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Work in healthcare finance leadership; love to read; used to travel a lot before COVID; study cross-cultural intersections; doctorate in intercultural studies; enjoy hiking and adventures; cooking and baking are fun; current home in Maine; views are my own
General PSA: we should all clean our fridge out more often. Don’t forget under the drawers and behind the shelves.
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
General PSA: we should all clean our fridge out more often. Don’t forget under the drawers and behind the shelves.
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The talk of healthcare insurance cost should not ignore the high rates that insurance mega-companies are earning for their shareholders. I heard a news story @pbsnews.org and the guest said “healthcare is really expensive” but we should not conflate insurance with healthcare. #healthcare #insurance
September 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The talk of healthcare insurance cost should not ignore the high rates that insurance mega-companies are earning for their shareholders. I heard a news story @pbsnews.org and the guest said “healthcare is really expensive” but we should not conflate insurance with healthcare. #healthcare #insurance
Finally
Maine Governor Janet Mills has issued a standing order that serves as a prescription allowing anyone to get a COVID vaccine at a pharmacy or clinic.
The Maine Bureau of Insurance also issued a bulletin reminding insurers that they must fully cover the vaccine under state law.
The Maine Bureau of Insurance also issued a bulletin reminding insurers that they must fully cover the vaccine under state law.
At Governor Mills' Direction, Maine CDC Issues Standing Order Expanding Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Federal Roadblocks
Maine Bureau of Insurance also sends bulletin to state regulated insurers reinforcing that COVID-19 vaccines must be covered under Maine law
www.maine.gov
September 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Finally
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REMINDER: You can submit a written comment or sign up to provide an oral comment to the CDC's immunization committee that RFK Jr has stacked with antivaxxers. The deadline is Sept 13.
Written submission link: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
Oral sign up link: www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
Written submission link: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
Oral sign up link: www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
September 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
REMINDER: You can submit a written comment or sign up to provide an oral comment to the CDC's immunization committee that RFK Jr has stacked with antivaxxers. The deadline is Sept 13.
Written submission link: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
Oral sign up link: www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
Written submission link: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
Oral sign up link: www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
More Bad news for the health of our country and the cost of healthcare in particular. @mcuban.bsky.social any comment?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages
President Donald Trump has plastered taxes on products from almost every country on earth. He’s targeted specific imports, too. But he isn’t done yet.
apnews.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
More Bad news for the health of our country and the cost of healthcare in particular. @mcuban.bsky.social any comment?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
This could be another disaster for healthcare
Reason 4857 why health care should never be for profit: AI DEATH PANELS.
This is the same kind of program used to deny claims at United Health, and they want to use this for VA claims, too.
This is the same kind of program used to deny claims at United Health, and they want to use this for VA claims, too.
What a cursed sentence (gift link)
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
August 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This could be another disaster for healthcare
I’m reading @elifshafak.bsky.social “There Are Rivers in the Sky” which is excellent and saw this news story today. It must be related to the Yazidi massacres 📚 ⏳ apnews.com/article/khaf...
Iraq starts excavation of large mass grave left by Islamic State
Iraqi officials have begun excavating a suspected mass grave left by the Islamic State extremist group.
apnews.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’m reading @elifshafak.bsky.social “There Are Rivers in the Sky” which is excellent and saw this news story today. It must be related to the Yazidi massacres 📚 ⏳ apnews.com/article/khaf...
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Covid is still out there.
It’s still killing & disabling people.
I know you were told it was over.
I know you were told to stop masking.
Please get your booster & wear a mask.
Normalize masking (N95 or better!) as a public health tool.
We can save each other.
It’s still killing & disabling people.
I know you were told it was over.
I know you were told to stop masking.
Please get your booster & wear a mask.
Normalize masking (N95 or better!) as a public health tool.
We can save each other.
August 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Covid is still out there.
It’s still killing & disabling people.
I know you were told it was over.
I know you were told to stop masking.
Please get your booster & wear a mask.
Normalize masking (N95 or better!) as a public health tool.
We can save each other.
It’s still killing & disabling people.
I know you were told it was over.
I know you were told to stop masking.
Please get your booster & wear a mask.
Normalize masking (N95 or better!) as a public health tool.
We can save each other.
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#MorningPrayer
Steer us, Lord,
away from that
which feeds our ego
but hurts our being.
Help us instead to seek
goodness, wisdom,
self-control, endurance,
godliness, compassion, and love.
Fit us for your kingdom;
inspire us to live out
our vocation to embody
its hope and vision.
Steer us, Lord,
away from that
which feeds our ego
but hurts our being.
Help us instead to seek
goodness, wisdom,
self-control, endurance,
godliness, compassion, and love.
Fit us for your kingdom;
inspire us to live out
our vocation to embody
its hope and vision.
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#MorningPrayer
Steer us, Lord,
away from that
which feeds our ego
but hurts our being.
Help us instead to seek
goodness, wisdom,
self-control, endurance,
godliness, compassion, and love.
Fit us for your kingdom;
inspire us to live out
our vocation to embody
its hope and vision.
Steer us, Lord,
away from that
which feeds our ego
but hurts our being.
Help us instead to seek
goodness, wisdom,
self-control, endurance,
godliness, compassion, and love.
Fit us for your kingdom;
inspire us to live out
our vocation to embody
its hope and vision.
🌱🌼garden flowers on my birthday. Bee balm, columbine, orange flower and white “incredi-ball” hydrangea. Blooms bigger than a dinner plate!
July 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🌱🌼garden flowers on my birthday. Bee balm, columbine, orange flower and white “incredi-ball” hydrangea. Blooms bigger than a dinner plate!
This is a good way to mark the day as my birthday. Firmly in middle age but it’s never too late.
“It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.”
- George Eliot.🌱
- George Eliot.🌱
July 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is a good way to mark the day as my birthday. Firmly in middle age but it’s never too late.
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#MorningPrayer
Instil in us, Lord,
a love for one another
that echoes your love for us;
grow in us a yearning
for the wellbeing
of our neighbour,
for the good of all people.
Give us grace to know
that the person we least want
to see as our neighbour,
is our neighbour nonetheless.
Instil in us, Lord,
a love for one another
that echoes your love for us;
grow in us a yearning
for the wellbeing
of our neighbour,
for the good of all people.
Give us grace to know
that the person we least want
to see as our neighbour,
is our neighbour nonetheless.
July 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#MorningPrayer
Instil in us, Lord,
a love for one another
that echoes your love for us;
grow in us a yearning
for the wellbeing
of our neighbour,
for the good of all people.
Give us grace to know
that the person we least want
to see as our neighbour,
is our neighbour nonetheless.
Instil in us, Lord,
a love for one another
that echoes your love for us;
grow in us a yearning
for the wellbeing
of our neighbour,
for the good of all people.
Give us grace to know
that the person we least want
to see as our neighbour,
is our neighbour nonetheless.
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enraging
"Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills.
But the insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment." www.propublica.org/article/blue...
But the insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment." www.propublica.org/article/blue...
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
July 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
enraging
Visitor on our porch at least twice today. Siri says it’s a broad winged hawk. 🌱🦅 I think he may be eyeing the chipmunks that have taken over the forest floor. 🐿️
July 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Visitor on our porch at least twice today. Siri says it’s a broad winged hawk. 🌱🦅 I think he may be eyeing the chipmunks that have taken over the forest floor. 🐿️
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PSA: It is ok — and necessary — to grieve right now
July 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
PSA: It is ok — and necessary — to grieve right now
“If Congress truly wants to improve the system, let’s invest in primary care. Let’s fix the broken payment model that rewards volume over value. Let’s build a system where we keep people well, instead of bankrupting them when they get sick.
…It’s cruelty, dressed up as reform.”
…It’s cruelty, dressed up as reform.”
July 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“If Congress truly wants to improve the system, let’s invest in primary care. Let’s fix the broken payment model that rewards volume over value. Let’s build a system where we keep people well, instead of bankrupting them when they get sick.
…It’s cruelty, dressed up as reform.”
…It’s cruelty, dressed up as reform.”
Anyone read “By Any Other Name” by Jodi Picoult? I just finished it and thought it was quite intriguing. More historical than her usual writing. ⏳📚curious about your reaction
June 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Anyone read “By Any Other Name” by Jodi Picoult? I just finished it and thought it was quite intriguing. More historical than her usual writing. ⏳📚curious about your reaction
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WE aren't free until ALL of us are free. Happy Juneteenth!!! and as always, much love to Opal Lee. Praying for a swift recovery 🫶🏽
#Juneteenth
#Juneteenth
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
WE aren't free until ALL of us are free. Happy Juneteenth!!! and as always, much love to Opal Lee. Praying for a swift recovery 🫶🏽
#Juneteenth
#Juneteenth
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🔴CDC urges summer camps to check measles immunity of kids and staff as U.S. nears record cases (1,197 in 2025).
🔴Camps should verify MMR vaccination or past infection to prevent outbreaks.
🔴Measles is highly contagious and spreads fast. buff.ly/g7ifnQC
#pedsky #medsky #idsky 🛟😷
🔴Camps should verify MMR vaccination or past infection to prevent outbreaks.
🔴Measles is highly contagious and spreads fast. buff.ly/g7ifnQC
#pedsky #medsky #idsky 🛟😷
June 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🔴CDC urges summer camps to check measles immunity of kids and staff as U.S. nears record cases (1,197 in 2025).
🔴Camps should verify MMR vaccination or past infection to prevent outbreaks.
🔴Measles is highly contagious and spreads fast. buff.ly/g7ifnQC
#pedsky #medsky #idsky 🛟😷
🔴Camps should verify MMR vaccination or past infection to prevent outbreaks.
🔴Measles is highly contagious and spreads fast. buff.ly/g7ifnQC
#pedsky #medsky #idsky 🛟😷