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Beth Swanson retweeted
One thing that shaped me was when I was writing my college thesis on health insurance I met with leading economists, lawyers, political scientists, and industry officials and no person could point to a single reason the private health insurance industry existed.
Beth Swanson retweeted
When the ACA gets repealed, the blue states should form a treaty alliance to create a massive big blue health care market that provides affordable health care for citizens in blue states with the ACA features.
If those states form a common market, they can negotiate drug
Beth Swanson retweeted
Final stage of the Spider validation! We are now assessing if the Spider can measure change over time. Hoping for as many volunteers as our last study (10,000!). So grateful for the HSD/hEDS community and their contribution to research 🦓 @jvsimmonds01
hypermobility.org/research-1…
Beth Swanson retweeted
CNN: "Here’s why #MedicalGaslighting has taken social media by storm"
'28 million of us, according to data from the US Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics — who’ve suffered from long Covid, struggling with doctors’ preference for..
cnn.com/2023/09/06/opinions/…
Beth Swanson retweeted
THEY DID IT!!! @GovInslee just signed a historic package of gun safety bills into law banning assault weapons, holding the gun industry accountable, requiring waiting periods and promoting secure storage — surrounded by the Washington @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers 💪
Beth Swanson retweeted
What is happening in Tennessee right now should be the lead story everywhere.
Beth Swanson retweeted
In the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, thousands of young people descended on their state Capitol to demand their legislators do something.
What did the GOP-led legislature do?
Move to expel the Dems who stood with those young people.
The GOP chooses guns over kids.
“A resolution to expel Justin Jones from his seat as a member of the House of Representatives…”
Just handed this on the House floor, but they still have to vote. We’ll not be intimidated. THE PEOPLE are demanding we act to stop kids from being murdered in school. #goodtrouble
Beth Swanson retweeted
1. Ban assault weapons
2. Database of ammo purchases. If I have a record of sudafed purchases, ammo can too
3. 21 for hand guns, 18 for shotguns
4. Mandatory background check and waiting period.
5. Must complete gun safety training.
6. Must have gun insurance
7. Rights to sue
Beth Swanson retweeted
✨ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!✨
in honor of #DisabilityAwarenessMonth, I’ve been working behind the scenes on a YA (+ middle grade) disability database and I can now officially say that it’s LIVE!! 💖
any support (RTs, clicks, etc.) is appreciated! 🥰
— LINK: yadisabilitydatabase.com
Beth Swanson retweeted
Live your life in such a way that if you die at 99 it’s still too soon. #BettyWhite
Beth Swanson retweeted
"I paid off my student loans despite predatory interest rates & high tuition—why shouldn't everyone else?"
Because surviving a past injustice doesn't mean we perpetuate it into the future—it means we work to stop it as soon as possible. Let's reform tuition & #CancelStudentDebt.
Beth Swanson retweeted
Why is charging $50 for a $6 case of water during a hurricane considered price gouging, but charging $700 for a $5 vial of insulin is considered health care?
Beth Swanson retweeted
I just don't understand why opening back up as people get vaccinated also has to mean closing down all the accessibile alternatives created in the last year
Beth Swanson retweeted
I wrote about how I think there should be a new WPA for the Covid era and particularly a new Federal Writers' Project, recording the history of the pandemic as it happened and is happening to ordinary people: msnbc.com/opinion/fdr-paid-a…
Beth Swanson retweeted
I wrote about online harassment of female journalists, and how news organizations are grappling with the increasingly vicious situation. Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece @lilsarg @wagatwe @stevenjay
vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/…
Beth Swanson retweeted
Health care? For profit
Electricity? For profit
Housing? For profit
Public college loans? For profit
People aren't broke because things naturally just cost too much. People are broke because America prioritizes giving companies profits for things that should be human rights.
Beth Swanson retweeted
Check it: @KatherineLewis realized there's no conference for parenting writers, so she made one!
Announcing the first annual Parenting Journalists Conference, Mar 12-13. Earlybird is just $49 for the whole shebang, & the speakers are FANTASTIC!!!
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Beth Swanson retweeted
Dear US Congress, how about y’all remember THIS #MLK quote:
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
—A Time to Break the Silence: April 4, 1967 – at San Antonio, TX