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#Tennessee's 2025 #Medical #Ethics Defense Act allows #physicians to deny care to #patients whose lifestyles they disagree with.

How's that working out? 😒

"Last Thursday, a 35-year-old woman shared her story: she was denied #PrenatalCare by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married, nor did she plan to be. She’d been with her partner for 15 years and they have a 13-year-old child."

#Pregnant #Mother Denied Care for Being #Unmarried
nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20

Nashville Banner · Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being UnmarriedBy Rachel Wells
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In reaction to #Trump’s 30% tariffs on the #EU, EC president Ursula #vonderLeyen said in a statement that such #tariffs “would disrupt essential transatlantic #SupplyChains, to the detriment of #businesses, #consumers & #patients on both sides of the Atlantic.” She also threatened to hit back, though she did not make a retaliation sound imminent, talking about the “adoption of proportionate countermeasures if required.”

#LetterOfTheWeek
#Insurers’ restriction of patient choice undermines trust in system
"measures appear geared twds protecting co #profits iso easing financial burden on #consumers.. #policyholders r told to accept fewer options for care, insurers report strong #financial perf.. If te goal is to manage rising #healthcare costs, why r savings not reflected in better #coverage or more #affordable premiums? #Patients often discover restrictions only at te point of #crisis" 1/2
straitstimes.com/opinion/forum

The Straits Times · Forum: Insurers’ restriction of patient choice undermines trust in system Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

#Palantir’s Collection of #Disease Data at #CDC Stirs #Privacy Concerns
#US and state officials say consolidation of #publichealth agency’s vast trove of information could expose #patients and will delay analysis of long-term trends.
Some worry sprawling data collection could endanger people with sensitive health needs like gender or reproductive #healthcare or disabilities. Some labor and advocacy groups tried to block sharing data across agencies
nytimes.com/2025/06/06/health/
archive.ph/oTR8Q

The New York Times · Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy ConcernsBy Apoorva Mandavilli