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1/I've said many times that I am poor because I am unemployed (except for my writing) and I am unemployed because I am disabled.
I am now officially rejecting that shit.
I am still disabled. I still am not employed.
#Disability #ChronicIllness #poverty
I am now officially rejecting that shit.
I am still disabled. I still am not employed.
#Disability #ChronicIllness #poverty
2/But the reason I am unemployed is because society has deemed me disposable. This isn't on me.
#disabled #DisabledPeopleMatter #PplWDisabilitiesMATTER
#disabled #DisabledPeopleMatter #PplWDisabilitiesMATTER
3/It's because society has decided the WANTS of the abled (specifically in my case, to use fragrance and decorate with balloons) are more important than my survival. This isn't on me.
#BanBalloonsInstead #fragrance #MCS #MCAS #allergy #asthma
#BanBalloonsInstead #fragrance #MCS #MCAS #allergy #asthma
I have been battling a new health crisis since my surgery was postponed June 15.
There is no way to adequately articulate--even as a writer--the breadth of hardship inflicted on sick Americans by the Trump presidency & Trump-led #GOP, like lame-duck @SpeakerRyan.
#healthcare
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There is no way to adequately articulate--even as a writer--the breadth of hardship inflicted on sick Americans by the Trump presidency & Trump-led #GOP, like lame-duck @SpeakerRyan.
#healthcare
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The @CDCgov cites 133M as the number of chronically-ill Americans who have #cancer, like I do, or another illness that impedes their daily lives.
The majority of that 40% of the US population still have to work despite often disabling illness because we cannot afford not to.
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The majority of that 40% of the US population still have to work despite often disabling illness because we cannot afford not to.
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I've been writing about #healthcare in America since I was a cub reporter and put on a small story in the mid-80s that turned into a much bigger story: #AIDS.
When you're in your 20s writing about other 20somethings dying, it changes you.
Then I got #breastcancer at 26.
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When you're in your 20s writing about other 20somethings dying, it changes you.
Then I got #breastcancer at 26.
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I had another life-threatening heart/lung episode today.
I'm not sure how much of it had to do with my cutting my heart meds back to once a day while appealing the increased price by my health insurance from $120 for 60 pills to $1k for 60 pills.
We had to call 9/11.
Scary.
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I'm not sure how much of it had to do with my cutting my heart meds back to once a day while appealing the increased price by my health insurance from $120 for 60 pills to $1k for 60 pills.
We had to call 9/11.
Scary.
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I couldn't afford to go to the hospital--when you call 9/11 the city charges you $1,200 for the trip to nearest hospital.
They only accept cash.
The EMTs checked me out, told me to take the heart meds the way they were prescribed, established I wasn't in VFib, just SVT AFib.
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They only accept cash.
The EMTs checked me out, told me to take the heart meds the way they were prescribed, established I wasn't in VFib, just SVT AFib.
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So all day, instead of doing work that needs to be done, I have been trying to get my heart rate under 140, which given my lung meds increase my heart rate, has been more work: breathing exercises my PT taught me, single nostril breathing @HillaryClinton taught me (try it).
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Hours of my work day and my very limited energy have been spent fighting with my health insurance company about my coverage.
As of January, my freaking premium now costs $1,978.10 PER MONTH.
This is what Trump did to sick people & everyone applauded last night at the #SOTU
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As of January, my freaking premium now costs $1,978.10 PER MONTH.
This is what Trump did to sick people & everyone applauded last night at the #SOTU
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I have no idea who has this kind of money but it's more than I make.
The sicker you are, the more expensive your plan.And there's no option because the #GOP allowed health insurance companies (who just got a huge tax cut) to charge whatever they want for coverage.
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The sicker you are, the more expensive your plan.And there's no option because the #GOP allowed health insurance companies (who just got a huge tax cut) to charge whatever they want for coverage.
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So The Wife, who is the same age as I am and who has the exact same plan, pays $239.00 a month for hers.
This is America right now for sick people. I would qualify for #Medicaid expansion if I lived in a different state, but I do not.
This is madness. Just madness.
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This is America right now for sick people. I would qualify for #Medicaid expansion if I lived in a different state, but I do not.
This is madness. Just madness.
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#AirPollution is considered the most important environmental risk causing 1 in 8 premature deaths. That counts 6.5 million per year. 
At least 80% of the world population is exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution. Lack of #AirQuality data could cause underestimations
