Alison Armstrong 🌎🕊️
@aarmstrong.bsky.social
Advocate for kind & careful healthcare with The Patient Revolution. Emma🙎🏻♀️ & Minnie's🐕🦺 mom, Bear's🐕🦺 Grammi, Mark's wife. Lawyer, nature lover, dog rescuer. Caregiver & complex chronic health condition patient.
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
(Published Nov. 2024)
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
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...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
(Published Nov. 2024)
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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May 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Join our revolution! @patientrevolution.org
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Make a fuss. Be disruptive. Do whatever you need to do to get the care you need
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
When I had my hysterectomy, I was told recovery would be quick because I was young, fit & otherwise healthy.
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Make a fuss. Be disruptive. Do whatever you need to do to get the care you need
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
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To give you a sense of how pervasive this problem is - my ER missed my STROKE this week! The arteries to my brain are so narrowed, and they discharged me with no treatment. If I get my BP checked lying flat it feels like im being strangled to death.
ER totally missed it.
ER totally missed it.
When I had my hysterectomy, I was told recovery would be quick because I was young, fit & otherwise healthy.
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
To give you a sense of how pervasive this problem is - my ER missed my STROKE this week! The arteries to my brain are so narrowed, and they discharged me with no treatment. If I get my BP checked lying flat it feels like im being strangled to death.
ER totally missed it.
ER totally missed it.
This is why we need a patient revolution. Healthcare is sick and we all need to demand reform. We need more caring and slower care. Please support @patientrevolution.org and its efforts to reform industrialized healthcare.
A new study confirms what so many already know: being dismissed by doctors can be as traumatic as illness itself.
Patients report four kinds of harm: shame, lost trust, delayed diagnosis, avoiding care.
This is what I tried to name in The Invisible Kingdom: www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/h...
Patients report four kinds of harm: shame, lost trust, delayed diagnosis, avoiding care.
This is what I tried to name in The Invisible Kingdom: www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/h...
Did you leave the doctor feeling worse? How to recognize, respond to medical gaslighting
A Rutgers study found that dismissing patient symptoms causes lasting harm, including shame and avoidance of care.
www.mycentraljersey.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is why we need a patient revolution. Healthcare is sick and we all need to demand reform. We need more caring and slower care. Please support @patientrevolution.org and its efforts to reform industrialized healthcare.
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Corruption in healthcare. This is why we revolt.
"The Times analysis also found that skipping patients is exacerbating disparities in health care. When lists are ignored, transplants disproportionately go to white and Asian patients and college graduates."
Read about our post-racial, class-free medical system. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read about our post-racial, class-free medical system. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored
The sickest patients are supposed to get priority for lifesaving transplants. But more and more, they are being skipped over.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Corruption in healthcare. This is why we revolt.
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Caregivers unite! Against cruelty and the cruel exclusion of any persons from care. Fear bites your tongue until you learn that you have no voice. Caregivers speak up for your patients! Let’s find our collective courage and stand up for care.
February 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Caregivers unite! Against cruelty and the cruel exclusion of any persons from care. Fear bites your tongue until you learn that you have no voice. Caregivers speak up for your patients! Let’s find our collective courage and stand up for care.
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Join us for a dynamic and empowering conversation on the urgent need for careful and kind care—especially as AI’s growing influence reshapes healthcare. Virtual & Free. Limited spots, reserve yours today! www.patientrevolution.org/townhall
May 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join us for a dynamic and empowering conversation on the urgent need for careful and kind care—especially as AI’s growing influence reshapes healthcare. Virtual & Free. Limited spots, reserve yours today! www.patientrevolution.org/townhall
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There are things every one of us can do in our daily lives to help ensure free and fair elections — and, in doing so, limit Trump’s power. Some actions are small — so small that you might dismiss them as unimportant. Don’t. Every important journey begins with a single step.
We Have More Power Than Trump Wants Us To Believe — Here's What You Can Do
From Marc | Here is a list of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections.
www.democracydocket.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There are things every one of us can do in our daily lives to help ensure free and fair elections — and, in doing so, limit Trump’s power. Some actions are small — so small that you might dismiss them as unimportant. Don’t. Every important journey begins with a single step.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
Every part of the healthcare system is stretched and at or near crisis level, but the ER departments are in serious crisis. THE PITT and this article show how hard it is on the healthcare professionals--WHICH HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON PATIENTS TOO.
April 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every part of the healthcare system is stretched and at or near crisis level, but the ER departments are in serious crisis. THE PITT and this article show how hard it is on the healthcare professionals--WHICH HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON PATIENTS TOO.
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My favorite sign (for obvious reasons) from today's "Hands Off!" protest n Charlottesville. Over 2,000 people showed up. Darn good for a small metro area. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, to @indivisiblecville.bsky.social for organizing the event. BTW, the protester's father is a retired history professor. Clearly a good man.
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My favorite sign (for obvious reasons) from today's "Hands Off!" protest n Charlottesville. Over 2,000 people showed up. Darn good for a small metro area. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, to @indivisiblecville.bsky.social for organizing the event. BTW, the protester's father is a retired history professor. Clearly a good man.
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Those same people should also be given adequate monetary compensation, whether they return or not.
Federal judge orders agencies to rehire workers, calls process a "sham".
www.axios.com/2025/03/13/d...
www.axios.com/2025/03/13/d...
Federal judge orders agencies to bring back fired probationary workers
More than 30,000 were fired across the federal government.
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Those same people should also be given adequate monetary compensation, whether they return or not.
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NEW: Calling the firings a “sham,” a federal judge on Thursday ordered federal agencies to rehire tens of thousands of probationary employees who were fired amid Donald Trump’s turbulent effort to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Thousands of fired federal workers must be rehired immediately, judge rules
U.S. District Judge William Alsup described the mass firings as a “sham” strategy by the government’s central human resources office.
www.politico.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Calling the firings a “sham,” a federal judge on Thursday ordered federal agencies to rehire tens of thousands of probationary employees who were fired amid Donald Trump’s turbulent effort to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Healthcare in its current form cannot accommodate this often enough and thousands suffer because of it. We need more advocacy for SLOWER, KINDER healthcare! Please check out @patientrevolution.org to learn more!
February 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Healthcare in its current form cannot accommodate this often enough and thousands suffer because of it. We need more advocacy for SLOWER, KINDER healthcare! Please check out @patientrevolution.org to learn more!
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Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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The divide in politics today is between unreality and reality. Those who seek to rule the world blur human experience and smudge memory, making cooperation and friendship laughable and unthinkable.
Ukraine resists an unreality war.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-realit...
Ukraine resists an unreality war.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-realit...
The Reality of Ukraine
A larger meaning of the largest contemporary war
snyder.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The divide in politics today is between unreality and reality. Those who seek to rule the world blur human experience and smudge memory, making cooperation and friendship laughable and unthinkable.
Ukraine resists an unreality war.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-realit...
Ukraine resists an unreality war.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-realit...
This is what healthcare needs more of. We need a #patientrevolution @patientrevolution.org
"One More Thing" open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
"One More Thing" open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
"One More Thing"
and I do have time for it
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February 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is what healthcare needs more of. We need a #patientrevolution @patientrevolution.org
"One More Thing" open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
"One More Thing" open.substack.com/pub/drzedzha...
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It’s far too soon to ascribe responsibility for the horrific DC plane collision, but it’s not too soon to say that dismantling the safeguards afforded by a functioning federal government put us at significant risk. And it’s irrefutable that, since January 20th, we are all less safe.
January 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It’s far too soon to ascribe responsibility for the horrific DC plane collision, but it’s not too soon to say that dismantling the safeguards afforded by a functioning federal government put us at significant risk. And it’s irrefutable that, since January 20th, we are all less safe.