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Investigative journalist writing about health, science, and drugs, especially 🌿. @theguardian.com contributor.
soon to be epidemiologist in training!
ex-marketplace, ex-spotify. jewish filipino queer. 🏳️🌈
chicago now 🌭 missing LA 🍵
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There isn’t always sufficient insurance coverage for that to happen.
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My analysis of S&P global data and federal court records shows that bankruptcies among private equity backed health companies facing legal action have spiked in recent years. There were at least 25 such filings from 2023-24. That’s
more than 2010-2022 combined.
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Link to the investigation here:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The private equity playbook means pushing investments close to the margin, which can result in bankruptcy, according to law professor Samir Parikh. But when investors take on life and death responsibilities, “it’s no longer acceptable to just say, ‘oh, sorry, this entity is now bankrupt.’”
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wonder if the "Other White" thing is related to the recent successful pressure from Middle Eastern groups to get broken out of the "white" category on the census
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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The suggestions for the “other” category include Lebanese, Egyptian and Iranian, so I’m not sure..
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Makes sense!
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JFC
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An org I’m familiar with has offered undergrads with zero experience and a weekend orientation the opportunity to suture.
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I have never heard of this!
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yeah it feels like the system is designed to torture us!
make ours one of the few medications that doesn't refill automatically...
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And?
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I thought it was invented in Atlanta?
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I should say cocaine was first isolated in Germany, but became popularized as a medicine in the US
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I will try to find out. Hoping to do a few stories while I’m here but I am still new to the Colombian situation.
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You just did!
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Speaker is Mauro Moreno, drug checking service coordinator
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Likely a glitch. Which is also unsettling. 🧪
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