#HEALTH

In case you were wondering what insurance companies will do if the ACA ends, let’s take a look at an easy, life-saving, cost-saving measure that the two biggest insurers are
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Ontario is creating a new health data platform to help researchers, incl. modellers & province's world-leading AI scientists respond to pandemicThis sounds like what the researchers in the story I
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Congratulations #PhilanthropyCA on this week's #PhilCASummit! Sad that I wasn't able to join for the discussion with two of my favorite health leaders due to technical difficulties. I'll look forward
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Australian govt. states that even during Spanish flu, only "about 25 per cent of the world’s population was infected". This means herd immunity was attained at very low levels. Why
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This is what leadership looks like Let's be clear: holding this election amid the coronavirus outbreak is dangerous, disregards the guidance of public health experts, and may very well prove
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i’m sorry i am trying to keep my posts more positive but this image is going to haunt san francisco forever. we have one of the strongest economies in the
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As of 5 p.m. Friday, Ontario's regional public health units are reporting 3,675 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19, with 105 deaths. Friday afternoon saw at least three new deaths
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My oped today: @realDonaldTrump & @Mike_Pence need advisors on the #CoronaVirus task force that focus not just on the virus, but on the extraordinary impact on our health & safety
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With Covid-19 wave, the longstanding failures of India's under-supported healthcare system have been thrust into the spotlight.India's public healthcare spending has consistently hovered around 1% of the GDP. Even the
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a thread on why you shouldn’t pull too much all-nighters and why you shouldn’t oversleep. please read this whole thread! please do not pull a lot of all-nighters and get
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yesterday I had the luck and the privilege to take my kid to a good doctor who practices distancing, to get her oral polio vaccine drops (OPV) during a checkup.
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[THREAD] Let's write a thread on patriarchy and mental health. Any form of oppression will have long lasting mental health impacts. Patriarchy has lasted for so long with many generations
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After 4 years I no longer work for Starbucks. They offered the furloughed employees another 6 months of furlough or a voluntary layoff with a pisspoor severance package. Since they
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@/prpltnkr harassed, manipulated, gas light, bribed, black mailed, and compared the victim to the man who preyed on her saying she was worse than him for traveling during the pandemic
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I'm seeing a LOT of people claiming that "losing your job" makes you eligible for a Special Enrollment Period under the #ACA. That's incorrect. Losing your HEALTHCARE COVERAGE is what
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Suggestion #1 @VicGovDHHS Please move away from these daily press conferences to deliver key numbers and health advice.We tune in everyday to get an update on our health response. This
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