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William Lindsey :toad:

Infectious disease doctor Jade Pagkas-Bather of University of Chicago responds to the Trump administration's mass firing of workers in the CDC and HHS:

“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”


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wired.com/story/cdc-gutted-rif

WIRED · The CDC Has Been GuttedBy Leah Feiger
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William Lindsey :toad:

“We’ve had a lot of devastating days, but this really is unfathomable. It’s astounding, it will affect patients with all kinds of different kinds of infections, and Americans will suffer, and people will die, and that’s a horrible thing to see coming.”

~ Wendy Armstrong, director of infectious diseases at the University of Colorado


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thebulwark.com/p/people-will-d

The Bulwark · ‘People Will Die’—RFK Jr. Guts America’s Health BureaucracyBy Jonathan Cohn
William Lindsey :toad:

"According to a report from Rachel Maddow on Tuesday evening (which I cannot independently verify), the HHS cuts will close all HHS programs that provide care and support for Alzheimer’s victims and their families."

~ Robert B. Hubbell


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roberthubbell.substack.com/p/w

Today's Edition Newsletter · We have every reason to be hopeful, but no reason to be complacentBy Robert B. Hubbell
Apr 02, 2025, 02:08 PM·Public·Web
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William Lindsey :toad:

As Emily Singer notes, Republican senator Cassidy gave the GOP game plan away yesterday when he slipped and said,

"Let's look at Medicare: Is there some way we can cut Medicare so that, excuse me, reform Medicare so that benefits stay the same but that it's less expensive, more efficient?"


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dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/1/

Daily KosSenate Republican accidentally admits GOP is coming for MedicareRepublican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana slipped up on Monday, admitting that congressional Republicans are coming for Medicare. In an appearance on CNBC, Cassidy said congressional Republicans ...
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DEDGirl

@wdlindsy Droll coming from 2 guys that definitely require alzheimers care. 🙄 EVERYONE should have been righteous enough to be born into a wealthy family so they can afford care when they’re elderly & decrepit like these morally inglorious bastards! 😡

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Nead

@wdlindsy Loose lips sink ships.

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Pusher of Pixels

@wdlindsy

Cassidy: Could we make it more efficient?

Sure: cutting out redundant paper work alone would save 100s billions. literally just provide care w/o respect to insurance and insane amounts of efficiency magically appear.

Cassidy: No not like that

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huntingdon

@wdlindsy

Louisiana's congresscritters all seem to have a death wish for their fellow Americans.

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