Many years ago I needed an emergency hysterectomy due to extreme and uncontrollable blood loss.
I spent five days in the hospital and was discharged despite obvious complications.
My surgeon had a vacation planned and wanted me gone.
I had to go to the ER four separate times to be taken seriously, and the fourth trip required a man to advocate on my behalf.
The result? A huge internal bleed and infected abscess that required a second surgery and a month long hospital stay.
The bill? $0.
Because it was in Canada.
This is why I say healthcare is a basic human right.
The way I was treated was appalling, but let’s not pretend that patients don’t face similar barriers and misdiagnoses every day all around the world.
We should not have to suffer financial ruin because we got sick.
We shouldn’t fear bankruptcy because a doctor or hospital delayed our care.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
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“In a recent series of experiments, we paid people a few dollars to unfollow the most divisive political accounts on X. After a month, they reported feeling 23% less animosity towards other political groups. In fact, their experience was so positive that nearly half the people declined to refollow those hostile accounts after the study was over. And those who maintain their healthier newsfeed reported less animosity a full 11 months after the study.”
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Interesting: If you ignore a problem that isnt on your doorstep yet, you feel less anxiety. If you do that regularly, you might decide not to involve yourself in "other people's proplems".
Now imagine you are being mistreated and everbody else thinks like this. I'd say that'd be it for you.
Of course there is a difference between "divisive" and "calling out growing fascism" for example.
You - and everyone else - should feel a lot of anxiety because of it. That is a healthy reaction.
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