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Medical Misinformation Is Widespread
About a quarter of people worldwide say they believe that raw milk is healthier than pasteurized milk, that use of acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism, and that vaccines are used for population control.
These are a few of the harmful health claims that were surveyed in the 5th annual Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Trust and Health. The report was authored by the Edelman Trust Institute. The think tank, which is part of the Edelman global communications firm, studies shifts in trust across institutions, geographies, and society.
The Trust Barometer queried people across 16 countries, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico: Roughly 1,000 people per country were surveyed, for a total of 16,009 respondents. The margin of error was plus or minus 1 percentage point for the entire survey and plus or minus 4.1 percentage points for country-specific data.
The survey found that divisive beliefs about health are extremely common: Seven in 10 people globally had at least one view contrary to medical science. Respondents who held these views cut across age, political, and educational spectrums—though divisive beliefs were most common among younger survey respondents and those with right-leaning political beliefs.
The ideological divide stems from how health policy issues have been discussed and presented in the United States since the passage of the Affordable Care Act back in 2010, said Sarah Gollust, PhD, who researches the intersections of communication, politics, and health policy at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
“The COVID-19 experience only accelerated both the real ways in which health issues became partisan, but also how they are now perceived by the public,” said Gollust.
Gollust noted that 86% of respondents from the United States say the country is divided over health issues. This is more than any other country. (CIDRAP)
DON’T GUESS - GET FACTS- ASK YOUR DOCTOR
Republicans Forcing Hospital Closures
I’ve spent the past week with a lot of people from all over the world while on a cruise. They all shared their views of healthcare in their home countries. They all implement healthcare differently. What they had in common was that they were all happy with the system they have. They find they can all go to the doctor and not go into debt. The care they need is provided in a timely fashion and they wouldn’t go back to a market driven system.
I bring this up because Trump and his Republican Congress have damaged healthcare in America greatly.
They have cut critical research funding - even for childhood cancer.
They want to reduce the number of people vaccinated - otherwise why would you encourage doubt from the public podium.
They have not restored the ACA tax credits so for millions health insurance is off the table. Note that 1.5 million fewer signed up for the ACA in 2026 and over 3 million more signed up but were unable to make payments. They will be expunged.
They cut Medicaid spending by 100 billion a year for 10 years and insisted people work to get health insurance. The data says that virtually everyone who can work is working and that Medicaid work rules just serve to punish the poor.
Those massive Medicaid cuts will punish hospitals that rely on Medicaid to stay open.
Here is a list of the hospitals now at risk. 446 of them.
The states with the highest number of at-risk hospitals were California (83), New York (45), Illinois (28), and Washington (22).
When compared to a state’s total number of hospitals for which there is sufficient data available, states with the highest proportion of at-risk hospitals are Connecticut (36%), California (31%), New York (31%), Massachusetts (27%), and Washington (26%)
It is notable that while there are more at-risk hospitals in Democrat-led states and congressional districts, a substantial number of hospitals in Republican-led states and congressional districts are threatened by Medicaid cuts. Almost all congressional Republicans voted to pass the Big Ugly Law.
House Republicans who voted for Medicaid cuts have 196 at-risk hospitals in their districts, and Senate Republicans (all of whom voted for Medicaid cuts) have 146 at-risk hospitals in their states.
Here is a table of the top projected hospitals at risk and the Congresspersons who voted to cut healthcare spending.
It is interesting to me that Republican Speaker of the House Johnson’s district contains 6 of those hospitals. (Public Citizen)
Remember they cut $1 trillion over 10 years - that is $100 billion/year. The Rural Health Bill provides $10 billion annually from 2026 through 2030, totaling $50 billion over 5 years and only 15% goes to hospitals.
Make no mistake this was done to benefit large corporations and the 800 billionaires who will pay little or no federal taxes.
People will get sick, many will die, hospitals will close because Republicans think their lives pale in comparison to the wealthy.
Universal Healthcare Fixes This
ACTION
Contact your Senators and Congressional Representative and tell them about the hospital closures we can expect as a result of Republican greed.
Ask them to pass Universal Healthcare, like HR 3069, the vastly improved Medicare For All Of Us Act, so we can all go to a doctor and not go broke.
You can reach them here, https://fiscalnote.com/find-your-legislator
or
Text SIGN PLVSDS to 50409 (@Resistbot) on Apple Messages, Messenger, Instagram, or Telegram) to send them this message below.
I want you to know that there are 446 hospitals that are now at risk of closure because of Trump and Republicans tax giveaway. Cutting $1 Trillion dollars in Medicaid funding will damage personal health outcomes, hospitals ability to stay open and will wreak havoc on the health of hundreds of communities.
Here is the analysis from Public Citizen, https://www.citizen.org/article/big-ugly-threat/
Take a look at the hospitals at risk in your state and in your neighborhoods. It isn’t a pretty sight.
This is something that Universal healthcare fixes. H.R. 3069 contains provisions for regional administrators to make sure that they can eliminate medical deserts. It also has Global Budgets built in so medical facilities have their infrastructure costs covered and won’t have to cut services. AND it will do it for $728 billion less than the U.S. spends now (according to the 2020 CBO report - updated for inflation).
I want you to pay attention to your constituents - ALL OF THEM - not just the rich. We all deserve to be able to go to the doctor when we have to without fear of the cost.
We really need your help to make healthcare the human right in America that it is in the entire industrialized world. I want you to stand up and protect your constituents and pass HR 3069. The Medicare For All Of Us Act and so we can al be as healthy as possible.”
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