Michael Calderwood
@calderwoodmd.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases Physician, Chief Quality Officer at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Associate Professor at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine
4/4 These cuts will lead to less care or no care for people with disabilities, veterans, and children. “It’s not a right or left issue, it’s a right or wrong issue.” The focus should be on more efficient care delivery not labeling those in need as unworthy or ineligible.
May 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
4/4 These cuts will lead to less care or no care for people with disabilities, veterans, and children. “It’s not a right or left issue, it’s a right or wrong issue.” The focus should be on more efficient care delivery not labeling those in need as unworthy or ineligible.
3/4 “Any reduction in federal Medicaid spending would leave states with tough choices about how to offset reductions through tax increases[, cuts to Medicaid at the state level,] or cuts to other programs, like education.” www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
May 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
3/4 “Any reduction in federal Medicaid spending would leave states with tough choices about how to offset reductions through tax increases[, cuts to Medicaid at the state level,] or cuts to other programs, like education.” www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
2/4 Congress is looking to cut $880 billion in spending over 10 years ($88 billion per year). The prevailing opinion is that this cannot be done without cuts to Medicaid, and these cuts will only offset ~20% of the deficit increase from extending TCJA. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Can House Republicans Cut $880 Billion Without Slashing Medicaid? It’s Likely Impossible. - KFF Health News
A Republican House resolution, which needs the Senate’s buy-in, directed a committee to propose ways to reduce the deficit by at least $880 billion over a decade. Lawmakers have taken Medicare off the...
kffhealthnews.org
May 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
2/4 Congress is looking to cut $880 billion in spending over 10 years ($88 billion per year). The prevailing opinion is that this cannot be done without cuts to Medicaid, and these cuts will only offset ~20% of the deficit increase from extending TCJA. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
4/4 As for steroids, we saw a benefit from steroids in the management of COVID-19. Their role in severe cases of measles requiring hospitalization is worth study. Having said this, we have proven vaccines that are safe and very effective in preventing measles.
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
4/4 As for steroids, we saw a benefit from steroids in the management of COVID-19. Their role in severe cases of measles requiring hospitalization is worth study. Having said this, we have proven vaccines that are safe and very effective in preventing measles.
3/4 Regarding the use of clarithromycin, many have highlighted that an antibiotic does not treat measles which is a virus. Clarithromycin, though, does have anti-inflammatory properties. This could be studied, but it is thus far an unproven treatment strategy.
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
3/4 Regarding the use of clarithromycin, many have highlighted that an antibiotic does not treat measles which is a virus. Clarithromycin, though, does have anti-inflammatory properties. This could be studied, but it is thus far an unproven treatment strategy.
2/4 It is reasonable to discuss the role of Vit A in the treatment of measles in areas with a high prevalence of Vit A deficiency, but prevention through vaccination remains the best means of protection.
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
2/4 It is reasonable to discuss the role of Vit A in the treatment of measles in areas with a high prevalence of Vit A deficiency, but prevention through vaccination remains the best means of protection.