Time to repost

Gasp - he’s all growed up

a young boy in a striped shirt is laughing with his mouth wide open . ALT: a young boy in a striped shirt is laughing with his mouth wide open .

Actual footage of me after my latest phone call with an insurance rep

It continues to be stupefying that I can’t get a health insurance company to tell me THE ACTUAL COST of something I need. They NEVER KNOW and if they do eventually give you a number it comes with the warning that it isn’t guaranteed. Eff this system and all of those working hard to keep it in place.

Yeesh, the essence of this movement: "Her answer underscored how this law isn’t just about policy. It is about flipping the script on what we’ve considered the norm for generations now: that if you’re going to be part of a community, you must help protect the other people in your community."

Medicare Will Start Paying AI Companies a Share of Any Claims They Automatically Reject Medicare patients in half a dozen states will have some of their health claims automatically reviewed by AI models.

Ah, yes - the answer to our healthcare woes surely must be adding more prior-authorization tactics. 🙄

😆 happy to help

This is v fascinating
(and also v depressing)

Rich parents.

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Please listen to patients and not Big Pharma or politicians about the cost of living with Type 1. Check out this thread for some of the latest out-of-pocket survey results from T1International

As someone who met with a cofounder of Levels several years ago, I can confidently say that Casey Means- and anybody involved with that company- has no business as surgeon general

In the US we are told that health insurance = access to healthcare. But once you have to use or depend upon your health insurance, you quickly learn that that is a lie.

Frontiers | “Can I afford to live today?” The emotional toll of navigating the healthcare system with type 1 diabetes ObjectivesPeople with diabetes (PWD) face significant barriers to accessing insulin and diabetes supplies, including high prices, leading some to turn to soc...

“I think a lot of people would think ... taking shots would be the worst part of it, but that’s honestly something that becomes routine…But you don’t ever really get over the frustration of having to pay $300 for a vial of [insulin] that you need to survive ..."

I couldn't be more proud of my longtime friend @seanbaby.bsky.social and the important work he's doing

Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to be Surgeon General Previous nominee was withdrawn amid claims she had misrepresented her medical education

One of her grifts is selling CGMs to people with fully functioning pancreases in order to show them their pancreas works exactly as it was intended.

What my friend @missdiabetes.bsky.social said👇; the man needs an education, not a mic

@propublica.org / @tchristianmiller.bsky.social reporting revealed that Blue Cross denied payments for thousands of procedures involved in breast reconstruction – but don't worry at least the insurance executives were approving special deals for their wives!

If I see one more AI action figure I stg

Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

Who needs health care when you can just have acceptable water pressure in showerheads instead

Is there anything worse than the video feed on LinkedIn

The AI generated images that went with April Fool’s Day posts somehow made the posts less funny

Diné textile artist Venancio Aragon’s wool weaving, "TRANSform Hate," held up by his mother Irveta Aragon (Diné). Photo by Corrine Cain, Savvy Collector

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#VenancioAragon #SaveCollector #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NDNArt #Diné #TextileArts #HeardFair #NativeSky

A very large Exmoor Horn ram, with a small yet noticeable smile.

look at this absolute unit

When someone asks "Where do you see yourself in 5–10 years?"