American Healthcare continues to go backward

[steross]

Not if the anti vax people have anything to say about it.

I'm thinking the Christian National type that is not going to be happy that they are creating a way to avoid God's wrath.

 

[RxCowboy]

Not if the anti vax people have anything to say about it.

Or the anti-Big Pharma people, which are pretty much the same people. That is certainly a consideration.

But I have been in healthcare long enough to remember when being diagnosed as HIV+ was a death sentence and now eradicating it is a real possibility.

 

[RxCowboy]

I'm thinking the Christian National type that is not going to be happy that they are creating a way to avoid God's wrath.

God can always come up with something else.

 

[cowboyinexile]

Or the anti-Big Pharma people, which are pretty much the same people. That is certainly a consideration.

But I have been in healthcare long enough to remember when being diagnosed as HIV+ was a death sentence and now eradicating it is a real possibility.

Everyone remembers it as a death sentence. Heck, I still wonder if its a death sentence if you are poor but I don't know how lifelong drug regimens work if your insurance sucks.

 

[RxCowboy]

Everyone remembers it as a death sentence. Heck, I still wonder if its a death sentence if you are poor but I don't know how lifelong drug regimens work if your insurance sucks.

The Ryan White program hasn't been cut... yet.

 

[TheMonkey]

The Ryan White program hasn't been cut... yet.

That’s good for the US. The USAID cuts don’t help globally though.

 

[RxCowboy]

Just in case anyone was wondering, PrEP is Pre-exposure prophylaxis. PEP would be Post-exposure prophylaxis.

 

[RxCowboy]

Everyone remembers it as a death sentence. Heck, I still wonder if its a death sentence if you are poor but I don't know how lifelong drug regimens work if your insurance sucks.

Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV+ in 1991. Gen Z and Alpha really don’t know HIV as a death sentence. They haven’t experienced it that way. Magic Johnson’s announcement was a turning point.

 

[cowboyinexile]

Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV+ in 1991. Gen Z and Alpha really don’t know HIV as a death sentence. They haven’t experienced it that way. Magic Johnson’s announcement was a turning point.

And he was on the dream team. You are right-he probably did more for AIDS awareness than anyone.

 

[HacklemanPoke]

Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV+ in 1991. Gen Z and Alpha really don’t know HIV as a death sentence. They haven’t experienced it that way. Magic Johnson’s announcement was a turning point.

I was a huge Magic and Lakers fan. Went to their 2nd game of the season that yr in Dallas. Couldn’t believe he had the “flu” and missed the game. Luckily I had seen him play in Dallas before.

 

[JTOSU]

Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV+ in 1991. Gen Z and Alpha really don’t know HIV as a death sentence. They haven’t experienced it that way. Magic Johnson’s announcement was a turning point.

One of about 6 or 7 times that I have a very vivid memory of when it happened. I was in the OSU Student Union and several gathered around a TV as Magic made the announcement. I certainly thought it was a death sentence for him. Wonderful that he not only survived it, but has been a champion showing courage in the face of massive adversity.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

No wonder I suggested giving birth in the USA should be free:

$44,318.41 to give birth with no complications!​

I wonder if having to declare medical bankruptcy over that is often and helps to explain why it's so high.

A Mom Went Viral For Breaking Down The Cost Of Giving Birth In America, And It's Wild

"We should NOT have to pay that much. America is wild."

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