@ravenn-24
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 ;)
Health insurance premiums on marketplaces are soaring, with costs set to increase an average of about 26% in 2026 after years of relatively modest growth, according to analysis by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, one of the most respected health policy research organizations in the U.S.
Itβs 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, itβs 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
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Number of people who go bankrupt a year due to medical debt:
Germany: 0
France: 0
UK: 0
Japan: 0
Norway: 0
Denmark: 0
Finland: 0
Sweden: 0
Italy: 0
Australia: 0
Canada: 0
Spain: 0
Portugal: 0
Iceland: 0
Netherlands: 0
United States: 530,000β¦
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 thatβs 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?
Listening is more nuanced than thatβ¦ in psychiatry, picking up non verbal feedback via facial expression may go unnoticed because you are too busy βlisteningβ/typing your note.
AI bailout by US government is certainly coming in our future.
Life Expectancy in Five Nations: 1960 - 2023 US Falling Further Behind Even in Pandemic's Wake 85 Life Expectancy at Birth 80 75 70 1960 Canada Germany France UK US 1980 2000 2020 Data source: OECD Data Explorer, downloaded 10-31-2025.
Life Expectancy in Five Nations: 1960 - 2023
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Data source: OECD Data Explorer, downloaded 10-31-2025.
US Has Stark Gradient in Mortality by Wealth Larger gradient than Western Europe; mortality among richest Americans similar to poorest West Europeans β’ US β’ Western Europe 2.23 Estimates are for year 8 mortality. Data: Machado S, Kyriopoulos I, Orav EJ, Papanicolas I. Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe. New England Journal of Medicine 2025;392(13):1310-9.
US Has Stark Gradient in Mortality by Wealth. mortality among richest Americans similar to poorest West Europeans
Data: Machado S, Kyriopoulos I, Orav EJ, Papanicolas I. Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe. New England Journal of Medicine 2025;392(13):1310-9.
Americans increasingly recognize that there is no βhealthcare systemβ in the US (VA excepted). There is a series of cobbled together webs of coverage, with lots of amazing facilities/clinicians, but with huge holes in coverage, exorbitant costs, and massive inefficiencies
What do you propose? Having more stringent punishments isnβt always the answerβ¦ 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?
#singlepayer
#medicareforall
#M4A
Just mark βyesβ next to the high risk medical condition section. Sucks that it has come to this but Iβm getting the vaccine no matter whatβ¦
DUH Demand Universal Healthcare Life Expectancy at Birth 1925 Australia 63.16 Netherlands 2 63.12 Sweden 3 62.55 Norway 4 62.51 Denmark 5 61.91 Switzerland 6 59.92 Canada 7 59.23 United States 8 - 58.50 United Kingdom 9 58.43 Iceland 10 58.29 Germany 11 - Ireland 12 -U Belgium 13 Luxembourg 14 57.42 57.34 57.09 54.79 ) 54.33 France 15 Latvia 16 Finland 17 Austria 18 Estonia 19 Italy 20 Uruguay 21 Argentina 22 Lithuania 23 Czechoslovakia 24 Portugal 25 54.08 β οΌ 53.39 52.78 52.72 D 51.27 = 50.99 50.60 β’ 50.50 49.57 48.39 Maddison, UN. VG 2025 Japan 1 South Korea 2 Switzerland 3 Australia 4 Italy 5 Singapore 6 Spain 7 Malta 8 Norway 9 France 10 Sweden 11 U. Arab Emirates 12 Iceland 13 Canada 14 Israel 15 Ireland 16 Portugal 17 Qatar 18 Luxembourg 19 Netherlands 20 Belgium 21 New Zealand 22 Austria 23 Denmark 24 Finland 25 85.00 84.54 84.23 84.21 84.03 84.00 83.96 83.63 83.61 83.58 83.58 83.24 83.15 82.88 82.77 82.75 82.72 82.68 82.49 82.45 82.43 82.39 82.29 82.25 Δ 82.24
Life expectancy by rankings 1925 and 2025. US fell off the list in 2025
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS NOT A "RADICAL IDEA" www.facebook.com/NeverDonaldTrumpForPresident V Australia β’ Greece β’ Norway β’ Austria v Hong Kong β’ Portugal 7 Bahrain β’ Iceland β’ Singapore β’ Belgium β’ Ireland β’ Slovenia β’ Brunei V Israel β’ South Korea β’ Canada β’ Italy β’ Spain β’ Cyprus Vi Japan V Sweden Denmark β’ Kuwait β’ Switzerland Finland β’ Luxembourg / U.A.E. β’ France β’ Netherlands β’ United Kingdom Germany β’ New Zealand * United States
When did Mark Cuban say that?
50,000,000 Americans Have No Health Insurance 44,000/yΠ³ Die Because of Lack of Insurance 600,000/yr 02012 Go Bankrupt Due to Medical Bills Sources: Uninsured-U.S. Census Bureau Report 2010 (www.census.gov); Deaths-"Health Insurance and Mortality in US Adults* American Journal of Public Health, Dec 2009; Bankruptcies -"Medical Bankruptcy in the U.S. 2007,* American Journal of Medicine, Aug 2009 02012 Design by Witte Design, LLC β’ Tucson, Arizona β’ www.ConnectTheDotsUSA.com
These are the numbers in 2012. Many estimates now are HIGHER!
Medical Bankruptcies by Country 2025 LY 10% Bankruptcies Caused by Medical Expenses 20% |30/ 40% O I β’ 60% β’ 70% 4 Countries with the Most Medical Bankruptcies United States Canada $6.5% 19% 16: Australia 10% #K United Kingdom 8.2%
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Doesnβt 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!
Medical Debt: The Silent Bankruptcy Epidemic that people donβt want to think about.
These are amazing visuals! The question is how to get this information out to the general public in the most simplistic way possible π€
Four reasons to support universal health care: United States Number of people per year who have trouble 56 million paying medical bills Number of people per year who will be contacted by collections 35 million agencies for unpaid medical bills Number of people per year who will use of all their savings or take out 26 million new credit to pay medical bills Number of people per year who will declare 1.7 million bankruptcy due to inability to pay medical bills Denmark Zero Zero Zero Zero
Four reasons to support universal health care:
Number of people per year who have trouble
56 million
paying medical bills
Number of people per year who will be
contacted by collections
35m
agencies for unpaid medical bills
Number of people per year who will use of all their savings or take out
26m
In America, people are choosing between chemo and rent.
Thatβs not freedom. Thatβs cruelty.
Itβs time for a system that protects health and dignity.
#MedicareForAll #PNHP