Heard state Senator Ben Watson (R-GA), who’s a physician, touting poverty as a good thing because it will allow access to state healthcare services when the ACA subsidies evaporate.

When backed into a corner, he said it’s the Fed, not the state, responsible for making sure people can afford health insurance. Fucking Republicans.

#BenWatson #Georgia #FirstDoNoHarm #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Heard state Senator Ben Watson (R-GA), who’s a physician, touting poverty as a good thing because it will allow access to state healthcare services when the ACA subsidies evaporate tomorrow.

Backed into a corner, he said it’s the Fed, not the state, responsible for making sure people can afford health insurance. Fucking Republicans.

#BenWatson #Georgia #FirstDoNoHarm #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

#GiftArticle

Inside #Hell

#LibertyGreerCenter #Abuse

The #GreerCenter was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental #disabilities. But accounts from inside the secretive facility paint a starkly different picture, depicting a place where helpless patients faced #beatings, #waterboarding & constant #fear.

#law #HumanRights #CivilRights #ableism #FirstDoNoHarm #medicine #healthcare #LongtermCare #ADA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/liberty-greer-center-abuse-oklahoma.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.GpZs.Ped2kP6mmf0b&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

🔗 Yes, we do need to bring back masks in medical settings https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/yes-we-do-need-to-bring-back-masks-in-medical-settings/article_1561636c-745e-11ef-b6eb-a7a0afa441d2.html

🔓 https://archive.ph/wbTxP

> The duty of care doesn’t land on patients. It’s the clinicians’ job to ensure patients don’t pick up an unintended infection. Patients have a right to safety in health care facilities. In the meantime, I can only advise my concerned patients to wear an N95 or KN-95 when in health care facilities and suggest they not be shy when asking clinicians to do the same.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #OngoingPandemic #MaskUp #BringBackMasks #FirstDoNoHarm

Response to #FirstDoNoHarm: Why we #treat #genderdiverse #youth.

Considering the wealth of #evidence that #genderdysphoria is #real and has #negative #consequences for #trans #youth, the #ethical #principle of ‘#firstdonoharm’ should recognise that #delaying #care can, in itself, be a form of #harm.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #SouthAfrica #Health #Healthcare #Representation #Culture

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-02-08-response-to-first-do-no-harm-why-we-treat-gender-diverse-youth/

Families launch legal bid against scandal-hit hospitals over ‘systemic abuse’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/huntercombe-hospital-legal-action-abuse-b2358150.html

#ChildAbuse
#Hospitals
#MentalHealth
#MentalHealthHospital
#SystemicAbuse
#TheHuntercombeGroup
#Maidenhead
#TaplowManorHospital
#ActiveCareGroup
#IvetseyBankHospital
#Stafford
#FourSeasonsHealthCare
#NHS
#CQC
#FirstDoNoHarm