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RestrictedAccount , in Big Pharma’s fight against drug price reforms takes weird, desperate turn

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ArbiterXero , in Psychiatrists aren't fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training

Damn those psychiatrists, it’s THEIR fault that the medical insurance is creating overly elaborate schemes to avoid paying out.

How dare they suggest that this isn’t sustainable.

jeffw OP ,
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I worked at a place that ONLY took Medicaid patients. It pays less but it’s not insane to do it. Docs need to take more Medicaid patients

ArbiterXero ,

More than the pay, the sheer amount of difficult paperwork make untenable sometimes

jeffw OP ,
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The coding was no more complicated than commercial insurers. What paperwork are you referring to?

muntedcrocodile , in Psychiatrists aren't fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training

I hate the concept of a social contract. I didnt sign any such thing. And how da fuck is it the fault of doctors that america is thw worlds greates third world country.

UFODivebomb , in Psychiatrists aren't fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training

Ah yes. Is this similar to the social contact that expects teachers to be underpaid and put up with abuse?

jeffw OP ,
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More so the one where they go to medical school on a slot paid for by the government and then go into private practice and refuse all insurance

9point6 , in Psychiatrists aren't fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training

Hey America, got any good news about how things are going over there?

Because it's looking past the point where you should be in the streets by now

doingthestuff ,

Can't take time to riot when you've got to get to your 2nd job.

ArmokGoB ,

You wouldn't need to work a second job if you rioted.

doingthestuff ,

How confident are you in that? On a scale of 1-10? I'm definitely not a 10.

ArmokGoB ,

10. The police aren't going to be enforcing unpaid rent if they're trying to fight off armed rioters.

doingthestuff ,

Yeah I'm buying, it's my only hope for a partial retirement. It has also been a money pit. I have no savings or retirement funds. The bank will 100% take it if I miss a few payments.

ArmokGoB ,

The bank can say whatever they want, but enforcing it is a different matter.

massacre , in Idaho’s OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void

FA:FO

FO <-- Idaho is here.

originalucifer , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas
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dont worry, the supreme court will make sure we can all get cancer from capitalists again shortly.

misspacific ,
@misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

literally looking at Berkey water filters for that reason. also, pretty happy to have been working on some home farming skills as well. totally fine country. normal even. TOTALLY NORMAL. 🙃

jonne ,

Farming skills don't help against some company spraying forever chemicals into the environment. These are issues you can't run away from and need a societal approach.

Fermion ,

Get a reverse osmosis filter rather than a berkey.

ChaosCoati ,
@ChaosCoati@midwest.social avatar

looking at Berkey water filters

Been looking at water filters too, to take out as much PFAS as possible. What a time to be alive

Pistcow ,

I mean there's nothing in the constitution preventing me from pumping fake lemon water into a Justice's home water system.

Got_Bent , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas

The FDA is an agency. They've no power anymore. Thanks scotus

wesker , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas
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citrussy got me finna buss

iiGxC , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas
SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

That how you make lemon cream.

MsPenguinette , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil

Oh, great, it was in Gatorade until 2013 and a bunch of shit before then. We are all going to die of cancer

andrew_bidlaw ,
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Brominade is a thing to die for.

Tronn4 ,

It's what plants crave

pennomi ,

One case reported that a man who consumed two to four liters of a soda containing BVO on a daily basis experienced memory loss, tremors, fatigue, loss of muscle coordination, headache, and ptosis of the right eyelid, as well as elevated serum chloride.[30] In the two months it took to correctly diagnose the problem, the patient also lost the ability to walk. Eventually, bromism was diagnosed and hemodialysis was prescribed which resulted in a reversal of the disorder.

Hopefully not too bad.

Fades ,

Ah shit, not Gatorade

Moobythegoldensock , in Psychiatrists aren't fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training

This article is infuriating. Ok, so Medicare paid hospitals $106k-182k to train doctors in 2015… and as someone who graduated from residency in 2014, we were making $40k-55k. So the hospitals were pocketing 60-75% of the payments, and doctors are supposed to feel grateful?

The solution is obvious: if you want psychiatrists to take Medicare, pay them. CMS has already shifted payments toward primary care because they know it’s necessary, but are dragging ass on psychiatry. They could easily fix the shortage of psychiatric services for low income patients by actually incentivizing it, if they actually wanted to.

Replace the “social contract” with an actual contract and you’ll see results.

Fades , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas

Why do these fuckers get to just shove literally anything out there and only pull it once a regulatory body forces it out??? (BTW thanks Supreme Court for neutering said regulatory body 🖕)

WHY aren’t we forcing all this shit to be proven safe first

Clent ,

That's how these chemicals have always operated.

They can do whatever they want until it's proven harmful. Time after time they've done internal studies showing the shit is toxic and they bury it.

Never any criminals charges, maybe some financial compensation after long court battle but never more than they profit.

Capitalism only works by externalizing these costs. They want you to believe, need you to believe it's not a zero sum game but it's not. It's just these externalities.

Monetary policy doesn't get to defy the laws of the universe, profit doesn't come from the ether.

We pay with our health and our lives.

And it's never acceptable to say this is not a good system, we have to propose an immediate alternative or we're pigeonholed as a communist or whatever the capitalist limited mind is stuck on. Like a Christian assuming one either worships Christ or Satan because it's unfathomable to choose neither. We are living through a capitalist inquisition.

geekwithsoul ,
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The best part:

In 1970, the FDA had concluded that its use in food was not generally recognized as safe because of toxicity concerns

So they knew it was likely not safe, gave the food manufacturers 50 years to find a substitute and then banned it.

return2ozma OP ,
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That part. Holy crap! Talk about profit over human life.

9point6 , in FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas

Only just over half a century late to the party

Though I guess you guys have bigger problems than something as silly as safe food to eat

PP_BOY_ , (edited ) in Mississippi Lacks Black Doctors, Even as Lawmakers Increasingly Target Diversity Programs
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Aw is the MedEd Cartel facing the consequences of its policies of artificial scarcity?

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