Steve Searls
@stevendbt.bsky.social
Retired attorney, novelist, disabled
Reposted by Steve Searls
YES, just posted about this
America's healthcare system isn’t just broken; it’s often cruel. Here's a piece I wrote for Harper’s about chronic pain sufferers cut off from their medication—a story of destructive drug policy, medical abandonment, and the nightmare of untreated pain, as insurers refused to cover essential care.
The Pain Refugees, by Brian Goldstone
The forgotten victims of America’s opioid crisis
harpers.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
YES, just posted about this
No way I'd sign such crap.
December 9, 2024 at 3:44 PM
No way I'd sign such crap.
When a reporter writes praising an Exec whose healthcare company's stock prices goes up while thousands are dying from lack of care due to that company's denial of their claims, how would you interpret that Brandy? Maybe if you'd covered that story there wouldn't have been a murder.
December 4, 2024 at 11:47 PM
When a reporter writes praising an Exec whose healthcare company's stock prices goes up while thousands are dying from lack of care due to that company's denial of their claims, how would you interpret that Brandy? Maybe if you'd covered that story there wouldn't have been a murder.
I used to go through a box of those in 15 minutes. And the tell my wife when she was looking for them that I ha no idea we even had any.
August 26, 2023 at 6:49 PM
I used to go through a box of those in 15 minutes. And the tell my wife when she was looking for them that I ha no idea we even had any.
Well, then hell,
happy birthday to you.
happy birthday to you.
August 26, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Well, then hell,
happy birthday to you.
happy birthday to you.
According to rightwngers they were all created by arson. I guess we have a lot more arsonists burning down forests than when I was younger. And much better at making big fires than those old shitty arsonists from my youth.
August 19, 2023 at 12:16 PM
According to rightwngers they were all created by arson. I guess we have a lot more arsonists burning down forests than when I was younger. And much better at making big fires than those old shitty arsonists from my youth.
Great piece. We need more left activists like those in Charlottesville . Sadly, we don’t seem to have many.
August 17, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Great piece. We need more left activists like those in Charlottesville . Sadly, we don’t seem to have many.
Sounds like th e good old USA meets this definition.
August 17, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Sounds like th e good old USA meets this definition.
Oh l thought that flat screen was some new slang term. I didn’t realize it just meant LED, QLED or OLED TVs. SMH
August 17, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Oh l thought that flat screen was some new slang term. I didn’t realize it just meant LED, QLED or OLED TVs. SMH