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@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2025-08-20 19:15:27

I had my annual #Medicare wellness appt this morning. Those of you who partake of this ritual will recall the bit where you’re given a sheet of white paper and told to draw a clock face. I was told to make it look like 5:25. So I drew something like the image here. The young man who gave me this task looked at it and suggested I try again. I said it’s right. He said it’s backwards. I showed him th…

Image of a gray circle depicting a clock face showing the time, 5:25.
@lilmikesf@c.im
2025-08-15 18:10:20

While TV personality turned #Drumpf #MAGA mouthpiece Dr Oz is on a TV mission castigating #Medicare recipients for not working & watching TV as ample justification for cutting off their benefits , the same administration has removed …

NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs
has lost thousands of healthcare
professionals deemed “core” to the system's
ability to function and “without which
mission-critical work cannot be completed”,
agency records show.

The number of medical staff on hand to
treat veterans has fallen every month since
Donald Trump took office. The VA has
experienced a net loss of 2,000 registered
nurses since the start of this fiscal year, the
data show, along with approximately 1,300
medical assistants, 1,10…

US veterans agency lost
thousands of ‘core’ medical
staff under Trump, records
show
Departures are exacerbating existing shortages
and creating ‘very unsafe’ conditions for
patients, veterans and health workers say
DR. MEHMET OZ on the THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE & MEDICAID
REQUIREMENTS, PRIOR AUTHORIZATION

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