Lisa
@blisa1096.bsky.social
Virginia veterinarian doing my best to understand humans. Loving and caring for a variety of critters. I enjoy hiking with Humphrey, riding with Ruby, cuddling with my husband, and hanging out with Carmella.
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We desperately need to find a way to remove money from elections.
a stack of 100 dollar bills is sitting on top of a pile of other bills .
ALT: a stack of 100 dollar bills is sitting on top of a pile of other bills .
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:42 AM
We desperately need to find a way to remove money from elections.
Unregulated capitalism leads to the Gilded Age.
Billionaires have more money than they could ever need but never enough to fill the holes in their souls. They would send every last one of you into an early grave if it meant paying one cent less in taxes.
December 20, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Unregulated capitalism leads to the Gilded Age.
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Doctors are ethically required to provide healthcare that is consistent with modern medical standards. If the law requires them to provide worse care—such as what’s happening with restrictive abortion laws—then the law is unjust and must simply be disregarded.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/doctors...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/doctors...
Doctors Should Put Caring for Their Patients Above Following the Law
Doctors are ethically required to provide healthcare that is consistent with modern medical standards. If the law requires them to provide worse care—such as what’s happening with restrictive abortion...
www.currentaffairs.org
December 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Doctors are ethically required to provide healthcare that is consistent with modern medical standards. If the law requires them to provide worse care—such as what’s happening with restrictive abortion laws—then the law is unjust and must simply be disregarded.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/doctors...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/doctors...
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Goldman Sachs: “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?”
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
www.cnbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Goldman Sachs: “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?”
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The potential to deliver ‘one shot cures’ is possible in the future with gene therapy, but it’s not as profitable for big pharma as chronic therapies. “While this carries tremendous value for patients and society it could represent a challenge for sustained cash flow.”
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
www.cnbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:34 PM
The potential to deliver ‘one shot cures’ is possible in the future with gene therapy, but it’s not as profitable for big pharma as chronic therapies. “While this carries tremendous value for patients and society it could represent a challenge for sustained cash flow.”
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
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Explain this, humankind
December 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Explain this, humankind
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America's healthcare system isn’t just broken; it’s often cruel. Here's a piece I wrote for Harper’s about chronic pain sufferers cut off from their medication—a story of destructive drug policy, medical abandonment, and the nightmare of untreated pain, as insurers refused to cover essential care.
The Pain Refugees, by Brian Goldstone
The forgotten victims of America’s opioid crisis
harpers.org
December 9, 2024 at 7:10 PM
America's healthcare system isn’t just broken; it’s often cruel. Here's a piece I wrote for Harper’s about chronic pain sufferers cut off from their medication—a story of destructive drug policy, medical abandonment, and the nightmare of untreated pain, as insurers refused to cover essential care.
