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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 6h

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Downcoding is Back From the Dead: Insurers Resurrected a Scheme to Pay Doctors Less That the Courts Banned

Two decades after a massive lawsuit forced insurers to kill the practice, Big Insurance is back to automatically downgrading doctors’ claims — this time under the guise of fighting “waste and abuse."

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whimsydmg.bsky.social @whimsydmg.bsky.social · 14d

How much did gathering the military leaders together cost again? I guess the waste fraud and abuse maga uncovered was healthcare, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare SNAP, etc. Just the agencies and programs that help "we the people"

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Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) @pnhp.bsky.social · 11h

#acaexpansion
#shutdown2025
#governmentshutdown

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 7h

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 8h

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Coal miners stage DC protest to pressure Trump on black lung disease rule

Coal miners and their families gathered in front of the Labor Department to urge the Trump administration to impose a rule on silica dust.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 8h

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Lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells

Breakthrough raises new possibilities for regenerative medicine, which uses patient’s own cells to repair damaged tissues

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 9h

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4 GOP ideas for an Obamacare subsidies compromise

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the White House are quietly mulling proposals that could unite members on Obamacare subsidies.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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Cervical cancer could be eradicated. But not with Medicaid cuts and anti-vax politics.

The cancer has a known path of prevention, but that also means it falls at the intersection of cultural issues that are facing strong political opposition.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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Charlotte's new medical district is open. Where’s the affordable housing?

Atrium Health promised affordable housing in a pitch to win $75 million in local tax incentives. The housing hasn’t materialized.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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FDA clears blood test to help rule out Alzheimer’s disease in people showing symptoms | CNN

The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline, providing a broader understanding of when the di...

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump announces deal with pharma giant AstraZeneca to lower drug prices

President Donald Trump is scheduled to announce a deal on Friday about lowering U.S. drug prices, according to a White House official.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 1d

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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 2d

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“Prior Authorization” aka Denial by Delay

Medscape highlights studies that conclude the long-held belief among patients and clinicians: prior authorization consistently favors insurers, negatively impacting patient welfare.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

Drug Rehabs Lure In Patients for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street

Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 2d

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How Does the Emoluments Clause Affect Presidential Business Dealings? Discover Now! - U.S. Constitution.net

Understanding the Emoluments Clause The Emoluments Clause, articulated in the U.S. Constitution, serves as a safeguard designed to bar federal officeholders from receiving any gifts, offices, titles, ...

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🍁Dr. John E Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome

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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 2d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Fifty miles off the Tuscan coast, in a sparkling blue expanse, ancient creatures are roosting beneath the waves. They spend their days feasting on an unlikely source of nourishment: methane, a potent greenhouse gas that leaks out of cracks in the seafloor. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 3d

Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.

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M4ALL4US @m4all4us.bsky.social · 2d

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How the shutdown impacts healthcare: Reductions in force begin at HHS

Reductions in force begin at HHSUPDATED: Oct. 10 at 2:05 p.m. | The federal government entered a shutdown Oct. 1 after Republicans and Democrats refused to compromise on their funding asks.

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