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Beth Morton

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Education researcher turned migraine advocate #MigraineChat host Vermont maple syrup aficionado 🚫 Unsolicited advice She/Her/Dr (PhD kind) Header: Dinosaurcouch MigraineChat Resources & Discord: https://campsite.bio/migrainechat MC feed/starter pack👇🏻

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · Feb 10

Updating my pinned 🧵 :

I'm not active on Twitter anymore, so I'm rebuilding the #migraine and #MigraineChat community here. A few ways to connect....

The original MigraineChat feed stopped working, so like and pin this one. It works the same.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 18h

I was really banking on a steroid taper calming down all my different types of pain but it hasn’t helped this time and this was my last hope. I don’t know what to do at this point. I can barely get out of bed.

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 3d

Guilty. Have been forever. 🫠

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 3d

Effffff. These penalties. Handing back to the Bills with a bow.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 6d

2/ 🚨Note: Don't do as the guy interviewed on PBS suggests & demand a stop to the shutdown. That won't help (is he MAGA?); the CR bill funded telehealth for only one more month!

Call your MoCs (script & bill #s in post above) & ask them to pass a freestanding bill to *make telehealth permanent.*

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 6d

Telehealth for seniors & the disabled (& soon, for everyone else) is gone.

I've posted bill #s for years; over time, fewer & fewer folks were willing to call their MoCs.

"It's head-spinning to go back to these restrictions....Now, all that progress goes away."

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know, sorry!

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 7d

Ridiculously, Medicare Telehealth coverage keeps are getting tied to continuing resolutions. Bills could be passed separately. But political bureaucracy. This means Medicare Telehealth waivers are kaput as of today. My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Another shutdown casualty: Medicare telehealth coverage

It's got bipartisan support—and millions of Americans need it. But Congress keeps failing to lock in funding for Medicare telehealth services.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 7d

Nope. You'd think this might be on their radar but no.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 7d

Called patient advocate at major large hospital in my state where I see a headache specialist 2 hours away fully virtually. Wanted to see if by some miracle they were considered a rural facility and maybe still doing telehealth so my appointment was safe. They have no idea. Will look into it. Sigh.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 7d

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 8d

There's also the CONNECT for Health Act which, my understanding is, makes many current telehealth provisions permanent.

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 8d

Ah, shoot, I was really hoping for that 1000% discount he keeps taking about. 🫠

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 8d

Highly relatable content. 🫂💜

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 8d

Is TrumpRx where they lower prices by 1500% so I'm being paid to take them?

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 9d

NEWS

The White House is planning to unveil a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs, dubbed TrumpRX, as well as announce that Pfizer plans to lower prices on several of its medications in the U.S.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/4q2H6Jc

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 8d

Wish they'd include the fact disabled people on Medicare will lose access (not just seniors).

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 8d

Another caveat to the telehealth thing, you may still be able to see a provider by telehealth but my understanding is their facility must be in a rural area (not you).

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

For folks on Medicare worried about telehealth for mental health services, some additional info.

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

I just found this. If you scroll down a bit there's a header "Are there exceptions for the subsequent in-person visit every 12 months?" It seems to confirm what my therapist told me.

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The telehealth waiver: What psychologists need to know

Answers to your questions about the evolving Medicare in-person telehealth requirement and upcoming expiration deadline.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

I'd say unbelievable but that's totally believable.

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

The telehealth waiver: What psychologists need to know

Answers to your questions about the evolving Medicare in-person telehealth requirement and upcoming expiration deadline.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

Also hoping for a last minute extension or addition of telehealth to any budget CR deal.

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

So, my therapist said that it reverts back to requiring one in-person visit per year. There seems to an exception if that's clinically inappropriate or unnecessary, though. We're hoping this means we can continue fully tele since she's two hours away. If I hear differently, I'll let you know.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

Yep. It's here. We tried. Now 🤷🏻‍♀️

Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

*Loss of telehealth for Medicare. Don't panic immediately if you have other insurance, though other insurers tend to follow what Medicare does.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

Between the loss of telehealth and potential drug tariffs, I'm just in complete denial about what's possibly (likely?) happening on Oct 1st.

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Beth Morton @migrainechat.bsky.social · 9d

That's frustrating that the CGM is so unreliable for her (and you).

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