Health Care Voices
@healthcarevoices
Non-profit organizing adults with serious medical conditions and health care activists across the country for affordable comprehensive health care, fighting the high cost of care in America, and making our health care system work better for all.
Almost 2/3s of nursing home residents in America rely on Medicaid. What happens if Congress cuts it in the Big Ugly Bill? Listen to @bbkogan.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrx...
According to a new report, this Big Ugly Bill in Congress could force 51,000 Americans to lose their lives every year, due to lost health care. Listen to Diane Archer @socialsecurityworks.org explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrx...
If the Big Ugly Bill becomes law, over 10 million people could lose their health insurance through Medicaid cuts alone. Listen to @bbkogan.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrx...
President Trump's executive order on lowering drug prices may not do much. How can we actually lower the prices we pay for prescription medications in America? Medicare expert Diane Archer from @socialsecurityworks.org has ideas. Watch the full #CareTalk ep: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViqE...
"Nothing about our healthcare system makes sense."- @aswinn.bsky.social Pass it on. #healthsky
The anger and despair are real. Listen to @annakarras.bsky.social #healthinsurance #unitedhealthcare #healthcare #healthinsurancepolicy #luigimangione
Health insurers shouldn't be making these decisions, forcing you to "white knuckle through" without treatment.
Bob Parent from New York has lived with type 1 diabetes for 52 years. Insulin used to cost him hundreds of dollars for a thirty day supply. Now the Inflation Reduction Act has capped those costs at $35/month for people on Medicare. #InflationReductionAct
Before insulin copays under Medicare were capped at $35 a month, Maryland retiree Pam Parker says she had to eat less food or ration her insulin in order to afford it. The #InflationReductionAct is making a real impact in so many seniors' lives.
Robin Craycroft is a licensed therapist from Springfield, Missouri. When she was 61 years old, she was diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes. The #InflationReductionAct's $35 insulin cap has been life changing for her and her family. Filmed at the White House IRA anniversary event.
Steven Hadfield from Matthews, North Carolina is living with a rare cancer, and depends on insulin for his Type 2 diabetes. The Inflation Reduction Act's $35 insulin cap for people on Medicare has changed his life. Filmed at the White House IRA anniversary event. #InflationReductionAct