i wrote about the anatomy of a pogrom -- how it starts with blood libel and escalates -- and what we're seeing now in springfield, OH: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Members of Blood Tribe outside City Hall in Springfield, OH How does ethnic violence start, and how does it spread? Who uses it, and for what purpose? The...
These are the kinds of barriers patients across the nation face when trying to access their prescribed care. (Before being able to access my on-label migraine drug, I had to first try/fail a beta blocker, a seizure drug, and a class of antidepressant that's contraindicated. Then long wait for PA.)
My prior auth denial last week insisted I had to first take two meds that are known to increase my risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. My husband’s denial for a CT scan to eval his abdominal pain still stands, in violation of the company’s own published policy. The system kills people
My first policy brief with @scholars.org is now online, on how prior authorization-induced health insurance coverage denials drive up administrative burdens for patients, and what can be done about it. I'll be writing/talking a lot about ERISA reform the next few years. scholars.org/contribution...
Key Findings: 36% of Americans experience at least one, and often multiple, health insurance coverage denials, across a range of health services.
More should be made of the fact that any town in the US can suddenly become a far-right war zone if the MAGAs deem it so. A mere mention of your town from them can upend a community. Thinking of how Glendale became a hate hotbed last year out of fucking nowhere. Who wants more of this???
There’s a horrible symmetry to poisoning Black neighborhoods so you can make a chatbot say slurs
In Memphis, Elon Musk’s xAI is skirting environmental rules and has at least 18 generators burning methane gas next to Black communities without a permit. It will eventually use 150MW of electricity — enough to power 100,000 homes — mainly to power the Grok chatbot.
A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it’s looking into it.
Uvalde parents say cops are harassing them in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting One parent says that the harassment takes place daily, with officers telling families to leave town Via Salon
One parent says that the harassment takes place daily, with officers telling families to leave town