It brought to mind that old sketch on Monty Python’s Flying Circus about the gangs of old ladies beating up “fit young men” in the streets.
Tag: seniors
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”
Don’t buy into ageist or eugenics ideas that life should be over before you’re elderly.
This isn’t the first time some survey has hit the news that shows that people are happier when they’re over 50 compared to youth. VOGUE – At What Age Do We Feel Happiest? The Answer May Surprise You By Jeanne Ballion March 14, 2025 After analyzing the results, the researchers found that there’s a certain […]
I don’t trust Paul Offit.
I wouldn’t recommend looking to Paul Offit for leadership on vaccines, because what the Trump administration is doing he was lobbying for in the Biden administration all along. This is from a thread I posted on social media after becoming concerned that people might think this is the guy to lead up championing vaccine access. If you […]
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.
Beware the stigma around sick and disabled children, and others.
Some disinformation narratives suggest that the high risk disabled and elderly are holding up herd immunity, or even maybe dangerous criminals using masks as a “disguise”.
Elon Musk says he’s doing a “corporate takeover” of America… via the postal service.
Elon Musk appears to be potentially looking to seize total control over free communication in America, especially rural America.
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 […]
David Lynch deserved better public health, just as we all do.
The lack of strong public health and remote options robbed the rest of us of David Lynch’s last years.
Trump HUD nominee mega-pastor Scott Turner thinks housing assistance can be compared to slavery.
This is obviously not someone who even thinks things through before they speak in public, or maybe ever.
Legislation against municipal mask bans introduced by President pro tempore of the Massachusetts Senate.
Massachusetts state Senator Will Brownsberger, Democrat from Boston, introduced a bill that would prohibit municipalities and boards of health from enacting mask bans that include banning “protective or medical use” of wearing masks in public.
Far from being satisfied, winning just emboldens the violent Trumpies.
The idea that you can satiate people determined to create havoc and harm is ridiculous on its face. In the wake of the election in 2016 I witnessed harassment myself almost immediately.
Bird flu ought to be taken seriously.
“Without immediate nationwide livestock testing and isolation, expanded wastewater surveillance, and rapid vaccine distribution to at-risk populations, the virus risks mutating into a form capable of sustained human transmission—repeating the catastrophic delays of COVID-19.”
Banning protective gear is non-viable for human survival.
What’s next on their enemy list, tassel knit hats and earmuffs in 15 degree weather? Prohibiting old lady babushkas?
Congress needs to ensure telehealth access continues for Medicare patients.
Congress needs to ensure telehealth access continues for patients.
The signs are there — people are still avoiding the virus.
Many people, especially older people, are still avoiding covid.
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.
