Why am I on Mastodon? B/c the white Christian boy from the Bible belt never had to #resist anything.

We were in poverty, but my family gladly used #Section8 #Medicaid #Tenncare #FoodStamps #SNAP and #EBT

Now the #AmericanChurchTM hates the poor & I don't know how to #organize, subvert power structures or resist

So we'll learn from the #BIPOC and #Queer community & those who have spent time #protest ing & resisting

We'll figure out #Zines #mutualAid #bailfunds #harmreduction #directaction

"Thousands of Tennesseans were illegally denied Medicaid and other benefits due to programming and data errors in an algorithmic system the state uses to determine eligibility for low-income residents and people with disabilities, a U.S. District Court judge ruled this week."

#tennessee #medicaid #tenncare #insurance

https://gizmodo.com/judge-rules-400-million-algorithmic-system-illegally-denied-thousands-of-peoples-medicaid-benefits-2000492529

#Vanderbilt's #Decision to Turn Over #Trans #Patient #MedicalRecords to the #State Sparks #backlash

#VUMC said it involved #patients #enrolled in #TennCare #insurance #plans and that it was asked to submit #medicalrecords dating back to 2018.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Healthcare #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://time.com/6289609/vanderbilt-transgender-records-patients-backlash/