#Georgia officials have dismissed all members of the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which is charged with investigating deaths of #pregnant women, in response to ProPublica's reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller.

#Abortion #Pregnancy #Women #Mothers #Families #RoeVWade #Health #HealthCare

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Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica’s Report on Amber Thurman, Candi Miller Deaths

In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.”

^ProPublica

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting #MentalHealth Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
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United used an #algorithm system to identify #patients who it determined were getting too much #therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due to a patchwork of #regulation.

#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #UnitedHealth #Medicaid #Government

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Inside UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage

United’s practices were deemed illegal in three states. But that hasn’t stopped the company from policing mental health care with arbitrary thresholds and cost-driven targets.

^ProPublica

#Lincare Made Billions While Repeatedly Defrauding #Medicare. Feds Did Little To Rein It In.
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Lincare, the nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment, has repeatedly violated Medicare rules and probation agreements, victimizing ailing patients and costing taxpayers huge sums. The federal #government has done little to stop it.

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#News #Healthcare #Insurance #Fraud #CPAP #Health

Lincare Made Billions While Repeatedly Defrauding Medicare. Feds Did Little To Rein It In.

Lincare, the nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment, has repeatedly violated Medicare rules and probation agreements, victimizing ailing patients and costing taxpayers huge sums. The federal government has done little to stop it.

^ProPublica

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I've been sending this link to the men in my life, because while they're not as likely to notice it without their attention being called, I know they are concerned about abortion access. And I know there are men on here who probably haven't seen it either.

Orange hospital restricts access to abortion for no good reason. NSW only has two hospitals which offer abortion care.

They're trying to do this in the dark and quiet, let's not let them.

#auspol #abortion #healthcare

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Orange Hospital directs staff to no longer provide abortions to patients without 'early pregnancy complications'

Leaked documents show staff at the public hospital in Orange can no longer provide abortion services for patients who present without medical complications, further restricting regional women's access to time-critical reproductive health care. 

^{Lucy Barbour (ABC News)}

Kamala Harris is working to make healthcare more affordable, more comprehensive & more AVAILABLE to every American... no matter what your economic status is... not matter what your age.

No one should have to live in the richest nation in the world with the fear of not being able to afford Healthcare.

TOMORROW, VOTE HARRIS-WALZ.
#HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaHarris #HarrisForPresident #KamalaForPresident #healthcare

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“[Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton] has made clear that he will bring charges against physicians for performing abortions if he decides that the cases don’t fall within Texas’ narrow medical exceptions.”

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#Abortion #Healthcare #Election

Nevaeh Crain Died During a Miscarriage After Trying to Get Care in Texas Hospitals

It took 20 hours and three ER visits before doctors admitted the pregnant 18-year-old to the hospital as her condition worsened. She’s one of at least two women who died under Texas’ abortion ban.

^ProPublica

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to #Texas Emergency Rooms
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It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a #hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened.

Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.”

She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s #abortion ban.

#News #Health #HealthCare #Pregnancy #Government #Law #Safety #Family

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Nevaeh Crain Died During a Miscarriage After Trying to Get Care in Texas Hospitals

It took 20 hours and three ER visits before doctors admitted the pregnant 18-year-old to the hospital as her condition worsened. She’s one of at least two women who died under Texas’ abortion ban.

^ProPublica

New: A #Texas Woman Died After the Hospital Said It Would be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage
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Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care.

She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.

#News #abortion #pregnancy #health #healthcare #government #law

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Josseli Barnica Died in Texas After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage Care

Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.

^ProPublica

#UnitedHealth says #ChangeHealthcare hack affects over 100 million, the largest-ever US #healthcare #DataBreach

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#privacy #cybersecurity

UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hack affects over 100 million, the largest-ever US healthcare data breach | TechCrunch

UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurance provider, blamed a Russia-based ransomware gang for the huge data breach of U.S. medical data.

^{Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)}

Computer says die.

(Psst, it’s actually capitalism.)

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#healthcare #AI #capitalism #corporatocracy

EviCore, the Company Helping U.S. 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.

^ProPublica