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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 40: Elders Need Care, Not 'AI' Surveillance (feat. Clara Berridge)
'Corporate Greed Is Out of Control': Warren Slams Kroger's AI Pricing Scheme
"Kroger is trying to pull a fast one on us by using digital price tags—a move that could let them use surge pricing for water or ice cream when it's hot out," said the senator.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village
Women’s rugby player Ariana Ramsey’s videos showcasing her appointments have gone viral, and now many others are making good use of the medical services offered in Paris.Stephanie Apstein (Sports Illustrated)
When I first saw this, I thought, "This is the horrible sort of low-end treatment our healthcare system is bringing us to - where we get surgery at the mall." And now I think, "No, we're not headed in a direction that's this nice."
UPDATE: WE GOT PAXLOVID! Your inputs worked. Thank you!!
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#LongCovid #Covid19 friends, I need urgent help:
wife tested positive for covid. It's bad. Online Doc refused to prescribe #Paxlovid citing she's <50yrs. Said LongCovid isn't real and pretty much gaslit the thing.
PCP offices are closed.
CVS w/o prescription requires labwork that we don't have handy.
The blockers in the US #healthcare are systemic.
In GA, how might we get Paxlovid? Any ideas?
#CleanTheAir #FilterIndoorAir #HealthCare #Covid #StopHospitalAcquiredDisease #CleanAirInSchools
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/air-filter-significantly-reduces-presence-of-airborne-sars-cov-2-in-covid-19-wards
Patients suffering from war injuries or serious medical conditions that cannot currently be treated inside Ukraine have been transferred to hospitals in 21 European countries, as part of a scheme launched in March 2022.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/08/03/over-2300-ukrainian-patients-have-so-far-been-evacuated-to-european-hospitals
#EU #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Healthcare
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 9 - Call The AI Quack Doctor
ChatGPT-assisted diagnosis: Is the future suddenly here? - STAT
For online diagnosis, ChatGPT outperformed Google search and symptom checkers, and came close to diagnoses from real physicians.Ateev Mehrotra (STAT)
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After a college student finally found a treatment for his ulcerative colitis that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to finally get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
#Insurance #UnitedHealthcare #Health #Healthcare #DenialOfCare
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Inside UnitedHealth’s Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient’s Care
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.ProPublica
The analysis came from the Commonwealth Fund, an independent research org focused on health policy, and — this is the saddest part — was conducted BEFORE Roe v Wade was overturned.
#politics #scotus #healthcare
