Journalist, writer with focus on health and medicine. Love wine, tennis, basketball, football, running, & UCLA Bruins. Facts matter.
L. A.
Joined April 2011
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WTF Ted Cruz? Just when you think Cruz couldn’t sink any lower. He is definitely a swamp creature. rawstory.com/ted-cruz-russia…
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Tennessee lawmakers proving they are not Pro Life or Pro Safety. They don’t care about kids or safe environments for education. They do care about guns. Never dropping another dime in that state. apple.news/A-eO4milSRYuXRIob…
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This is the tip of a large iceberg.
Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
The inside story 🧵
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A fascinating read that explains why the U.S. shipping industry is so screwed up. apple.news/AmP6e1EHgRTea2h1z…
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U.S. maternal mortality rate is still rising. Our insurance based healthcare system and lack of access to pre natal healthcare is killing people. —Wall Street Journal apple.news/AV0fOAQkUSsSF9D2c…
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A fascinating and disturbing read. Too much seaweed is not a good thing.- NPR apple.news/AS77_cUD3QoiYzv1N…
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Elizabeth Warren predicted this years ago when republicans/Trump insisted on relaxing rules/regulations. fortune.com/2023/03/13/eliza…
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This is what happens when ignorance trumps medical science and a women’s ability to control her own reproductive decisions. Texas is now essentially a Christofascist state. They say they are “pro life” but women apparently don’t qualify for that right.
5 women are suing the state of Texas after they were denied an abortion even though pregnancy endangered their lives. The lawsuit claims that doctors are refusing to treat pregnant women who are having a health crisis out of fear of punishment.
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Beware Christian healthcare schemes that are designed solely to make money & the charity that left thousands in debt as it built a family empire - ProPublica apple.news/A5i-jPawvT4eF2P5D…
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Grateful to live in a state that recognizes danger of allowing some folks having illegal weapons. - USA TODAY apple.news/AshSjlwFbTfSjUNyc…
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Fox News reporters willingly and repeatedly lied to their viewers. @FCC take note. - NPR apple.news/AL3T4HEVDRRaAcKkA…
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Welcome to hell. Court ruling assures further escalation of gun deaths. - TIME apple.news/A8AnodX_2TrqLjeTC…
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Republicans refuse to recognize laws and reality, taking another stab with shopping their case to the one judge who might listen. Mind you, the facts and evidence will prove them wrong, but this judge won’t care. Texas politics at its worst.- Slate apple.news/AO4p3oBXURjWG_dIJ…
What could possibly go wrong? The dangers of Trump appointed judges and a Federalist Society Supreme Court will result in death for too many innocent people. That is how they want it.- CNN Politics apple.news/A6SnYYte0QUy7z1Ny…
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There really is no comparison. Trump was a real threat to U.S. security. | AP News apnews.com/article/biden-cla…
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Pepsi seems to have figured out how to run an equal opportunity organization that rewards performance. apple.news/ApJfUy7QOSC6I83aX…
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The final report is a decent accounting of everything we did wrong and offers plans so we don’t repeat the mistakes. Republicans want to repeat the mistakes. They can never admit they were wrong. politi.co/3PeqGLG via @politico
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