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Medical debt= leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States.
Solution:
1) Amend constitution to include a base level of guaranteed right to free healthcare for all citizens
2) Single payer system, with privatized option**I see you, capitalists ;)
Solution:
1) Amend constitution to include a base level of guaranteed right to free healthcare for all citizens
2) Single payer system, with privatized option**I see you, capitalists ;)
It’s important to distinguish screening from confirmatory drug testing. Screens are rapid immunoassays that are sensitive, so a positive result is only presumptive and can reflect cross-reactivity. Confirmatory tests (GC-MS) are definitive. In many setting, a positive screen triggers confirmation.
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
It’s important to distinguish screening from confirmatory drug testing. Screens are rapid immunoassays that are sensitive, so a positive result is only presumptive and can reflect cross-reactivity. Confirmatory tests (GC-MS) are definitive. In many setting, a positive screen triggers confirmation.
Unfortunately, it’s now more important than ever to be teaching these topics (to the public and medical professionals).
December 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Unfortunately, it’s now more important than ever to be teaching these topics (to the public and medical professionals).
Mark, you can have some great responses on this post (some not so great). Will also include Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), an organization of physicians dedicated to this. pnhp.org
PNHP
pnhp.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Mark, you can have some great responses on this post (some not so great). Will also include Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), an organization of physicians dedicated to this. pnhp.org
Thank you, please keep shedding light on this! We need more physicians speaking up about this!
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thank you, please keep shedding light on this! We need more physicians speaking up about this!
Absolutely, but maybe there is also a way that AI can be utilized ethically to help everyone involved (not saying I actually believe that’s currently happening).
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Absolutely, but maybe there is also a way that AI can be utilized ethically to help everyone involved (not saying I actually believe that’s currently happening).
Not necessarily that easy in most settings in our fractured healthcare system, especially outpatient (unless maybe private cash practice). Curious what kind of setting(s) you work in?
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Not necessarily that easy in most settings in our fractured healthcare system, especially outpatient (unless maybe private cash practice). Curious what kind of setting(s) you work in?
Listening is more nuanced than that… in psychiatry, picking up non verbal feedback via facial expression may go unnoticed because you are too busy “listening”/typing your note.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Listening is more nuanced than that… in psychiatry, picking up non verbal feedback via facial expression may go unnoticed because you are too busy “listening”/typing your note.
AI bailout by US government is certainly coming in our future.
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
AI bailout by US government is certainly coming in our future.
What do you propose? Having more stringent punishments isn’t always the answer… In California, impaired driving accounts for about 30% of traffic deaths; in Texas, the proportion is higher (~37-40%) according to several sources. Guess which state is more strict?
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 AM
What do you propose? Having more stringent punishments isn’t always the answer… In California, impaired driving accounts for about 30% of traffic deaths; in Texas, the proportion is higher (~37-40%) according to several sources. Guess which state is more strict?
Just mark “yes” next to the high risk medical condition section. Sucks that it has come to this but I’m getting the vaccine no matter what…
September 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Just mark “yes” next to the high risk medical condition section. Sucks that it has come to this but I’m getting the vaccine no matter what…
When did Mark Cuban say that?
August 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When did Mark Cuban say that?
Doesn’t matter who is running HHS now. What matters pushing a proposal like this through whenever we have a chance to set a new standard. No matter who is running HHS, a major shift from what we have now to M4All will come with issues and growing pains.
August 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Doesn’t matter who is running HHS now. What matters pushing a proposal like this through whenever we have a chance to set a new standard. No matter who is running HHS, a major shift from what we have now to M4All will come with issues and growing pains.
This is important information for the public to know. Thanks for sharing!
August 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is important information for the public to know. Thanks for sharing!