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Help! My patient’s suicidal: How the US healthcare system is failing people in acute crisis

DocForeman: I’m here with Dr. Bill Schmitz, Licensed Psychologist, Suicidologist, and past board member of the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Schmitz is a recognized national expert on suicide and primary and mental health care integration. Dr. Schmitz, if you

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Unicorns, my anus*, and healthcare for all: Three things adults don’t discuss in polite conversation

Or: Eight things I learned about healthcare when my daughter got sick today. “I’d like socialized medicine. Of course I’d also like Unicorns to fall out of my anus*; but today, all I really need is a referral to some

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Healthcare: Break-downs, workarounds, and upgrades

When I was in college I had this car. Her name was Betsy. She was a 1985 Mustang hatchback…She was small, zippy, and I could fit everything I owned into her, a prized feature for someone living a nomadic student

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Healthcare in America: All safety nets and no trapeze

“Some men look at things the way they are and ask why? I dream of things that are not and ask why not?” — Robert Kennedy I remember watching a live trapeze act at the Ringling Brother’s circus as a

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Occupy Healthcare on Twitter
tikkunolamtikkunolam: Medical care in the U.S.: A matter of Life or Debt || #occupyhealthcare #singlepayernow #VoteGreen http://t.co/vwoM4T7SW3
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tikkunolamtikkunolam: Greed, fear and other barriers to #healthcare as a #humanright || #occupyhealthcare #singlepayer #singlepayernow http://t.co/U92xxVfLZg
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chronicpainawarchronicpainawar: @deedeeb8 THE ACA an acronym for "A"ll of the great doctors will "C"ost you "A"nother $10,000/yr..#occupyhealthcare #noobamacare
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