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Category Archives: Health Care
Candice Hildebrant
In early March, just a few weeks before she died, Candice Hildebrant posted her story. I will let her tell it in her own powerful words. Candice was in her thirtys, a tireless advocate for a single payer healthcare system, … Continue reading
Flavored e-cigs and Vaping
Photo Credit Janet Cannon From: Eve Krief MD 65% of teens who vape don’t even know that they are vaping nicotine! One Juul vape pod has the nicotine equivalent of 20 cigarettes. As some of you may know I’m on … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Uncategorized
Tagged Addiction, flavored cigarettes, nicotine, smoking, suffolk, teenagers, vaping
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What is Public Charge?
From Eve Krief MD WHAT IS PUBLIC CHARGE? FULL EXPLAINER HERE: A new proposal from DHHS expands the definition of what it means to be a “public charge,” making it harder for immigrants to enter the United States and advance … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, immigration/deportation, medicare, Trump, Trump atrocities, Uncategorized
Tagged CHIP, Medicaid, public charge, SNAP
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Our Healthcare System will Change (Like it or Not)
Submitted by John Hooker In reply to a recent laudable post “Drug Prices: How Pharma Games the System,” I have this to add. To gather momentum to change our system we should be relentless in emphasizing the cost that affects … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, Health Care, Medicaid, medicare, Uncategorized
Tagged cost, drugs, healthcare, insurance, medicare for all, Pharmaceuticals
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Drug Prices: How Pharma Games the System
We have all seen the TV ads for Humira… What they don’t show is the cost. For instance there are a number of different TNFalpha blockers, including Humira (adalimumab) and Embrel (etanercept). The following site lists their comparable pricing: https://www.goodrx.com/tnf-blockers … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Medicaid, medicare, Pre-existing Conditions, Uncategorized
Tagged drug companies, drug costs, health insurance, insurance companies, prices
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10 REASONS WOMEN MUST #FlipThe1st!
Issue #2: August, 2018 by Jacquelyn Gavron and Amy Turner Lee Zeldin repeatedly votes for laws that jeopardize the health and financial wellbeing of … Continue reading