Miscarriage Manslaughter
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ACA Enrollment
In most states, the Affordable Care Act’s annual open enrollment season for health plans begins Nov. 1 and lasts through Jan. 15. (KFF)
In most states, consumers must enroll by Dec. 15 to get coverage that begins Jan. 1. Heads up in Idaho, where open enrollment starts earlier — Oct. 15 — but also ends sooner, closing on Dec. 15. In California, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia, residents can enroll through Jan. 31.
Current enrollees who do not update their information or select an alternative will be automatically reenrolled in their current plan or, if that plan is no longer available, into a plan with similar coverage.
Here is to my previous article on ACA Enrollment that contains a number of consumer warnings about less than qualified plans posing as ACA plans. Caveat Emptor.
When exploring plans, always start with the official federal marketplace’s website, healthcare.gov.
Medicare Enrollment
Medicare Enrollment is October 15 - December 7 for next year. Here is the government’s website to help you choose. Lots of the sites you see advertising Medicare plans are from commercial insurers offering Part C plans instead of traditional Medicare. They make between $1000 and $1800 PER MONTH for each person they sigh up - While Part C - so called advantage plans offer a number of benefits they are also filled with claim denials, prior authorizations denied and networks that force you into specific medical systems.
Traditional Medicare has a 20% copay and an initial deductible. The copay can be mitigated with a gap plan. You’ll probably want to think about a drug plan too. PS - Always ask the pharmacist for the cheapest way to buy the drug - could be that a discount card like GoodRx is less than your copay. That was the case for me last week - 50% cheaper. Good luck.
Tool Predicts Breast Cancer Immunotherapy Outcomes
Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a method to assess which patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer could benefit from immunotherapy. The work by computational scientists and clinicians was published Oct. 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Collectively, these new findings shed light on how to better select patients with metastatic breast cancer for immunotherapy. The researchers say these findings are expected to help design future clinical studies, and this method could be replicated in other cancer types. (Johns Hopkins)
Miscarriage Manslaughter
Here is what banning abortion does. Josseli Barnica grieved the news as she lay in a Houston hospital bed on Sept. 3, 2021: The sibling she’d dreamed of giving her daughter would not survive this pregnancy.
The fetus was on the verge of coming out, its head pressed against her dilated cervix; she was 17 weeks pregnant and a miscarriage was “in progress,” doctors noted in hospital records. At that point, they should have offered to speed up the delivery or empty her uterus to stave off a deadly infection.
Doctors would not remove the fetus because there was a heartbeat and politicians know better than doctors how to save lives. A dozen physicians questioned about her case told ProPublica that abortion was medically necessary.
For 40 hours, the anguished 28-year-old mother prayed for doctors to help her get home to her daughter; all the while, her uterus remained exposed to bacteria.
You know how this ends. Infection and death and her daughter is an orphan.
Here is a link to the whole story in the Texas Tribune.
The hospital involved is owned by HCA and three years on won’t disclose what their practices are in cases like this.
This hearkens back to what happened in Ireland in 2012. Savita Halappavanar, a 31-year-old woman died of septic shock in 2012 after providers in Ireland refused to empty her uterus while she was miscarrying at 17 weeks. When she begged for care, a midwife told her, “This is a Catholic country.” The resulting investigation and public outcry galvanized the country to change its strict ban on abortion.
Politicians are not doctors and they don’t belong in between doctors and patients. When they do that women die and children become orphans. The irony of claiming you care about families and then force this situation on people is dramatic.
We need a country that is safe for All of us - not made dangerous by politicians guided by feelings instead of facts.
ACTION 1
VOTE ACCORDINGLY UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT AND MAKE SURE YOU’RE VOTING FOR PEOPLE WHO PROTECT RIGHTS
ACTION 2
Let our Members of Congress and Senators in Washington D.C. know that we need them to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act to restore the national right to an abortion. You can reach them here, https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials.
Or use RESISTBOT via [Apple Messages /MESSENGER] or on your cell phone text SIGN PUZIFW to 50409 to send this message.
“I am your constituent and I want you to know the case of another pregnant woman, Josseli Barnica allowed to die as she miscarried in a hospital in Texas. She miscarried at 17 weeks. The fetus could not survive and she was FORCED to suffered for three days becoming infected. SHE DIED because we do not have a national right to abortion. PASS THE WOMEN’s HEALTH PROTECTION ACT. I don’t care how you do it but get it to a cote. Use discharge petitions or whatever. Politicians caused this death and politicians can stop future deaths like hers. STOP THE KILLING AND PASS THE WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT.
P.S. Here is a link to the Texas Tribune news story about Josseli Barnica’s death for you to pursue. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/30/texas-abortion-ban-josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage .”
RESOURCES
Find My Elected Officials
Contact State and Federal Representatives - phone and email
Healthcare Advocacy (Us) Website
Our Newsletter resources including reproductive healthcare - Healthcare Advocacy Reading List
Important Healthcare Resources
League of Women Voters Healthcare Reform Toolkit
Organizations to Contact
National Nurses United Medicare4All
Physicians for a National Health Program
One Payer States
Healthcare Now
Reproductive Health
NARAL - Pro Choice America
Charley. chatbot abortion resource - make sure to use a secure incognito browser if you live in a state that has banned abortion
Planned Parenthood
Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline has references about where to procure abortion medications. They also assist women in the process of self managed abortion or miscarriage by phone or text and will respond in an hour. Details and hours of operation at their website.
United State of Women Reproductive health page (bottom of the page) has important resources such as medical support, access to Telehealth, prescriptions by mail, and legal support references.
Practice careful communications - The Digital Defense Fund has a number of tips to keep texts, calls, and internet use private. Here is their site.
If you need financial help with an abortion try abortionfunds.org
Claims Denials and Appeals & What to Do
Appeal a Healthcare Decision
Appeal/Negotiate a Hospital Bill
Disinformation Management
Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency
Save Democracy
Chop Wood, Carry Water by Jessica Cravens
RESISTBOT
Link to the RESISTBOT site to learn more
Link to Chop Wood, Carry Water RESISTBOT write up
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