Toby T
@tobyordoctoby.bsky.social
WNY born and raised, Atlanta living. Hospitalist. Single Payer. Views my own
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So proud of everyone involved in this work, but especially the student leaders: Dr Michaela Whitelaw, Dr Lily Archeampomaa-Piasare, Gigi Grigorian, Brandon Lee, Evelyn Liu, Mollie Westrick, Ify Ogu, and Ertha Sefu Omba!
So proud of everyone involved in this work, but especially the student leaders: Dr Michaela Whitelaw, Dr Lily Archeampomaa-Piasare, Gigi Grigorian, Brandon Lee, Evelyn Liu, Mollie Westrick, Ify Ogu, and Ertha Sefu Omba!
A Student-Led Initiative to Prevent Medicaid Disenrollment in Hospitalized Patients During Redetermination - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Background Medicaid redetermination, suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed in April 2023, requiring 94 million Medicaid recipients to recertify eligibility. In Georgia, this process affected...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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So proud of everyone involved in this work, but especially the student leaders: Dr Michaela Whitelaw, Dr Lily Archeampomaa-Piasare, Gigi Grigorian, Brandon Lee, Evelyn Liu, Mollie Westrick, Ify Ogu, and Ertha Sefu Omba!
So proud of everyone involved in this work, but especially the student leaders: Dr Michaela Whitelaw, Dr Lily Archeampomaa-Piasare, Gigi Grigorian, Brandon Lee, Evelyn Liu, Mollie Westrick, Ify Ogu, and Ertha Sefu Omba!
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SGIM position statement on Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. Thank you coauthors Laura Hawks, Justin Berk, and Benjamin Howell
SGIM position statement on Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. Thank you coauthors Laura Hawks, Justin Berk, and Benjamin Howell
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November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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SGIM position statement on Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. Thank you coauthors Laura Hawks, Justin Berk, and Benjamin Howell
SGIM position statement on Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. Thank you coauthors Laura Hawks, Justin Berk, and Benjamin Howell
Trump’s Big Bill Will Make It Harder for Doctors to Give Patients the Care They Need www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Big Bill Will Make It Harder for Doctors to Give Patients the Care They Need | Common Dreams
Work requirements for Medicaid don’t encourage employment; they punish illness and make recovery harder.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trump’s Big Bill Will Make It Harder for Doctors to Give Patients the Care They Need www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
May 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
Check out our new perspective piece on the inclusion of race/ethnicity in case reporting
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Misapplication of Race in Editorial Decisions: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Case Reporting | Published in Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine
By Ronnye Rutledge, Taressa Wills & 5 more. This perspective discusses lessons learned, best practices, and strategies for handling race-related content requests.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Check out our new perspective piece on the inclusion of race/ethnicity in case reporting
bhm.scholasticahq.com/article/1338...
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Show the NFL you’re paying attention. Don’t watch the Super Bowl—make the ratings tank. Instead, listen on the radio. Money talks, and so do numbers. Stand against those who bend the knee to fascism. Tune out, speak up, and hit them where it counts. #BoycottNFL #TurnItOff #ListenDontWatch
February 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Show the NFL you’re paying attention. Don’t watch the Super Bowl—make the ratings tank. Instead, listen on the radio. Money talks, and so do numbers. Stand against those who bend the knee to fascism. Tune out, speak up, and hit them where it counts. #BoycottNFL #TurnItOff #ListenDontWatch
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If you think DEI is some kind of handout, then it means that someone has lied to you.
DEI - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion - simply means that every employer does the due diligence to find, hire, and retain the best possible candidates based on MERIT.
DEI is MERITOCRACY.
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DEI - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion - simply means that every employer does the due diligence to find, hire, and retain the best possible candidates based on MERIT.
DEI is MERITOCRACY.
3/3
January 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
If you think DEI is some kind of handout, then it means that someone has lied to you.
DEI - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion - simply means that every employer does the due diligence to find, hire, and retain the best possible candidates based on MERIT.
DEI is MERITOCRACY.
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DEI - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion - simply means that every employer does the due diligence to find, hire, and retain the best possible candidates based on MERIT.
DEI is MERITOCRACY.
3/3
Very important piece that examines the harms that the Executive Order inflicts in healthcare—both on patients but also through moral and psychological injury to healthcare workers
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Opinion: Keep ICE raids out of health care
Hospitals are meant to heal, not harm. We can’t help people who are afraid to seek treatment.
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February 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Very important piece that examines the harms that the Executive Order inflicts in healthcare—both on patients but also through moral and psychological injury to healthcare workers
www.ajc.com/opinion/opin...
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Appalling and racist.
“[RFK Jr.'s] really perpetuating this false belief that Black people are somehow biologically different from white people and, in that way, justifying differential and ultimately unequal treatment for Black people versus white people.” said Dr. Oni Blackstock.
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RFK Jr.'s Stunning Claim About Black People And Vaccines Sparks Concern From Medical Experts
Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial take and what they want everyone to know.
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February 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Appalling and racist.
The fact that RFK was off by a factor of 20 on that Medicaid question just shows how unqualified he is to run HHS
#RFKconfirmation
#RFKconfirmation
January 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The fact that RFK was off by a factor of 20 on that Medicaid question just shows how unqualified he is to run HHS
#RFKconfirmation
#RFKconfirmation
The cause of rural hospital struggles has been made clear:
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#rkfconfirmation
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#rkfconfirmation
Opinion: Insurance companies are bleeding rural hospitals and communities dry
New research shows Medicare Advantage plan providers are preying on rural hospitals in Georgia and throughout the country.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The cause of rural hospital struggles has been made clear:
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#rkfconfirmation
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#rkfconfirmation
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I need someone to point out that the reason Americans are more unhealthy compared to other countries is because other countries have something we don't. Universal health care.
#RFKConfirmation
#RFKConfirmation
January 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I need someone to point out that the reason Americans are more unhealthy compared to other countries is because other countries have something we don't. Universal health care.
#RFKConfirmation
#RFKConfirmation
January 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Medicaid Expansion bill in GA Senate with 18 Democratic and 4 Republican cosponsors
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January 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Medicaid Expansion bill in GA Senate with 18 Democratic and 4 Republican cosponsors
www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/...
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Watching RFK Jr lie about his past statements, contradict himself, and have absolutely no idea how Medicare and Medicaid work...
January 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Watching RFK Jr lie about his past statements, contradict himself, and have absolutely no idea how Medicare and Medicaid work...