Health Policy-Emergency Medicine-Civil Servant
Oakland, CA
Joined January 2015
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Lemeneh Tefera retweeted
I will be closing down my Twitter in 2 weeks. Meanwhile:
My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon nytimes.com/2023/04/18/opini…
Thank you @realtahiramin for your presentation & sharing your expertise!
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Thank you so much Aarti. The girls are thrilled!
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#science #books
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Lemeneh Tefera retweeted
Priti Krishtel, an Oakland lawyer who works to expose the inequities in access to affordable, life-saving medications on a global scale, was named a MacArthur fellow on Wednesday. trib.al/cdisTxM
grateful for all the policy folks that continue to highlight the importance of expanding Medicaid coverage
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Congressional Research Service-
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might be easier to convince ppl to get an even earlier colonoscopy than give up Jamon Ibérico or pâté
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and despite having a robust health system infrastructure in the United States, Black maternal mortality is 55 deaths per 100,000 live births,
3 fold higher than for White women
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Lemeneh Tefera retweeted
Structural: the average black woman starts out with elevated health risks linked to a history of disadvantage.
Implicit: 2019 study found pregnant women of colour were disproportionately likely to be ignored or have their requests refused by medical staff reproductive-health-journal.…
Lemeneh Tefera retweeted
ICYMI. New @CMSGov rule aims to minimize unexpected gaps in coverage for some people coming on Medicare.
The new rule also eliminates lifetime #Medicare premium penalties for some who miss their initial enrollment period.
cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets…
was struggling mid-run this morning
had to stop usual playlist & switch to #Encanto
that did the trick!
Lemeneh Tefera retweeted
#ICYMI, at participating pharmacies and health care providers #Medicare beneficiaries can now get eight over-the-counter #COVID19 tests per calendar month at no cost. Check out this video from CMS @medicaregov Director Dr. Meena Seshamani and @SecBecerra to learn more.
Had to be first in line to get one in Dec/Jan, early Feb.
Now stacks & stacks of #COVID19 tests sitting idle.
Apparently no takers.
I never would have guessed that any realm of possibility would include that the loss, or misplacement, of a stuffed animal would cause me considerable stress & disrupt part, or whole, of any day.
No one envisioned we'd be numb to 6 million deaths worldwide & nearly 1 million in the United States alone.
"In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries climb even higher."
who.int/director-general/spe…