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Why SoCal Burns & Who’s to Blame Five harsh truths about these devastating fires that we must acknowledge if we hope to meaningfully prevent future fires and climate catastrophe

Do not let anyone call SoCal fires a "natural disaster."

It's is a predictable disaster from decades of climate injustice, water exploitation, & underfunding. Now, the billionaires who enabled this disaster are planning how to profit off this tragedy. www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-...

Why the American medical system is poised to collapse, in one graph.

I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.

Oh my god you fucking simpleton, the CA is for California. Ontario, CA is in San Bernardino County.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket The GOP Is Trying To Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat

There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.

Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...

Crystal apple “trophy” for HCW vs Hunger

OMG it’s so beautiful, @shematologist.bsky.social and @tmprowell.bsky.social ❤️
Thanks to *everyone* in our #HCWvsHunger 🍎family for being part of this force for good
Especially #KidVengers🦄 & the best co-capts EVER
@drjenchen4kids.bsky.social @brownam130.bsky.social and @scottvernaglia.bsky.social

Kentucky baptist church worship leader & children’s christian museum resident artist, Michael Howard, has been arrested on 40 counts of child sexual abuse & 40 counts of sodomy.

The fake news about the fire department cutting funds spread faster than the actual fire.
Meanwhile, the truth about how they actually increase funding is barely spreading and when it does, it's considered fake news.

Perfect example of how we got here.

Yes. And my kids are grown. But I don't want other stupid kids growing up into other stupid adults...

Opinion | Reproductive Health Is More Than Abortions Trump is likely to slash funding for women’s health organizations in the name of “protecting life” — but the result will be death.

Don’t the Lives of Women and Girls Matter?

Trump’s expected cuts to women’s health organizations worldwide will devastate millions of women and girls, likely increasing maternal mortality, cervical cancer, and unintended pregnancies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...

TCB quick hit: Is climate change causing the Texas heat wave? The Choice is Ours: Climate Disaster or a Sustainable Future

This entire framing is terrible. Climate change almost never *causes* an extreme event, but it does turbocharge it.

The interesting question is to what extent climate change made this event worse.

I talked about this a while back on The Climate Brink:
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/tcb-quick-...

Watching an episode of #Storybots with the #kids on #netflix and @snoopdoggydogg.bsky.social is the guest star on the episode about how computers work. What a phenomenal/ly varied career he’s had

Impacted By The Fires? Here’s How To Apply For FEMA Assistance

FEMA has issued a guide on how to apply for federal aid if you've been impacted by the wildfires.

Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...

Wash your hands!

UnitedHealth’s Army of Doctors Helped It Collect Billions More From Medicare The biggest Medicare Advantage insurer presented physicians with checklists of potential diagnose.; “I didn’t think I was obese,” one suspicious patient told his doctor.

Thanks to the @WSJhealth for including me in this article. Primary care clinicians have been reduced to data entry pawns in the high-stakes game that MA plans play to get more $$ from @CMSGov. It's time for the @AmerMedicalAssn
and @aafp to stop this. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Collections letter arrived this week from a standard #ophthalmology follow up visit in JANUARY 2024. Why? Because @unitedhealthcare.sa.com denied the claim at some point without letting us or @nyulangone.bsky.social know.

#healthinsurance #insurance #scam

Statement from the Obamas:

"Maranatha Baptist Church will be a little quieter on Sundays, but President Carter will never be far away – buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels."

Hey #MedSky I'm writing a long-form piece on how bad prior authorization has become, and how burdensome it is on patients and docs. Can you share:
—A story (without PHI)
—The amount of time/$$ you spend
—The most ridiculous thing you've had to argue for
—etc

(And please share this post)

Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

Read more (published October) ⬇️

@thespacegal.bsky.social what’s better than an #ooblek party for the #holidays?? #emilyswonderlab #science #staycuriouskeepexploring

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

"Employees could not send out press releases, give interviews, hold vaccine events, give presentations or create social media posts encouraging the public to get the vaccines."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Merry Christmas, everyone, even Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah @regenceutah.bsky.social, who is currently denying coverage of a cancer drug for my wife's breast cancer treatment. You are the Scrooge/Grinch in this Christmas story. But you can have a change of heart. You can be different. 💗

The people writing most about it haven’t ever spoken to or met a single #anesthesiologist. It’s almost like there’s an agenda, and it’s really frustrating.

#anesthesia #anesthesiology

It looks almost like #anthem is paying at least some of his bills 🙄

Or he could just be a hack

Lazy writing that misses every mark. A ten year old would have done better research and come up with a better article for a 5th grade project 🙄

#anesthesia #anessky #medsky #healthinsurance

As a surgeon, I’m so relieved this was backtracked. Insurers find this hard to believe, but different people are different. True story. Even with the same surgery, some people are sicker and have worse disease. They need/deserve more time. For-profit insurers are truly a parasite in our system.

Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in CT An unpopular move to cap anesthesiology coverage by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield drew criticism from patients and state officials.

Anthem backtracks on decision to cap anesthesiology coverage in Connecticut