My explainer on the debt ceiling -- with a healthcare twist!
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Attention local commuters: IGNORE the headline below but read the story -- full service has been restored, at least for now.
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My dear Grandfather, Rabbi Ralph Simon with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., March 25, 1968, New York. #MLKDay #MLKDay2023
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Song About Masking
We need some measures to help the current healthcare situation so I wrote this song about masking called
“Maskin”
#BringBackMasks #COVID19 #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #Bobmarley #SARSCoV2 #Omicron #DiedSuddendly #Apple #Canada
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Improving treatment access, disrupting illegal drug supply chain: in an exclusive interview, ONDCP director outlines goals for 2023.
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In late 2021, we wrote about suing the federal government over its interpretation of the No Surprises Act, a law aimed at resolving out-of-network provider payment disputes.
updates readers on what has happened since then: bit.ly/3WFHGNZ
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Hey, and , a friendly correction: the city in California is spelled "Berkeley," not "Berkley".
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A reminder why it’s important to test before visiting relatives this winter.
Your symptoms might be minor, but you can infect someone who won’t fare as well. Don’t be the one who brought COVID to the party.
Tests are free in many states, 8 free w/ insurance at pharmacies.
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I know ignorance is bliss, but it really is a good idea to test before Christmas gatherings (especially with older relatives).
Before hitting the road to my in-laws this morning, my husband tested positive with very mild congestion
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Really awful.
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Good morning to me. What a great start to another day of family medicine in Ontario.
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This is chilling.
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People really need to understand how mainstream it has become in some tech VC circles to argue that journalism itself is dangerous as an idea and should be abolished, and that it will be up to the tech world to carry this out.
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Progress report! The sport court at East County Community Recreation Center is almost completed. This will be a futsal, pickleball and walking track combo space. Make sure to check it out in the spring. #MoCoRec
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What we heard this week 🧵⬇️
"The average doctor is doing 41 of these a week." -- President , discussing the large increase in #priorauthorization requests over the several years.
medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo
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A little girl asked LA animal control if she could keep a unicorn if she found one. Best response of all time. Los Angeles forever ❤️❤️
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Triple whammy: 1) Mayo Clinic hospital employee w/#insurance through her job still owes $12K after giving birth. 2) Mayo sues for non-payment. 3) Her low income qualifies her for #charitycare but Mayo doesn't tell her. #Medicalbills
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All They Want for Christmas Is ... No Medicare Payment Cuts
— Prior authorization changes, #telehealth benefits extension also on docs' wish list for Congress medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo
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increasingly convinced that most writers I haven’t met are actually sentient AIs
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#ThrilledToAnnounce: won 8 at #Fall2022DHA! 🙌 🎉
Congrats to Opinions Editor , whose work won in each category.
lnkd.in/eYGmMakN #MedTwitter
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Wow! What a fabulous morning.
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Despite all the negative comments I've been seeing, and predictions of Twitter shutting down, I'm going to remain optimistic that it will stay. Amirite, ?
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Very sorry to hear this -- loved him in "Hogan's Heroes." May his memory be for a blessing.
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Fellow boomers, take note. LeBeau just escaped Stalag 13. people.com/tv/hogans-hero
Sent in by a community member, noting the station has only been open for 2 days and the escalator is already out of service 💀
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“Of the 34 incidents motivated by religious bias, 85.3% (29) were considered anti-Jewish, despite Jewish persons making up only 10% of the population…”
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VOTER TIP! POSTMARK IS EVERYTHING! On Election Day, highly recommend NOT depositing your voted Mail-in ballot into a USPS blue bin. Instead, locate the nearest drop box by texting BOX plus Zip code (Example: BOX 20879) to 77788 "OR"...
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Abdullah Hasan Pratt, MD of , founded a group to teach inner-city youth conflict management skills to help prevent violence.
"It's not gang violence... It's interpersonal, not to be able to conflict-resolve," he said.
bit.ly/3h1XFpu
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🚨Pre-election Mail-in canvassed ballots will be tabulated (scanned) today. / Hoy se tabularán (escanearán) las papeletas de votación por correo antes de las elecciones. ℹ️ Canvass info & livestream/ Info y transmisión en vivo: us02web.zoom.us/j/86214398732? 🇺🇸
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#BreakingNews High speed police pursuit ends in fiery crash into metrobus in downtown #SilverSpring, Maryland, at least two in custody #BREAKING #mdtraffic
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Getting the #Medicaid program through the period after the #COVID19 PHE ends will not be easy, officials say.
"This is not going to happen overnight," said , Assistant Secretary for .
bit.ly/3TXbZxz
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N95 and KN95 masks were found to be 48% more effective than surgical or cloth masks, according to a CDC study. Wearing an N95 or KN95 mask reduces the odds of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 by 83%.
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"As a matter of fact, it makes perfect sense to me." -- , MA, of the , commenting on how 64% of #physicians with #disabilities reported at least one type of mistreatment from their coworkers.
medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo
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Several great lessons here.
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Once when I was young, around 8 or so, we had a garage sale. My siblings and I were killing time riding our bikes along the sidewalk and this guy stopped in. But he wasn't there to buy anything.
He went up to my mom, introduced himself and said he'd stopped because he saw us...
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You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf but…
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.#Pathology labs making progress on removing race for #kidneyfunction estimates; will increase # of Black pts eligible for kidney #transplant, med regimens
medpagetoday.com/pathology/gene
#CAP22
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Hey and , just a reminder that Sandy was technically a superstorm and not a hurricane:
😷ICYMI: dropped its universal masking recommendation for #healthcare settings, with the exception of areas of high #COVID19 transmission & other special circumstances.
Read the update: bit.ly/3BSJVEf
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"Post COVID-19 condition, also known as long COVID. This is something that and our partners are concerned about."
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