/ @beckyrparks.bsky.social @protectourcare.org: youtube.com/live/nwpGblE... #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU2026
Never forget who Trump governs for.
TrumpRx is a scam.
Get the facts on Trump and prescription drug prices w/ @maybarduk.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social @pcmedsaccess.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/RtYjmXe... #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU2026
Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan" won't make your health care any more affordable, or easier to get.
Get the facts on Trump and health care w/ @charlesgaba.com: youtube.com/live/bTXRFoH... #SOTU #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU2026
The so-called Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from our health care to shower billionaires with more tax breaks.
Get the facts on Trump and health care sabotage w/
@charlesgaba.com:
youtube.com/live/2Xvfa79...
#StateOfTheUnion
As this story shows, Medicaid work requirements take aim at older adults, particularly older women who provide care for their spouses, parents, and children—sometimes all at the same time.
Check out @justiceinaging.org’s advocacy toolkit to mitigate the harm justiceinaging.org/mitigating-h...
Check with your local pharmacy first, because TrumpRx covers only a tiny fraction of FDA-approved drugs, and generic medications are probably cheaper than brand name drugs as well.
More from @maybarduk.bsky.social @pcmedsaccess.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtYj...
New #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia
Guest: Dr. Jeoffry Gordon of @drsforamerica.bsky.social
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/care-t...
Why Your Prescriptions Cost So Much (PBMs Explained) #CareTalk live Dr. Jeoffry Gordon @drsforamerica.bsky.social explores w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com
& Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answer your health insurance q’s
When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.
I’m talking about pasteurization. Raw milk kills.
