Jenn Mac, DO, MS
@jmacmfm.bsky.social
Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, physician-scientist, Mom, repro-justice advocate, baking enthusiast, avid reader
Part of today's HHS cuts-- the CDC Division of Reproductive Health! Areas of emphasis include: Maternal Mortality and Complications of Pregnancy, Infant Morbidity and Mortality, Women's Chronic Disease Prevention, and Teen Pregnancy prevention. Women are again devalued by this administration!
April 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Part of today's HHS cuts-- the CDC Division of Reproductive Health! Areas of emphasis include: Maternal Mortality and Complications of Pregnancy, Infant Morbidity and Mortality, Women's Chronic Disease Prevention, and Teen Pregnancy prevention. Women are again devalued by this administration!
As a physician who is acutely aware of the intersection between medicine and politics, I shared my parents' story-- one of middle class Americans needing Medicaid. If Republicans cuts Medicaid as their budget suggests, many more Americans and their family are at risk!
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The GOP cutting Medicaid would hurt my family — and probably yours
Last year, Medicaid was the primary payer for 63% of nursing home care. Without it, my family would have been expected to pay $13,000 a month.
www.msnbc.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As a physician who is acutely aware of the intersection between medicine and politics, I shared my parents' story-- one of middle class Americans needing Medicaid. If Republicans cuts Medicaid as their budget suggests, many more Americans and their family are at risk!
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Those of us who take care of pregnant patients knew this would happen-- and now the data reflects it. When you tie our hands in providing appropriate, evidence-based care people suffer.
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Those of us who take care of pregnant patients knew this would happen-- and now the data reflects it. When you tie our hands in providing appropriate, evidence-based care people suffer.
Reposted by Jenn Mac, DO, MS
$1 billion…
Just refusing to fund federal health research and pocketing away the designated money for their own slush funds
Sucking $1 billion out of the economy, diverting it from health research…
For what?
Just refusing to fund federal health research and pocketing away the designated money for their own slush funds
Sucking $1 billion out of the economy, diverting it from health research…
For what?
Even if the communications pause was lifted today, federally funded research would be behind two months compared to its normal state.
That's two months of halted progress on life-saving research.
And, as of 3 days ago, NIH disbursement lagged FY24 levels by $1B.
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That's two months of halted progress on life-saving research.
And, as of 3 days ago, NIH disbursement lagged FY24 levels by $1B.
🧵
February 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
$1 billion…
Just refusing to fund federal health research and pocketing away the designated money for their own slush funds
Sucking $1 billion out of the economy, diverting it from health research…
For what?
Just refusing to fund federal health research and pocketing away the designated money for their own slush funds
Sucking $1 billion out of the economy, diverting it from health research…
For what?
Reposted by Jenn Mac, DO, MS
Here a sample of the science that didn’t get reviewed and thus can’t get funded by NIH yesterday.
Research to make breakthroughs in cancer metastasis, addiction, allergy, and mental health.
#fundingfreeze
Research to make breakthroughs in cancer metastasis, addiction, allergy, and mental health.
#fundingfreeze
February 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here a sample of the science that didn’t get reviewed and thus can’t get funded by NIH yesterday.
Research to make breakthroughs in cancer metastasis, addiction, allergy, and mental health.
#fundingfreeze
Research to make breakthroughs in cancer metastasis, addiction, allergy, and mental health.
#fundingfreeze
Reposted by Jenn Mac, DO, MS
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Came back from vacation to an NIH blackout. While this is dismaying for scientists and research, it also has real economic impact! This is an unprecedented, foolish move.
January 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Came back from vacation to an NIH blackout. While this is dismaying for scientists and research, it also has real economic impact! This is an unprecedented, foolish move.
Reposted by Jenn Mac, DO, MS
Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.
December 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.
Follow along with ProPublica's reporting on the preventable deaths caused by abortion bans. Those of us who take care of pregnant people in states with bans warned that this would happen. 🥲
www.propublica.org/series/life-...
www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Life of the Mother
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Follow along with ProPublica's reporting on the preventable deaths caused by abortion bans. Those of us who take care of pregnant people in states with bans warned that this would happen. 🥲
www.propublica.org/series/life-...
www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Maternal Mortality Review Committees are vitally important to improve maternal mortality in the U.S!
www.voanews.com/a/maternal-m...
www.voanews.com/a/maternal-m...
Maternal mortality review panels are in the spotlight. Here's what they do
State panels of experts investigate and learn from each mother's death
www.voanews.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Maternal Mortality Review Committees are vitally important to improve maternal mortality in the U.S!
www.voanews.com/a/maternal-m...
www.voanews.com/a/maternal-m...