Kathleen White
@kathleenwhite.bsky.social
Emergency Medicine Physician | Dog mom |Emergency Medicine Alum Dartmouth Hitchcock | Alum KU SOM Wichita & UnivOfKansas | KC native
Cut Medicaid and food benefits and increase tax cuts and defense spending. Seems reasonable.
June 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Cut Medicaid and food benefits and increase tax cuts and defense spending. Seems reasonable.
Policies and orders can be reversed but the damage to our climate cannot be undone.
President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
Trump is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement (again), reversing U.S. climate policy
President Trump issued a barrage of orders Monday targeting Biden-era initiatives on global warming. The decisions come on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Policies and orders can be reversed but the damage to our climate cannot be undone.
None of Trump’s executive orders do anything to help and only hurt the American people, but why withdraw from the WHO? It’s an agency that transcends politics and whose goals are to eradicate disease and build stronger health systems. The US in partnership with the WHO eradicated smallpox.
WHO comments on United States’ announcement of intent to withdraw
The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the organization.
www.who.int
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
None of Trump’s executive orders do anything to help and only hurt the American people, but why withdraw from the WHO? It’s an agency that transcends politics and whose goals are to eradicate disease and build stronger health systems. The US in partnership with the WHO eradicated smallpox.
The Chiefs look like a team that wants to show absolutely nothing and if that means they get blown out, so be it.
January 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Chiefs look like a team that wants to show absolutely nothing and if that means they get blown out, so be it.
Reposted by Kathleen White
It’s an idea as popular as it is incorrect: American babies now receive too many vaccines, which overwhelm their immune systems and lead to conditions like autism.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No. (Gift Article)
Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:33 PM
It’s an idea as popular as it is incorrect: American babies now receive too many vaccines, which overwhelm their immune systems and lead to conditions like autism.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...
This is pretty neat. 5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant.
abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-p...
abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-p...
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:48 PM
This is pretty neat. 5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant.
abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-p...
abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-p...
Interesting fact: KU football had 3 wins over teams that are currently ranked in the top 25. That is more wins than Boise State, SMU, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio State, Clemson, Penn State, Arizona St, and Notre Dame. Oregon has 4 and Georgia has 4 (2 against the same team).
December 9, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Interesting fact: KU football had 3 wins over teams that are currently ranked in the top 25. That is more wins than Boise State, SMU, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio State, Clemson, Penn State, Arizona St, and Notre Dame. Oregon has 4 and Georgia has 4 (2 against the same team).
Health Insurance companies are using algorithms and outdated guidelines to deny claims. If they want to practice medicine then they should hold a medical license and be subjected to malpractice suits when their poor decision making harms patients.
www.propublica.org/article/evic...
www.propublica.org/article/evic...
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Health Insurance companies are using algorithms and outdated guidelines to deny claims. If they want to practice medicine then they should hold a medical license and be subjected to malpractice suits when their poor decision making harms patients.
www.propublica.org/article/evic...
www.propublica.org/article/evic...
Reposted by Kathleen White
Alternate headlines, all taken from quotes in this story:
“What the hell is going on here?”
"Was I killing people?"
“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”
“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”
“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
“What the hell is going on here?”
"Was I killing people?"
“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”
“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”
“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Alternate headlines, all taken from quotes in this story:
“What the hell is going on here?”
"Was I killing people?"
“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”
“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”
“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
“What the hell is going on here?”
"Was I killing people?"
“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”
“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”
“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
Reposted by Kathleen White
If this goes through, ORs just won't even offer surgery to higher risk patients [who have more complex, longer surgeries], because they'll be providing anesthesia for free.
Great way to save even more money and hold onto even more dollars.
Great way to save even more money and hold onto even more dollars.
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 8:56 PM
If this goes through, ORs just won't even offer surgery to higher risk patients [who have more complex, longer surgeries], because they'll be providing anesthesia for free.
Great way to save even more money and hold onto even more dollars.
Great way to save even more money and hold onto even more dollars.
Reposted by Kathleen White
A real, actual thing BCBS is doing youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...
No More General Anesthesia
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:11 PM
A real, actual thing BCBS is doing youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...
Reposted by Kathleen White
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
As an EM physician, I think it is time to brush up on diagnosing vaccine preventable illnesses such as measles.
Trump’s former FDA commissioner on RFK Jr and vaccines today.
“If he follows through on his intentions … it will cost lives,” said @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social.
Gottlieb laid out several scenarios linked to the effect of falling vaccination rates, such as a rise in child measles deaths.
“If he follows through on his intentions … it will cost lives,” said @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social.
Gottlieb laid out several scenarios linked to the effect of falling vaccination rates, such as a rise in child measles deaths.
November 30, 2024 at 3:48 AM
As an EM physician, I think it is time to brush up on diagnosing vaccine preventable illnesses such as measles.
Anyone who is surprised at this about-face wasn’t paying attention. This was always the plan.
During the campaign, Donald Trump swore he had “nothing to do with” Project 2025. Now, as president-elect, Trump has filled his administration with people who have ties to the right-wing policy blueprint that would overhaul the federal government. nyti.ms/3BhAxxA
November 30, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Anyone who is surprised at this about-face wasn’t paying attention. This was always the plan.
Reposted by Kathleen White
Sitting here with a big smile on my face thinking about my first year med school class that taught us how to keep patients sick in order to maximize profits.
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Sitting here with a big smile on my face thinking about my first year med school class that taught us how to keep patients sick in order to maximize profits.
Reposted by Kathleen White
The full low-down on RFK Jr.’s connection to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa and, just as important, how he lied about it. That’s key. Kennedy is an inveterate liar. He makes up facts & plots, and he lies about what he himself has said. Another con man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa
He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM
The full low-down on RFK Jr.’s connection to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa and, just as important, how he lied about it. That’s key. Kennedy is an inveterate liar. He makes up facts & plots, and he lies about what he himself has said. Another con man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Kathleen White
Here is a gift article from The NY Times that also describes the disinformation-fueled measles epidemic in Samoa which killed over 80 people, most of them small children, and RFK Jr’s considerable role in fomenting it:
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/w...
November 20, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Here is a gift article from The NY Times that also describes the disinformation-fueled measles epidemic in Samoa which killed over 80 people, most of them small children, and RFK Jr’s considerable role in fomenting it:
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/w...
Reposted by Kathleen White
This is one reason why it drives me up a wall to see news outlets like @npr.org and @nytimes.com referring to RFK Jr. as a “vaccine skeptic.” He’s nothing of the sort. He’s been an antivax activist since *at least* 2005.
Yep.
RFK Jr. says he isn’t an anti-vaxxer. He’s wrong www.statnews.com/2024/11/18/r...
"If someone consistently opposes vaccination, promotes vaccine misinformation, and works to dismantle vaccine programs, then the label 'anti-vaxxer' fits..."
via @statnews.bsky.social
RFK Jr. says he isn’t an anti-vaxxer. He’s wrong www.statnews.com/2024/11/18/r...
"If someone consistently opposes vaccination, promotes vaccine misinformation, and works to dismantle vaccine programs, then the label 'anti-vaxxer' fits..."
via @statnews.bsky.social
RFK Jr. says he isn’t an anti-vaxxer. He’s wrong
RFK Jr. is not just an anti-vaxxer. His X account is one of the most prolific spreaders of anti-vaccine misinformation.
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:58 PM
This is one reason why it drives me up a wall to see news outlets like @npr.org and @nytimes.com referring to RFK Jr. as a “vaccine skeptic.” He’s nothing of the sort. He’s been an antivax activist since *at least* 2005.
Reposted by Kathleen White
I never see people on a good day. This colors how I see the world, and I write to share that perspective. In the ER—no matter what happened—we’re the ones expected to pick up the pieces and get everyone back in their saddle.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I never see people on a good day. This colors how I see the world, and I write to share that perspective. In the ER—no matter what happened—we’re the ones expected to pick up the pieces and get everyone back in their saddle.
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New to Bluesky. Switching for obvious reasons.
November 15, 2024 at 8:59 PM
New to Bluesky. Switching for obvious reasons.