Search results for tag #healthinsurance
Private Equity bros that I have complained about after they purchased the large medical practice that has my PCP, that they have sinced gutted, de-staffed, pulled all the money out of, polluted with call centers and Automated help, and are killing, just sent a referral for care that I do not need that, have not requested that they get a financial cut from, that was digitally signed by my doctor, and he was not aware of, nor requested or approved, and we both are pissed now.
A year or so ago, they did this shit with the mail order colon cancer testing kits that is not recommended for me because I have had polyps removed regularly since I was a teen because colon cancer runs deep in the family, and I get regular, advanced colon cancer screenings. They ordered them for every patient in their large, multi-state practice... This time from an LLC that the investment bros own. This is the real #Medicare #Medicaid #HealthInsurance fraud that goes on.
Called BUPA as my insurance annual charge was quoted at 160% of the 1st-I-checked competitor's quote for a minimalist cover.
After jumping through hoops for some 5 minutes BUPA tells me there is a 30 minute wait. Or I can get a "secure messaging conversation" link texted to me.
I go for the "secure messaging conversation".
The fuckers send me a link to themselves on various apps WhatsApp etc.
Back to get on the 30min queue.
#Australia #HealthInsurance #ConsumingIn2026 #CustomerFuckage #BUPA
The #Trump admin’s proposed new rules for #Obamacare plans next year would shift more #healthcare costs to Americans, with much higher deductibles leading to higher #medical bills.
Under the proposal, people who rely on the #AffordableCareAct for their #HealthInsurance coverage could choose plans with misleading lower monthly premiums that would leave them exposed to medical expenses totaling thousands of dollars more than #ACA plans do now before their #insurance would kick in.
New #Trump #ACA Plans Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000
The Trump admin is proposing #Obamacare plans that it says will lower #HealthInsurance premiums. But critics warn they will make #healthcare unaffordable.
#Republicans #Congress #law #policy #insurance #AffordableCareAct #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Remember the months-long saga when my #healthInsurance falsely decided that three of my kids had other primary insurance and stopped paying their claims?
Apparently our dental insurance decided to get in on the action. They just rejected my son's dental checkup claim for the same (wrong) reason: it has to go first to a (made-up) primary insurer. 😡🤬
How long will it take to fix this time?
First step: ask HR to confirm in writing that our health insurance does not cover dental checkups.
And BTW I tried this with DKV, Asisa and Adeslas when I was shopping around health insurance
NOT ANY SINGLE ONE OF THEM could give me this speed to get hold of a specialist.
With Sanitas is always same day, or next day if you try very late in the day.
So, get Sanitas if you ever need a DECENT health insurance in Spain because everything else is refined cow shit sold as luxurious 99% cocoa chocolate bar.
Anyone with Adeslas (the biggest) is being heavily scammed.
#Federal #Vaccine “Advisers” Take Aim at #Covid Shots
One panelist accused the #FDA of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on #vaccines given to pregnant women.
#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/health/vaccines-covid-acip-malone-kennedy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Members of the #federal #vaccine panel chosen by #Health Secy #RFKJr are setting sights on their next targets: the mRNA #Covid shots, & #vaccines offered to pregnant women.
The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [#ACIP], already has imposed some limits on access to Covid vaccines & has rescinded recommendations for some routine childhood shots.
#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories
Several of the panelists have said — contrary to scientific consensus — that they believe the #Covid shots are dangerous & should be taken off the market.
In an interview with The NYT, Dr. Robert Malone, one of the panelists, claimed that the #FDA was “hiding” data on the risks of Covid #vaccination & had refused to share it despite multiple requests.
#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #health #vaccines #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr
Paul Waldman ridicules Trump's healthcare "plan" as "a plan that is not a plan, released so they can say they have a plan but not actually do anything."
He quotes Aaron Rupar:
"You can own healthcare. Figure it out. Let the money go directly to the people. No money for the insurance companies."
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mbreocjjkd2q
#Trump announces outlines of #healthcare plan in a taped video message Thursday that he wants #Congress to consider.
When he ran for president in 2024, Trump said he had only “concepts of a plan” to address #health care. His new proposal, which is short on any specifics, appeared to be a wish list rather than ready #legislation.
It’s still just #ConceptsOfAPlan.
#Republicans #law #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-care-insurance-congress-savings-accounts-b7b4caae9ad14fda4646c42d3858202b
Numbers published by the #FederalGovernment on Monday indicated that 22.8M Americans had enrolled in #ACA plans starting Jan 1, down from 24.2M enrolled by mid-Jan last year.
A bipartisan group of senators has been meeting to discuss a compromise plan, which would extend some funding to consumers with more limitations. But the details of that plan have not been finalized, & its prospects for passage remain unclear.
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #law #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct
#Trump has expressed ambivalence about the #insurance #subsidies. As recently as November, the White House floated a proposal to extend funding. And just last week, Trump told #Republicans they should be flexible about related #abortion restrictions when considering options, a comment that suggested his interest in reaching a compromise.
But asked about the bill on Sunday while traveling on Air Force One, Trump said he might #veto the #legislation.
The expiration of the extra #subsidies has DOUBLED the amount people will have to pay for #insurance, on average. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the result will result in 2 million more Americans becoming uninsured this year. But other analysts have estimated larger losses of coverage.
#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
Consumers can continue to enroll in plans through Thurs, for coverage that becomes effective on Feb 1. After that, in the absence of any congressional action, the annual open enrollment period will be over for people signing up through the federal marketplace, & most people may have to wait until next year to enroll.
#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #subsidies #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in the #AffordableCareAct [#Obamacare] coverage this year in the face of soaring #premiums thanks to #Trump & #Republicans in #Congress, acc/to an early report, following the expiration of the enhanced #subsidies that helped lower the cost of #HealthInsurance for millions of Americans.
#healthcare #law #policy #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/health/obamacare-enrollment-decrease-subsidies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
@bicmay Granted, this isn't uncommon globally.
- Many places mandate #YellowFeverVaccination from travelers coming from a place it's common and there is a vaccination mandate for measles for Kindergartens and Schools but also vaccination is a mandatory service paid for by #HealthInsurance and compared to France, Germany only did so recently to prevent Measles Outbreaks which not only cost lives, but can result in #SSPE, a neurodegenerative disease that basically is a more horrible version of Alzheimer's and Huntington's which is 100% fatal and quickly renders those who have it in need of 24/7 care for everything.
I'm not shure if @AuswaertigesAmt mandates Polio vaccinations for people from #Pakistan and/or #Afghanistan based off @RKI & #WHO data, but I'd not be surprised if they did.
- Tho this would likely be something one have to ask at the German Embassy in Islamabad.
In the end, I do recommend to just #GetVaccinated and have vaccination documentation (ideally WHO vaccination passport) up to spec regardless of one's stance on #COVID19 or whatever as the risks of not being vaccinated outweigh even the worst complications.
- I'm not gambling with my life and I'm comfortable to dive 40m deep with sharks at arms lenght distance, so why should anyone else?
OFC: #NotLegalAdvice!
#House passes #bill to extend #healthcare #subsidies in defiance of #GOP leaders
In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed #legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired #health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act [#ACA] as “renegade” GOP lawmakers joined essentially all #Democrats in voting for the measure.
#law #trump #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #HealthInsurance
https://apnews.com/article/house-democrats-republicans-vote-health-care-subsidies-7d69148c6619a190f8d4abb85a7344b8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News
#RFKJr Scales Back the Number of #Vaccines Recommended for #Children
Federal health officials now recommend that children be routinely inoculated against 11 #diseases, not 17, citing standards in other wealthy nations.
#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthInsurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics
https://apnews.com/article/childhood-vaccine-schedule-trump-rfk-hhs-9b8df9e2767c1261aaac4e2331e77fa3?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-05-Breaking+News
"This didn’t happen because Congress didn’t know the deadline was coming or because the policy was unpopular. It happened because Republican leaders once again chose ideology and performative hostility toward Obamacare over the real, lived consequences for their own constituents.
The irony is rich enough to qualify as a public health hazard."
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #BigBeautifulBill #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
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"As of today, the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies that made health insurance affordable for millions of Americans have expired. Not phased down, not gently unwound. Expired. The result is a sudden and punishing premium spike for people who buy their insurance on the ACA marketplaces — many of whom live in red states and vote Republican."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #BigBeautifulBill #TaxCuts
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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/maga-voters-f-ed-around-in-2026-theyre
Enhanced tax credits that've helped reduce the cost of #HealthInsurance for the vast majority of #ACA enrollees🚨expired overnight, cementing⬆️health costs for Ms of Americans.
GOP MOC🚨are responsible.
Change: affects Americans who don’t get their #health insur from an employer & don’t qualify for MDCD or MDCR *group includes many self-employed wkrs, small bus owners, farmers & ranchers.
An est:🚨4.8M Americans to drop cov in 2026.
#GOPDeathCult #Uprising #Protest #USPol
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/health-subsidies-expire-launching-millions-americans-2026-steep-128827993
Dr. Eric Lullove explains why healthcare is about to get a lot more expensive in 2026 as coverage falls off the cliff due to:
1. The Death of the “Enhanced” Subsidy
2. The Great Retreat: Aetna and UnitedHealthcare
3. The “Under-Insurance” Trap in Employer Plans
4. The Self-Employed “Tax Trap”
#healthcare #HealthInsurance #TaxCuts #EconomicElites #Trump #Republicans #BigBeautifulBill
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Comic strip. 1st slide: a person is looking at a bank window which shows a poster saying "visit our loan dept."
2nd slide: the person says to the bank employee "I'd like to borrow two dollars." The employee replies "what for?"
3rd slide: the person replies "Medicine." The bank employee says "No."
4th slide: the person is in bed, dreaming of blowing up the bank.
Ummmm, #StudentLoans coming due, and so many folks who can't afford #HealthInsurance (especially here in #Maine). #TrumpSucks is doing #Putin's bidding by leading the #USA into RUIN!
Drs Makary & Bhattacharya are also expected to make announcements about #healthcare that #transgender young people receive.
The pivot to the topic of transgender minors comes one day after #Republicans in the #House of Representatives passed a package of #health care bills that do not extend subsidies for people who buy #HealthInsurance in #AffordableCareAct plans.
Those “pro-life” Republicans were so intent on making health care unaffordable they stopped the vote while 26 members were still trying to cast a vote.
#ACASubsidies #HealthInsurance #Obamacare
The stunning move comes after #House #Republican leaders pushed ahead with a #healthcare bill that does not address the soaring monthly #premiums that millions of people will soon endure as the tax credits for those who buy #insurance through the #AffordableCareAct expire at year’s end.
#Democrats led by Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries of New York needed 218 signatures to force a floor vote on their bill, which would extend the subsides for 3 years.
Republican Reps Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Bresnahan & Ryan Mackenzie, all from #Pennsylvania, & Mike Lawler of #NewYork signed on Wednesday morning, pushing it to the magic number of 218. A vote on the subsidy bill could come as soon as January under #House rules.
“Unfortunately, it is House leadership themselves that have forced this outcome.” Fitzpatrick said in a statement.
#Trump #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving
4 centrist #Republicans defied Speaker #MikeJohnson & signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a #House vote on extending for 3 years an enhanced #AffordableCareAct pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
#Trump #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-aca-speaker-johnson-1087a9f64168d66b2acf9082af16c253
Speaker #MikeJohnson on Tuesday shut the door on a vote to extend #AffordableCareAct subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, bucking moderates in his party who had urged action to prevent millions of Americans from facing higher #health care costs starting Jan 1.
#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Though #MikeJohnson had signaled openness to allowing debate on the proposal, he ultimately rejected a bid to do so by politically vulnerable #Republicans who had hoped for a vote that would, at the very least, allow them to show voters they had tried to avoid rising premiums.
#Trump #House #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #subsidies #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
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How Rising Rates of Uninsured Children Will Increase Pediatric Cancer Deaths Scientific American
A recent analysis showed the rate of uninsured children in the U.S. grew from 2022 to 2024. Experts say this could lead to more pediatric cancer de...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-rising-rates-of-uninsured-children-will-increase-pediatric-cancer-deaths/#healthcare #healthinsurance #uspol
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Cropped image of a line chart highlights data points for the years 2022 to 2024 when the percentage of uninsured children rose from 5.1 percent to 6 percent.
"This human Hooverville with the 36% approval rating—assisted by his little Senate helpers led by Thune—is now going to kick many of these 24 million Americans off Obamacare for no other reason than his cruelty—and surprise(!), half of those who are on Obamacare subsidies are Republicans.
Of these Republicans, 6 in 10 support extending the subsidies, as do 8 in 10 independents."
Cliff Schechter
#Trump #Republicans #ACA #HealthInsurance
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blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away
The group accepted and trucks were seen dumping piles of soil onto one of East Potomac’s courses.
Despite this, the Interior Dept told the National Links Trust that it violated its lease and delivered an official default notice. Trump said that the courses will fall under the admin’s control if the group does not remedy alleged violations by the end of the year.”
#Trump #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ArcdeTriomphe #GolfCourses
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“In his pursuit to remake the green spaces, he is attempting to wrest control from the National Links Trust, a non-profit with a 50-year lease to operate, restore & maintain the affordability of East Potomac Golf Links, Rock Creek and Langston Golf Course. Earlier in 2025, the admin ordered the group to take dirt resulting from the demolition of the East Wing of the WH or risk defaulting on its lease with the govt."
#Trump #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ArcdeTriomphe #GolfCourses
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Ron Filipkowski quotes the Independent:
“Trump has set his sights on his next renovation project: DC’s golf courses. The president, who frequently spends weekends on the fairways at his various properties, is seeking to redevelop the 3 public golf courses in the nation’s capital.” Trump: 'If we do them, we’ll do it really beautifully.'”
#Trump #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ArcdeTriomphe #GolfCourses
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-291
"'You could say, Jefferson, Washington, everything, ‘cause they’re all right there, and it’s something that is so special. It will be like the one in Paris, but to be honest with you, it blows it away, blows it away in every way.'
In The Guardian last week, Judith Levine noted that Trump is erasing the face of a federal government that served the American people, replacing it with his own."
#Trump #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ArcdeTriomphe #GolfCourses
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As Eric Berger reports, now that Republicans have decided to kill healthcare coverage for the least affluent among us, the average amount Americans enrolled in ACA can expect to pay annually for premiums is estimated to rise from $888 this year to $1,904 in 2026.
This will affect all of us, not just the poorest among us, those covered by ACA.
#Trump #Republicans #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthInsurance #premiums #healthcare
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/aca-obamacare-expires
This will affect all of us, not just the poorest among us, those covered by ACA. It will have knock-on effects across the healthcare sector as many people opt out of coverage altogether.
Whether you get medical treatment already depends in the US — as opposed to all other developed nations — on how much money you have.
#Trump #Republicans #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthInsurance #premiums #healthcare
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This will only become more pronounced now. If you have money, you may get the treatment you need.
If you don't have money, you're out of luck.
And, of course, when over half of white Christians who proudly profess to be pro-life have voted for Trump three times, this all comes to us courtesy of pro-life Christian voters.
#Trump #Republicans #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthInsurance #premiums #healthcare
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"Amid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis, with health insurance premiums about to spike dramatically for over 20 million Americans, Donald Trump revealed on Sunday that his domestic policy chief’s main priority is building a triumphal arch for Washington DC."
~ Robert Mackey
#Trump #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ArcdeTriomphe #GolfCourses
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/trump-arch-washington-dc-policy-chief
"Today Trump told reporters that chief of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Vince Haley, has 'a policy thing that’s going to be unbelievable happening…. We’re building an arc like the Arc de Triumph,' he said, mixing English and French, 'and we’re building it by the Arlington Bridge, the Arlington Cemetery, opposite the Lincoln Memorial.'"
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #ArcdeTriomphe #GolfCourses
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-14-2025
"For a person who has tied their identity to their ability and right to abuse others (which is in the end what a supremacist must become) the only story that matters is their own. The abuse they are doing is not to be talked about, and if it is talked about then it wasn't that bad, and if it was that bad, then it was deserved…."
#supremacy #cruelty #hierarchy #Trump #MAGA #EconomicElites #economy #affordability #HealthInsurance #immigrants #ICE #MaskedThugs
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Higher #costs, worse #coverage: #AffordableCareAct enrollees say expiring #subsidies will hit them hard
< 3 weeks remain until the expiration of COVID-era enhanced #TaxCredits that have helped millions of Americans pay their monthly fees for #ACA coverage for the past 4 years.
#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-subsidies-cost-aca-premiums-6a69b51aee8a6b04353b914e044f4efa?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-13-ACA+subsidies
During open enrollment, threat and fraud patterns often shift toward health insurance related impersonation and misleading offers.
These cases don’t always involve technical compromise but rely on social engineering promoting limited plans as full coverage or charging for enrollment assistance that should be free.
What non-technical controls or awareness efforts have you seen work best in reducing this type of consumer risk?
Share insights, engage in discussion, and follow TechNadu for balanced security and fraud awareness coverage.
#InfoSec #FraudPrevention #SocialEngineering #ConsumerProtection #RiskAwareness #HealthInsurance #TechNadu #CyberSafety
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How to avoid health insurance scams this open enrollment season
"Premiums will, on average, spike by 114% for millions of people—leaving them with the horrible choice of paying thousands more for their coverage or going uninsured."
~ Emily Singer
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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"In three weeks, many of the government subsidies that help people afford health insurance will expire. If the subsidies are not extended before the end of the year, the impacts will be cataclysmic.
The 22 million Americans who currently receive these subsidies will see their premiums increase by an average of 114%."
~ Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #subsidies #AffordableCareAct #ACA
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"According to an analysis by the Urban Institute, families with incomes below 250% of the poverty line will pay premiums that are more than four times higher — rising from $169 to $919.
Meanwhile, an estimated 4.8 million people will lose coverage completely because they are priced out of the market. Uninsured people, of course, continue to get sick and require emergency medical care."
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #subsidies #AffordableCareAct #ACA
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"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects “a $7.7 billion spike in uncompensated care in 2026” if the subsidies expire.
The impact will be most severe in large Republican-leaning states that have not expanded Medicaid, including Florida and Texas, because they rely on the Obamacare marketplace to cover many of their low-income residents. Those states will see their uncompensated care costs rise by as much as 25%."
#Trump #Republicans #HealthInsurance #subsidies #AffordableCareAct #ACA
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There’s a reason I keep tagging #HealthyIfYoureWealthy, #SocialCleansing & #eugenics on #ACIP posts.
While we can all say these people are nuts, we’re not listening to their advice, that’s great, but this “official” federal advisory committee’s guidelines are how #HealthInsurance determines what #vaccines they cover & what you have to pay out-of-pocket.
Meaning #poor families won’t be able to #afford to choose differently than what these incompetent ConsiracyTheorist #AntiVaxxers have chosen.
An oldie but a goodie.
#TheOnion #healthInsurance #humor
"Insurance Company Annoyed Customer Doesn’t Realize They Were Just Being Polite When They Said They’d Cover Healthcare Bills"
https://theonion.com/insurance-company-annoyed-customer-doesn-t-realize-they-1840508147/
Medicare for All Backers Argue It’s a Better Solution Than Whatever Trump Is Cooking Up
“Republicans have a million ideas regarding healthcare. Except one,” said Sen. #BernieSanders. “They will never acknowledge that healthcare is a human right—to be guaranteed to ALL.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-act-2025
from #CommonDreams
Jessica Corbett
Nov 25, 2025
#MedicareForAll #Medicare4All #M4A #HealthcareIsAHumanRigh
#news #politics #USpol #medical #HealthInsurance
#BlueCrossBlueShield #BCBS #BCBSMA #COVID #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp #COVIDBooster #HealthInsurance #USHealthCare