“If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.” – Donald Trump, June 15 2020
Tag: Medicare
Republicans are running nonstop commercials in NEPA (Northeastern Pennsylvania) to justify the BBBill.
Republicans, or somebody pro-Republican, is running ads that are trying to tell us Rep. Rob Bresnahan voting for the Big Boondoggle Bill was good actually. They’re trying to advance this false narrative that denying healthcare insurance coverage for some healthy young men and rarely use their healthcare is somehow going to make it better for disabled people.
Medicare should not deploy AI to make mistakes with people’s healthcare.
These AI systems are known for making huge errors and are not reliable, and now the tech companies are going to be paid explicitly for denying claims using AI.
With the cuts to Medicare and Medicaid looming, nursing homes that stay open may not be humane.
“Opinion: Nursing homes may start sedating your elderly parents — and, eventually, you”
Where are all the doctors who could be informing their patients? And where are the hospital lobbyists?
We know there’s tons of lobbyists working on the behalf of big healthcare corporations. Yet they seem to have let this healthcare industry destroying big boondoggle bill succeed. What happened?
Someone needs to tell Doctor Oz that carrot cake isn’t the problem.
Medicaid & Medicare budget cuts are the problem. Scammy Medicare DisAdvantage plans are the problem. Lagging vaccine uptake is the problem. (Heather Digby Parton was on the Majority Report this afternoon and kept mentioning carrot cake and that dipshit comment by Doctor Oz trying to shame people over eating carrot cake. And now I’m hell […]
JD Vance visited Northeastern Pennsylvania and Action Together NEPA & others were there to protest.
Side note: I tried reading “Hillbilly Elegy” after the election just to inform myself, and I just abandoned the effort after JD Vance left Pennsylvania out of his list of Appalachian states. Protesters rally in West Pittston against Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Story by Hannah Poggi Enraged by the bill, protesters shared their reasons […]
Tricksters trying to sign people up for inappropriate hospice via a Medicare fraud scheme.
The commercials for Medicare beneficiaries advertising “free stuff” are often sketchy or outright fraud attempts.
It’s imperative to inform politicians about tech scams that target their ideological hopes with false promises.
Crypto mogul donors lure politicians to betray their communities by saying they’re doing it to benefit their communities. It’s a trick.
Rep Rob Bresnahan’s Tele Town Hall, PA-08
The tele town hall recording is available on Facebook
Can we please end loser leftism and extol the public good?
Stop thinking “if only we could convince people” of something, that things would change. Just stop that. It’s not about explaining.
Steve Bannon to the left of NPR on Medicaid cuts.
Medicaid funding is a foundation of a great deal of Northeastern Pennsylvania, but we can’t be complacent that our politicians won’t take marching orders from tycoons like Elon Musk. More uninsured people racking up medical debt they can never ever pay off never made anything better in America for those people or anyone else. NPR […]
Bizarre RFKJR confirmation hearing.
RFKJr is a terrible anti-vaxxer. But there are so many other problems as well with him taking over the entirety of the federal healthcare in the US. The threat can’t be overstated.
Rejecting Medicare DIS-Advantage.
Privatizing Medicare is where the fraud, waste, and abuse comes in.
Stories about healthcare in the Altoona area of Pennsylvania.
Telehealth service should be a permanent option for all patients, and covered by all insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. Access to in-network healthcare providers isn’t always easy, especially for people living in rural areas.
Dr. Oz has a long history of promoting things that turn out to be dubious.
Dr. Oz is a loser who has no place running an agency in the federal government…
Congress needs to ensure telehealth access continues for Medicare patients.
Congress needs to ensure telehealth access continues for patients.
Trump said he wants to let RFK Jr. “go wild on” health, food, and medicines.
RFK Jr. is an anti-vaxxer who promoted an anti-vaxxer in Samoa…
Congress needs to ensure telehealth access continues for Medicare patients.
Telehealth service should be a permanent option for all patients, and covered by all insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid.