Make America Healthy Again - Trump populism comes to health regulation (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

This is going to need a thread as we move forward - there are now clear signs that Trump supports a new, critical if not dubious approach on vaccination, and his HHS nominee RFK Jr. regularly espouses eating raw milk and raw meat . . . dietary components most experts agree are more dangerous than their heated counterparts.

Health is certainly one of those areas were anti-institutionalism and turning to popular influencers over medical science comes with genuine risk of harm.

Today Trump provided his most clear indication that he is a vaccine skeptic - claiming (falsely of course) that the USA doesn't "do as well" as other nations that use no vaccines at all.

 

[fooferdoggie]

in an interview, its obvious Brainworm has no clue what's going on in his department and what's being cut. this is typical trump admin no one knows whats going on ns trump is the biggest clueless idiot.

Trump administration lays off cruise ship inspectors despite recent disease outbreaks​

Trump administration lays off cruise ship inspectors despite recent disease outbreaks

The staff is not paid for by taxpayer dollars but by fees from cruise ships companies.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[longtime lurker]

Make this make sense.

All of these institutions disappearing that we counted on to keep us and our neighbors safe….MAGA are returning us to the 1890s.

 

[longtime lurker]

Delusional….

Republican says Americans will accept cuts to Medicaid

The White House has strongly denied President Trump has any plans to cut Medicaid.

www.newsweek.com

 

[fooferdoggie]

Delusional….

Republican says Americans will accept cuts to Medicaid

The White House has strongly denied President Trump has any plans to cut Medicaid.

www.newsweek.com

well MAGA wil for sure.

 

[bird]

Delusional….

Republican says Americans will accept cuts to Medicaid

The White House has strongly denied President Trump has any plans to cut Medicaid.

www.newsweek.com

Even so-called rational Republicans are RWNJs

 

[Dragon]

well MAGA wil for sure.

Just roll back the massive tax cuts for the top 1%, and there’s more than enough money to go around. But no—typical MAGA, still sipping the Kool-Aid and cheering on billionaires buying their next jet or yacht, while everyday people struggle to get the retirement benefits they’ve spent a lifetime paying into.

 

[Lapaz]

Delusional….

Republican says Americans will accept cuts to Medicaid

The White House has strongly denied President Trump has any plans to cut Medicaid.

www.newsweek.com

There may be enough Americans that don't care, because hurting the neediest and most vulnerable people plays well in the Republican party. They think it is tough, and they are welfare queens. It is so simple-minded, and only if it impacts them or someone they care about will they find empathy.

 

[MT15]

Scientist says the measles outbreak is being minimized.

 

[MT15]

They cut health inspections for cruise ships while we are having a higher rate of norovirus outbreaks. And the program was paid for by the cruise lines, not by taxpayers. It makes zero sense.

 

[Optimus Prime]

If the inspectors were paid for by the cruise lines how can the government fire them?

 

[fooferdoggie]

They cut health inspections for cruise ships while we are having a higher rate of norovirus outbreaks. And the program was paid for by the cruise lines, not by taxpayers. It makes zero sense.

because idiot kids are doing it with no clue or care about things.

 

[superchuck500]

 

[Optimus Prime]

A program that provides free healthcare to first responders and survivors of the World Trade Center terror attacks has been in turmoil for months, with services cut, restored and cut again as part of the Trump administration’s “restructuring” of the federal health department.

Following the most recent cuts, groups representing survivors and even Democratic US senators say they have no clarity on how the program will continue to provide benefits.

“This is bureaucratic cruelty,” said Michael Barasch, an attorney who represents thousands of first responders and survivors of the attacks. Barasch himself was a downtown Manhattan office worker on September 11.

“You’ve got people with [post-traumatic stress disorder], which was diagnosed from all the body parts they were picking up, all that trauma – these people rely on treatment. Can you imagine their level of anxiety? Their level of anxiety is skyrocketing,” said Barasch.

Barasch said other clients undergoing cancer treatment and seeking yearly check-ups have no idea if upcoming visits will be covered.

He said clients were asking: “Who’s going to pay for my chemotherapy? Do I go for my annual physical? Is that still scheduled?”

The World Trade Center Health Program is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under its worker safety arm, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Both agencies, which are organized under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have come under severe attack by the Trump administration.………

‘Bureaucratic cruelty’: 9/11 responders and survivors shaken by US health cuts

World Trade Center healthcare program for people affected by attacks is in turmoil over Trump officials’ overhaul

www.theguardian.com

 

[bird]

Key takeaway is that RFK, Jr. is a dilettante and an azzhat who knows literally nothing beyond what another bunch of cranks have bleated.

 

[MT15]

If the inspectors were paid for by the cruise lines how can the government fire them?

The program was administered by the CDC, using CDC employees. But they collected fees from the cruise lines to cover the cost of the inspections. That’s how I read it anyway.