#healthcare

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"The University of Houston's medical school will ask the Texas legislature for $200 million to build a community hospital in Harris County — part of an ambitious goal to significantly grow the college and provide students with more training opportunities."

🎁: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/uh-tilman-fertitta-hospital-harris-county-20068042.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbmV3cy9ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzL2hlYWx0aC9hcnRpY2xlL3VoLXRpbG1hbi1mZXJ0aXR0YS1ob3NwaXRhbC1oYXJyaXMtY291bnR5LTIwMDY4MDQyLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTczODM4NDk2NDI0Mw%3D%3D&rid=MDcyMjg5MTAtNzRlYS00OGUyLTlmODQtNjI5ZTE0Zjg0MzRi&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D

As a physician from a family of pilots, I think a lot about parallels between & the

Both have implemented complex systems to prevent the kind of never event that happened just a few days ago

Both are also chronically understaffed, running on a razor’s edge

Why? Profits

The❓we should be asking: if there aren’t enough air traffic controllers at most airports for the # of flights, why not decrease the # of flights until there are?

"Some of the world’s most vulnerable populations are already feeling President Trump’s sudden cutoff of billions of dollars in American aid that helps fend off starvation, treats diseases and provides shelter for the displaced.

In a matter of days, Mr. Trump’s order to freeze nearly all U.S. foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised profound questions about America’s reliability and global standing."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/asia/trump-usaid-freeze.html

"But Kennedy repeatedly refused to acknowledge scientific consensus that childhood vaccines don’t cause autism and that COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, and he falsely asserted the government has no good vaccine safety monitoring. While appearing to ignore mainstream science, he cited flawed or tangential research to make his points, such as suggesting Black people may need different vaccines than whites."

https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-trump-science-autism-9b99621b01f11b7f0bdc81e5a0b82d2b

"...almost two years later, many of his patients and those like them across the state are still struggling to get the full range of health care they were promised. It took almost a year for the extended coverage to go into effect, leaving many of his patients in limbo, and even now, they’re still often falling through the cracks in Texas’ health care system."

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/texas-postpartum-medicaid-slow-rollout/

"U.S. policy for decades has been that aid given abroad pays for itself through greater national security, by stabilizing regions and economies and improving relations with partners.

But many Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers believe much foreign assistance is money that should be spent or saved at home."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-assistance-freeze-684ff394662986eb38e0c84d3e73350b

"Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested he is open to significantly limiting access to mifepristone if confirmed to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing 'safety issues' to a drug that is used in most abortions and that research has shown is very safe and effective."

https://19thnews.org/2025/01/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-health-abortion-medication/

"In a tense exchange with Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. displayed a surprising lack of familiarity with Medicare and Medicaid, the government programs responsible for covering more than 150 million Americans."

Yet another administration official demonstrating a lack of competency to serve in the nominated position. This is DEI program for white men, not a meritocracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/health/medicaid-medicare-rfk-jr.html

"Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who was thought to be open to voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, now says the nominee is in serious trouble after his rocky confirmation hearing.

“I don’t think it went well for him today. I don’t think that was a good one,” he said after Kennedy sparred with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee over his past statements and stance on vaccines."

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5114271-fetterman-rfk-jr-nomination-hearing/