HIV Specialist. My ❤️ belongs to my bull terrier. Views are my own & not medical advice-call your provider.
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This is really scary. How many of our patients do this without us knowing? nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/…
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My colleagues and I at @Propublica are looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization — the extra layer of approval insurers require before covering a medical expense — impacts patients.
We need your help. 👇
propublica.org/getinvolved/p…
A patient’s insurance surprisingly covered Bedaquiline without a PA. Retail pharmacy sent it to specialty. Specialty pharmacy won’t fill it because they say it’s not a specialty med. Now the patient waits while they go in circles. As if it’s not for a serious infection.
Update. I got a call from Evernorth. Despite Accredo being affiliated w/them, they did not have a direct number to someone who can help. Only the provider services line. Accredo couldn’t call my LVN w/o the pt info, which I can’t disclose to Evernorth 🤨
@Evernorth I have been trying to get long-acting injectable PrEP for an adolescent from Accredo since June. I have the PA approval. My staff cannot get a straight answer on the delay. If this teen seroconverts, it will be because of your organization’s inaction. #HIVPrEP
I am sure this is all part of the issue with insurance companies owning PBMs and other healthcare delivery organizations. From what I can gather, Accredo falls under the Evernorth Umbrella which is part of The Cigna Group,
It’s why I appreciate what @mcuban is doing with his pharmacy and what @SenWarren is doing to try to break up these giant entities.
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Fauci was caring for AIDS patients when others wouldn’t even touch them. He fought harmful misinformation. He warned about the risk of a pandemic for years. You’re never going to convince me he’s a terrible person.
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Anyone else remember when Special K created their own diet and it was basically just eating two bowls of Special K every day and everyone accepted that as medically sound?
My foster dog Gretchen endured so much, living alone in a ditch and suffering from painful injuries. Now she’s safe and loved, but needs a hip replacement. If you’re able to donate, please click the link below. gofund.me/24bb2575e #bullterrier #minibullterrier #sanantonio
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Peter Deusberg has died. The biologist is centrally responsible for the HIV denialist movement, which has killed many people and which rages to this day. This despite the fact that combination antiretroviral therapy has been on the market for 30 years and has proven to be one of the most successful pharmaceutical interventions in history.
In the early 2000s, South Africa's president fell under the sway of American HIV denialism and delayed the roll out of HIV treatment. An estimated 300,000 people died as a result.
I interviewed Christine Maggiore, one of Duesberg's most able lieutenants, in 2006, right after her daughter died of AIDS. She was the most paranoid and mistrustful person I've ever met. She died of AIDS herself a few years later.
To put it simply: HIV, left untreated, causes AIDS. AIDS is fatal. But HIV treatment works. It extends life to near normal and it prevents transmission.
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Consider the source. "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS". RFK Jr. in a June 2023 interview with New York Magazine. You read the year correctly 2023 not 1981. HIV causes AIDS. Antiretrovirals including AZT have saved millions of lives.
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In symptomatic adults with a coronary artery calcification (CAC) score of zero, elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol were associated with increased risks for noncalcified plaques and future coronary heart disease events, especially in those younger than 45 years. ms.spr.ly/6010snfAj
I’ve been trying to get the other $54.12 refunded to me but in store and online customer service says there’s nothing they can do. I would get it if I were trying to return it after say, 90 days, but come on.
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