Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.

Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.

@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social

Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Occupational and Environmental Medicine Public health Climate activist Universal Health Care Advocate

35,244 Followers 12,557 Following 20,658 Posts Joined Nov 2024
55 seconds ago

It's an obscene war on so many levels.

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2 minutes ago

Excuse me?
I AM aware.
You're not reading or understanding my comments.

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17 minutes ago

OK.
I've explained all that.

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18 minutes ago

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And multiple studies have shown it to be true including the first Yale study that I already posted.

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21 minutes ago

I didn't choose the name.
It has some positives.
It expresses that, like Medicare, it's an entitlement that we all pay for.
Single Payer, Universal Healthcare would be another option but it's a cumbersome handle.

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25 minutes ago

I think housing should be a right too.
But in these comments, I'll stick to medical care.

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27 minutes ago

😊

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27 minutes ago

Right.
The name isn't perfect.
I always have to disambiguate it somewhat from our current Medicare system.

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30 minutes ago

What is your specific concern?

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31 minutes ago

I think you're asking if Medicare for All will affect any aspect of Social Security.
It won't.

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36 minutes ago
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Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to c...

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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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40 minutes ago

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Medicare for All does not affect Social Security.
It's funded through taxes. An average American family could save roughly $2,400 to over $3,000 annually under a Medicare for All system by eliminating private insurance premiums, deductibles, and co-payments.
(See link)

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47 minutes ago

It's not Medicare.
Everyone is covered from birth until death.
No co-pays for care, no deductibles.
It is not part of Social Security.

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50 minutes ago

That's so weird.
Anyway, I tried to answer your question in the comments.

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51 minutes ago

So, Medicare for All is not Medicare.
When the bill is passed, everyone of all ages is covered from cradle to grave.
No co-pays for care and no deductibles.

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55 minutes ago

You couldn't put that in comments?

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57 minutes ago

I'm talking about major corporations, not small businesses.
Can you share examples of large corporations that don't demonstrate such growth?

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1 hour ago
PNHP

A LOT of us do.
Physicians for a National Health Program is one membership group.
But many practicing doctors with no group association also do.

pnhp.org

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1 hour ago

Not sure.
But a call for universal, single payer health care would be a great move by Dems both morally and electorally.

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1 hour ago
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Poll: Three in Five Americans Are Favorable to the Affordable Care Act New polling data on how Americans evaluate a variety of proposed progressive and conservative health care policies in the country.

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It's also favored by most Americans.
At least 60% of Americans favor M4A.

navigatorresearch.org/three-in-fiv...

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1 hour ago
New York Times from 03/12/26
Headline: "A third of Americans have borrowed money for healthcare. A new survey finds that many people are skipping meals, driving less,making sacrifices for the rising cost of healthcare ."

Medicare for All:
The only moral means to provide medical care.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/h....

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1 hour ago

Let me be clear.
Yes, it's very negative about capitalism.
That's because unconstrained growth, beyond the sustainable is required to compete for market share.
It wasn't meant to say that conscientious use of our shares resources is bad.

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1 hour ago

A meeting of all four horsemen.

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1 hour ago
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Energy independence you say?

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2 hours ago

He was in the thick of it!
Didn't Philadelphia have WW1 large Liberty Bond parades?

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2 hours ago

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There's gold in them thar pills.

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2 hours ago

Yeah.
Monitoring of so many toxic gases is sporadic and/or under-reported.

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2 hours ago
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E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas

TRUMP'S EPA: AN ILL AIR

Ethylene Oxide exposure increases the risk of leukemia.
Roughly 2.3 million people live within two miles of facilities entering the gas in what are often low-income neighborhoods or communities of color.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

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2 hours ago

On the topic of the Iran war, which is what this comment is about, I've stated my suggestions.

On other issues, we must continue to protect targeted people, protest (including civil non-cooperation when possible), boycott, vote, educate, and relentlessly resist this Reich.

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2 hours ago

There's also the House Progressive Caucus and some other Senators like Markey to name a few.

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