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A short thread about protections for people w pre-existing conditions (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, etc):
Before 2010, insurance companies could deny coverage — or charge higher prices — to people with pre-existing conditions
#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #Biden
1/12
Before 2010, insurance companies could deny coverage — or charge higher prices — to people with pre-existing conditions
#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #Biden
1/12
And before 2010, millions of people with these preexisting conditions faced significant barriers in getting individual insurance coverage.
The Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — changed that.
#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #BidenHarris2020
2/12
The Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — changed that.
#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #BidenHarris2020
2/12
The passage of the Affordable Care Act / Obamacare in 2010 guaranteed for the first time that *everyone* with pre-existing conditions could get insurance coverage & that they couldn’t be charged more for their plans.
#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #BidenHarris2020
3/12
#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #BidenHarris2020
3/12
1/ Let’s talk America's Health Care Plan
This week, we focus on:
-Cost of Care
-Medicaid & who it covers
Next week, we focus on:
-Women’s health care
-LGBTQA health care
-Behavioral health care
-Firearm injury
-Climate Change
#PolicyCapsule #VoteHealth
#MedTwitter
This week, we focus on:
-Cost of Care
-Medicaid & who it covers
Next week, we focus on:
-Women’s health care
-LGBTQA health care
-Behavioral health care
-Firearm injury
-Climate Change
#PolicyCapsule #VoteHealth
#MedTwitter
2/ Cost of care:
-Monetary pre-COVID: $3.6 trillion in 2018
-Lives lost from COVID: >220,000 (greatest in comparison to other nations per capita)
#PolicyCapsule #VoteHealth
-Monetary pre-COVID: $3.6 trillion in 2018
-Lives lost from COVID: >220,000 (greatest in comparison to other nations per capita)
#PolicyCapsule #VoteHealth
3/ Cost of plan to individuals/families:
-$20,000-21,000 family coverage cost annually
#PolicyCapsule #VoteHealth
-$20,000-21,000 family coverage cost annually
#PolicyCapsule #VoteHealth
Committed to ending racial health inequities?
You need to be talking to your patients about their civic health.
Voting and health inequities are closely linked.
Thread.
#MedTwitter
#MedStudentTwitter
#MedEd
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You need to be talking to your patients about their civic health.
Voting and health inequities are closely linked.
Thread.
#MedTwitter
#MedStudentTwitter
#MedEd
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Families separated at the border
Another school shooting
#COVID19’s racist impact
The ongoing fight for #Medicaid
#ClimateChange
All impact the health of our communities. Outcomes that are heavily influenced by participation in, or lack of, voting.
#VoteHealth #VoteKids (2/)
Another school shooting
#COVID19’s racist impact
The ongoing fight for #Medicaid
#ClimateChange
All impact the health of our communities. Outcomes that are heavily influenced by participation in, or lack of, voting.
#VoteHealth #VoteKids (2/)
Although we know policies directly impact health we see gaps in opportunity not only for access to resources but to the ballot box where many of our communities’ decision makers are selected.
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#VoteHealth #VoteKids
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100,000 lives lost. Doctors and nurses have fought so hard for so many of them. We stood in for family members in their final moments. Too many of our colleagues have lost their own lives in the fight. All we ask is for leadership that stands with us. #VoteHealth (1/5)
We ask for a President who listens to science, to experience, to doctors, to the reality of how devastating a virus COVID-19 is, who brings us together instead of driving us apart in a fight that matters to all of us. #VoteHealth (2/5)
We ask for a President who understands that leadership means recognizing that going on lockdown is hard for all of us and that the only way for us to have an economy is to fight this virus with every tool we have and with science and data as our guides. #VoteHealth (3/5)
