#Trump on Thurs pardoned 8 people convicted in federal court in #Michigan of illegally blockading #AbortionClinics in Sterling Heights & Saginaw & of #conspiracy to violate the rights of clinic #patients & #employees.

The 8 were among 24 that Trump pardoned after they'd been accused of blockading #abortion clinic entrances.

After being diagnosed with a cancer that he didn’t actually have, Olson dropped out of college, moved back in with his parents and began his doctor's prescribed regimen: four straight days on chemo, four weeks off.

Olson endured this for nine years.
https://propub.li/3ZJXsKq

“I Thought He Was Helping Me”: Patient Endured 9 Years of Chemotherapy for #Cancer He Never Had
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Anthony Olson was told that he’d die without the treatment and to ignore a negative biopsy. He’s one of many patients who, court records show, received harmful or unnecessary treatments from Montana oncologist Dr. Thomas C. Weiner.

#News #Doctors #Hospital #Health #Patients #Healthcare

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Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise #Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under #Abortion Bans
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Doctors described #hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee #report.

#News #Health #Law #USPolitics #Government #Healthcare #Pregnancy #Patients

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#Cigna tracks every minute that its staff #doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care.

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers,” Day said.

#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #Patients

https://propub.li/4fMv9lg

How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous #Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of #Patients
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Amid reports of thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths, Lincare was supposed to supply the most ailing patients with new CPAP machines, but instead diverted the devices to new customers who would deliver greater profits for the company.

#News #Business #Health #Healthcare #Insurance #Safety #FDA #Lincare

https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-philips-cpap-breathing-machines-recall-healthcare

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting #MentalHealth Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
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United used an #algorithm system to identify #patients who it determined were getting too much #therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due to a patchwork of #regulation.

#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #UnitedHealth #Medicaid #Government

https://propub.li/3Ogrfow

@kityates

Re #Vaccines

I like to say that "Certain ideas are so profound they erase themselves from our awareness. Vaccination is the poster child for this phenomenon."

This is the best description of what vaccines REALLY ARE...

"Vaccines are not only immensely useful; they also embody something beautifully human in their combination of care and communication. Vaccines do not trick the immune system, as is sometimes said; they educate and train it. As a resource of good public health, they allow doctors to whisper words of warning into the cells of their patients. In an age short of trust, this intimacy between government policy and an individual’s immune system is easily misconstrued as a threat. But vaccines are not conspiracies or tools of control: they are molecular loving-kindness."

"In an Ugly World, Vaccines Are a Beautiful Gift Worth Honouring", The Economist, Oct 5th, 2023

“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest #Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care
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When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to #EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for #care recommended by #doctors for their #patients.

https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-denials-cigna-unitedhealthcare-aetna-prior-authorizations

#Helene ravaged the #NC plant that makes 60% of the country’s #IV fluid supply. There is currently no timeline for when the plant will be able to reopen. #healthcare #health #patients #emergency #intravenous #fluids #hospitals #climatecrisis #weather #hurricanes #northcarolina https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/helene-ravaged-the-nc-plant-that-makes-60-of-the-countrys-iv-fluid-supply/