health care

About to Collapse Anyway--the not so affordable care act is disintegrating faster than the middle class

Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sun, 08/28/2016 - 7:40pm

So here comes Mr. Hope-and-Change riding out of Illinois to save the health of our nation. A tenacious champion for the rights of the common man, this brave knight of Game-a-lot, lance in arm, was ready to slay the dragons of uninsured America. Behold, prior to his first battle with the League of Red Knights, he threw down his lance, but continued advancing toward them. But, wait, he then started to dance, a most unknightly thing to do.

The Disaster Area America Calls Health Care

Submitted by michelewln on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 3:18pm

I saw the Physician's Assistant yesterday for the follow-up from the hospital stay. I really like this woman. She was reading my chart carefully. I was in the hospital from July 15th through the 20th for Pneumonia due to infectious organism, COPD, and Sepsis. Gina kept trying to find that the experts in pulmonary problems and COPD were working on controlling my COPD and she was coming up with no information.

VA opens gender clinic in Cleveland

Submitted by Robyn on Thu, 11/12/2015 - 2:05pm

A ceremony was held today in the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center to announce the opening of the GIVE (Gender Identity Veteran Experience) clinic.

The clinic will have an initial enrollment of 20 transgender veterans, aged 21 to 75. GIVE will be open on a half day each month and will be supervised by Dr. Megan McNamara, who began working with trans veterans two years ago. Dr. McNamara is a primary care and women's health doctor. She will be the clinical lead physician. The treatment team will also include a nurse, a psychologist, and a social worker.

It felt like a good fit for me, professionally, and I felt that a lot of patients could use this service.

--Dr. McNamara

Duke University Hospital opens new gender clinic

Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 09/20/2015 - 1:52pm

Duke University Health System of Durham, NC has created a new clinic to treat children and teems with gender identity and development issues.

photo Hunter_zpsztpcxong.jpgThe clinic will address young people who are transgender or intersex as well as those who may have genital development or puberty issues.

The link above provides some background through the story of Hunter Schafer, one of Duke's patients.

The social costs of denying health care for transfolk

Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 09/09/2015 - 2:12pm

For background you might read Joan McCarter's How bad is health insurance for trans people? Really, really bad.

A new nationwide survey measures the social cost of health care providers denying care to transgender people.

As a result of being denied insurance coverage for transition-related medical care, 35% of survey respondents reported needing psychotherapy, 23% became unemployed, 15% attempted suicide, 15% ended up on public assistance programs and 14% became homeless.

The report also discovered that 37% of respondents who were denied care turned to drugs and/or alcohol and 36% developed other physical symptoms.

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