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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 12h

Time to cancel health insurance and simply pay for health care without the middleman. The Utah Cares Act will organize better, simpler health care financed fairly for all. Read the Act and supporting studies at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE to support the campaign to put it to a vote.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

“When you’re healthy, you might see insurance as a safety net. In reality, we’re systematically excluded..It’s a failure built into the very structure of American health care.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

Too Rare to Matter? How Insurers Fail Millions with ‘Uncommon’ Diseases

Balin Weintraub, 17, details the challenges of living with the rare disease FAVA while showing the strength and optimism of rare disease families.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 2d

“Yes, the premiums for short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) are cheap(er) than plans that cover more of what you likely will need, but they will put you at risk of bankruptcy – and maybe even the graveyard – if (and when) a bad thing happens to you.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

With Return of Junk Insurance, Washington and Big Health Insurers Leave Families Exposed

Medicaid cuts, ACA premium increases and opening the door for so-called catastrophic coverage will hit Americans right where it hurts.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 3d

The Utah Cares Act: better, simpler care financed fairly for all. READ about it at www.utahcares.health. SHARE it with your friends. WATCH the documentary “Healing US” on the same website. DONATE at www.utahcares.health to get the Utah Cares Act on the ballot!

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 4d

“Health care is the most important domestic policy issue. Health care costs are skyrocketing.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

Stand Up and Fight for Real Health Reform

The US is half a week into a partial shutdown in federal government services because democrats in the Senate have refused to vote for a so-called clean continuing resolution which would have funded th...

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 5d

“The healthcare system appears to prioritize operational convenience over patient-centric care, leaving many women feeling marginalized. .data show that many women are not getting care they so desperately need, or that the care they get is inadequate.” theharrispoll.com/wp-content/u...

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 6d

“In July, Trump sent letters to 17 major pharmaceutical companies directing them to lower prescription drug prices “within the next 60 days.” Almost 90 companies raised their prices after Trump sent out the letters.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

Drug Prices Out Of Control - Take Action To Fix It

A free public service for a better community

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 7d

American healthcare financing: ridiculous
“She can't get the hospital to send her a new itemization with acceptable coding. It's like, why? That's ridiculous."https://www.ksl.com/article/51382905/west-valley-city-woman-fights-for-correct-medical-codes-after-her-health-care-claim-gets-denied

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 8d

“It’s time hold somebody accountable for the failures of American health care. This is where we kick fannies and take names, is it not? Or are we simply going to keep doing the same thing while expecting different results?” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

Failing to Prevent Needless Suffering and Death

I’m a baseball fan and I follow the San Francisco Giants.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 9d

Yes a crash is coming

Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 9d

%GDP going to healthcare can’t outgrow the rest of the economy indefinitely.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 9d

Medical expenditures grow faster than the economy and will soon surpass 20% of the gross domestic product-threatening the American way of life. The Utah Cares Act will stop this trend while fairly financing better simpler health care for all. Read about the Act at www.utahcares.health and DONATE!!

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 10d

“Omnicare filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in penalties for filling prescriptions that were expired or out of refills, then billing Medicare and Medicaid.”https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/weighed-down-by-alleged-fraud-cvss?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 11d

“An estimated 50% of mental health patients and 75% of substance use disorder patients do not have access to care. And an estimated 15 – 22 million mental health claims are denied by private insurers each year.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

Insurers Keep Saying “No” — But Patients and Clinicians Are Fighting Back

Denied claims and endless delays are pushing mental health and addiction care to a breaking point, but persistence and documentation can force insurers to approve life-saving treatment.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 12d

Health insurance imposes useless, expensive demands on the doctor-patient relationship. Let’s throw off that business model and just pay for care. Read about how to provide better, simpler care financed fairly for all at www.utahcares.health and DONATE to make it happen.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 13d

“How the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ affects rural health care-The Kaiser Family Foundation wrote federal Medicaid spending in rural areas is estimated to decline by $137 billion—Researchers at UNC identified 338 rural health facilities nationwide endangered.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

Rural health clinics are starting to close, raising the political risks of Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ | CNN Politics

Two months after President Donald Trump signed his policy megabill into law, a Virginia health care company cited it when it announced the closure of three rural clinics serving tiny communities aroun...

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 14d

“Over decades, as the business model of the medical industrial complex has suffocated what had been an industry primarily driven by the human impulse to care, large swaths of the country have been hollowed out.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

Health Care Is a Hostage Situation with Copays

I just returned from North Carolina where I spoke to residents in and around Black Mountain, a town of about 5,000 people hit hard a year ago by a hurricane.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 15d

“The President has signed a budget reconciliation bill that will lead to 10 million people losing health insurance. At the same time, recent studies estimate that as many as 100 million Americans owe about $220 billion in medical debt.” www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/ho...

How States Can Help Curb the Rising Medical Debt Related to Federal Coverage Cuts

States can protect patients from debt and reduce administrative burdens on hospitals by streamlining financial assistance processes and curbing predatory practices.

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 16d

“Families in rural Utah have limited access to labor and delivery care, and the problem could get worse.” www.kuer.org/health/2025-...

Maternity care is rare in rural Utah. Medicaid cuts could grow the problem

New research from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute shows seven Utah counties don’t have a birthing hospital. Medicaid cuts threaten more rural locations, which could impact the health of moms and i...

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 17d

Health insurance is never good news. Let’s work together to arrange better, simpler care financed fairly for all of us. DONATE to support the law suit to place the Utah Cares Act on the ballot in 2026–www.utahcares.health

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 18d

“Please let’s continue, indeed redouble, our quest for a just and efficient health system and other social changes that drastically reduce these painful numbers.” www.healthjusticemonitor.org/preventable-...

Preventable Deaths – Does Magnitude Matter? - Health Justice Monitor

A right-wing political leader, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last week. We do not condone political violence. Nor should we accept the far greater human toll exacted by failed “free-market” health in...

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 19d

Let’s stop paying an arm and a leg for health insurance-the most useless way to finance health care ever invented. Join us in support of better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Learn more and DONATE at www.utahcares.health

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 19d

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 20d

That’s why we’ve drafted the Utah Cares Act: legislation that would guarantee health care for every Utahn. Not insurance riddled with loopholes. Not confusing networks. Simply care—when you are sick, injured, or struggling.

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Beyond thoughts and prayers—care must be the answer

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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 21d

“Whether you're a healthcare professional frustrated by dysfunction, a patient struggling with medical costs, or someone who believes patients come before profits, this conversation offers both diagnosis of our system and prescription for meaningful reform.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Healthcare Reform Reimagined: The Utah CARES Act with Joseph Jarvis

Podcast Episode · Senior Care Academy - A Helperly Podcast · 09/17/2025 · 29m

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