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Our
#FDATaskForce
is ON THE HILL (~virtually~) to ensure patients are put first at the FDA and in
#PDUFA
negotiations. Read our press release:
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"If guns made us safer, we'd be the safest country in the world."
America:
• 400 million guns
• homicide rate - 26x that of peer nations
• last school year - deadliest on record
• this year - 33 incidents of gunfire on school grounds (it's March)
•
#1
killer of kids - guns
After yesterday’s mass shooting that killed three children and three staff members at Covenant School in Nashville, our founder,
@Shannonrwatts
, told
@JoyAnnReid
how weak gun laws in Tennessee are contributing to the spike in gun homicides in that state.
#TNLeg
@thereidout
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Former government ethics lawyers say that Tom Price’s stock deals warrant investigation.
#PriceIsWrong
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An important thread by Andy Slavitt
COVID Update May 4: We’ve been lied to about the potential death toll in this country & it matters. 1/
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Join students across the country in a National School Walkout on March 14th to protest the failure of Congress to confront the public health crisis of gun violence
#DocsForGunSafety
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AMEN!
There are 2 things the pandemic shows has to change about US health care.
-payments should be to doctors not insurance companies
-health insurance should be tied to existence not employment
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"The Democratic-led House passed a bill this week to build on the ACA and give more people access to health coverage. The GOP is going in the exact opposite direction. If GOP got their way, 23 million people would lose coverage."
@ASlavitt
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Andy Slavitt, Dr. Mark McClellan & 19 health leaders .. We are asking decision-makers at all levels to
#OpenSafely
— to move along the path of opening up our communities again as deliberately as necessary and as quickly as can be safely accomplished. Opening up safely means:
BREAKING: Americans want their sense of normalcy back - but not at the cost of people’s lives. Today 20 bipartisan health care leaders and I joined forces to outline how our government can
#OpenSafely
amid COVID-19. 1/
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Full Thread is Worth a Read - thanks
@Aslavitt
COVID Update June 18: Even as surges start to hit the South and West, all states must prepare for what’s next.
With only 5-7% of the public infected, we can’t be left as unprepared as Trump would have it. 1/
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"I think a much more aggressive and early use of the Defense Production Act in probably the February time frame would have saved a lot of the heartaches we are seeing right now with respect to PPE shortages across the country,"
@kellymagsamen
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Doctors and med students across the country thank Sens Murkowski, Collins and McCain for for putting
#PatientsOverPolitics
and voting no
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Member and Dr.
@MarionRSills
is here in Civic Center Park this morning with
@GiffordsCourage
to rally for gun violence research funding!
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The first rule for doctors is to do no harm. But the Title X gag rule will do harm. Here's what we had to say:
#ProtectX
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“As a pediatrician, I am deeply troubled that gun violence is a leading cause of death in children.” - Dr. Nina Agrawal
#EndTheBan
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From the Texas Anti-ICE Vigil this morning (co-sponsored by
@Doc4CampClosure
and
@SA_Stands
).
#FreeThemAll
#DetentionIsDeadly
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The emerging Senate repeal bill eviscerates protections for millions in employer plans nationwide.
#ProtectOurCare
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.
@ASlavitt
on DFA call: We must hold the Administration accountable for enforcing the law of the land.
#ProtectOurPatients
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A firearm in the home is 22 times more likely to be used to kill or injure in a domestic homicide, suicide, or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-defense. VOTE!
@votehealth2020
@ThisIsOurLane
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The alarming changes at
@USPS
are actively harming Americans. Our patients can't get the medicine they need.
We are demanding that USPS be restored to its full capacity.
Our health and lives depend on it.
#PatientsOverPolitics
Read our full letter here:
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THE TIME is NOW! Join frontline physicians urging a rapid and dramatic response to protect the public -- health workers need support and protection immediately. Sign on please.
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Join us with
@GiffordsCourage
&
@GabbyGiffords
Saturday, June 29th at 11am at the rotunda in the Orlando Museum of Art for a rally to tell the Senate: Congress must fund gun violence research!
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Tonight we stand with patients in front of the US Capitol urging against ACA repeal. Tell your Senator to
#VoteNo
202-224-3121
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.
@ASlavitt
urges doctors, and the patients they care for, to outreach to their members of Congress in every state to help
#ProtectOurCare
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The U.S. has sent 200 children to Mexico who are not from Mexico and have no known family in Mexico, without notifying their families.
"The expulsions put children from countries such as Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador at risk by sending them with no accompanying adult into a country where they have no family connections."
We have done this to at least 200 children so far...
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While the United States is finally reopening, other countries around the world are still seeing dangerous COVID-19 surges. The U.S. can be a leader in vaccine equity by helping to distribute the vaccine to countries in need.
#NOVID
@CongressmanRaja
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Systematic racism and economic disparities impact access to + trust in public health measures.
@celinegounder
@BHWilliamsMD
@CamaraJones
@ShaliniPammal
@AbraarKaran
discuss the
#COVID19Vaccine
and how we reach marginalized communities. Register:
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Panic-buying a gun can infect your home with something even more dangerous than coronavirus. While individuals defend themselves with a gun in less than 1% of crimes, access to a gun 3x the risk of death by suicide and doubles the risk of homicide.
#StopTheCoronavirusGunSurge
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@DrRobDavidson
@6nsinvt
@realDonaldTrump
Doctors and Nurses, please tell your frontline stories and use
#covid19Frontlines
--
#GetMePPE
thanks
@Drsforamerica
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In a big victory for women & families around the world, today the House passed a spending bill that includes a repeal of the
#GlobalGagRule
! Politicians should never come between a woman & her doctor - no matter where she lives.
#NoGagRule
#ProtectX
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If you're in
#Boston
and want to donate blood, here's info for the Red Cross Blood Donation Center:
http://t.co/LGLFACI3oK
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Enough is Enough. Support the movement to fight for a future free from gun violence
#WearOrange
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Congratulations to our DFA Founders Award recipients for 2022:
@DrsMeena
,
@rscot
,
@BijouBasu
Andrea Contreras, Dick Needleman, and
@snehadave98
! Presentations by
@atychen
and
@krishnanmd
cc:
@vivek_murthy
@DrMandyCohen
@BarackObama
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Last year candidates ran on gun safety.
This year, they’re passing—and signing—universal background checks legislation.
Check out the latest edition of Trendwatch from
@GiffordsCourage
for a breakdown of gun safety laws in the states ⬇️
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Thank you,
@SenBooker
,
@RepJayapal
, and
@RepBarragan
for introducing the
#HEAL4Immigrants
Act to remove barriers to health care for immigrants. Access to health care shouldn’t depend on immigration status.
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The fact is, judges are not medical experts! Check out our amicus briefs for more information about how safe, effective, and necessary mifepristone is for reproductive care.
#SCOTUS
J. Brown Jackson: do you think that courts have specialized scientific knowledge about pharmaceuticals. Do you have concerns about judges parsing scientific and medical studies?
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Join us w/
@uspirg
@ThisIsOurShot
on 3/10 for a free webinar featuring health experts + physicians sharing what you need to know about
#COVID19
vaccines and variants. Featuring
@angie_rasmussen
@NatashaBhuyan
@AmmahStarr
@arghavan_salles
#ThisIsOurShot
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Dangerous variants of COVID-19 are still emerging in countries struggling to end the pandemic - demonstrating that no one is safe until everyone is safe.
@CongressmanRaja
’s
#NOVID
bill would help to make vaccine equity a reality.
#VaccinEquity
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Health professionals are indeed horrified and exhausted by mass shooting events. DFA member
@JosephSakran
describes the life-threatening injuries may physicians see as a result of these awful events.
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.
@Surgeon_General
: gun violence is a public health issue that needs public investment.
#EndTheBan
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"This isnt a political question. This is a moral question of how we want to treat eachother as Americans."
@CongressmanRuiz
#ProtectPatients
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We need leaders that employ a comprehensive national strategy to
#COVID19
of ensuring
#PPE
, contact tracing, testing, & affordable treatment as the pandemic surges again.
#VoteHealth
this
#Election2020
to protect our colleagues, patients, & loved ones.
#Debates2020
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As we near the one year mark of the
#COVID19
pandemic, priorities have shifted to vaccinating + emerging. Discover new strategies for communicating about common misconceptions of the vaccine + how to address them in the community.
@uspirg
#ThisIsOurShot
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Sweet 16 party, elementary school, at home... Enough is enough.
“The idea that the solution to mass shootings is that we need more guns in the hands of more people in more places so that we’ll be able to protect ourselves — there’s no evidence that that’s true."
In a country with more guns than people, lax gun laws, an extreme Supreme Court, special protections for the gun industry, and politicians bought by the gun lobby—it's not surprising that we have the highest rate of gun violence among peer nations.
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Doctors intend to keep working to make health care a right for everyone in America. Our statement:
#ProtectOurCare
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The nature of
#COVID19
requires hospital & emergency staff to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) & a shortage of equipment is imminent.
#GetMePPE
#COVID19Frontlines
#DFAdocs
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Doctors and med students stand with House Dems in calls for common-sense gun reforms.
#NoBillNoBreak
#EndTheBan
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The NRA has blocked gun violence research for 20 years. It's time to end its stranglehold.
#EndtheBan
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"Sometimes I can hear the families sobbing and grieving outside of my office. You can hear the wailing, and the sobbing and the screaming and it tears your heart out"
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DFA is celebrating with you,
@vivek_murthy
and
@atychen
and for our nation!
#HealingAmerica
#PatientsOverPolitics
I never dreamed I’d have the honor to once again serve as Surgeon General. In this moment of crisis, I’m grateful for the opportunity to help end this pandemic, be a voice for science, and support our nation on its path to rebuilding and healing.
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It's time for state legislators & governors in the 21 remaining states to put down their partisan opposition and expand Medicaid.
#ACAWorks
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In Louisiana, the rush to sign up for Obamacare highlights a 'long overdue' demand for health insurance
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Doctors are
#wearingorange
today because there’s more we can do to save lives from gun violence. Take action -->
http://t.co/gsmf7OakzX
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Doctors for America will continue to advocate for gun violence prevention. Please register for our next event where we'll explore states' gun violence prevention policies, and how to identify advocacy action campaigns to amplify.
#ThisIsOurLane
#Uvalde
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Grant Wahl. Grant played a major role in driving interest for soccer across the U.S. His passion for the beautiful game and its ability to advance human rights will be missed. Our hearts are with his wife
@celinegounder
and his loved ones.
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Our work to
#KeepAmericaCovered
starts right now. Call your Senator to make your voice heard ➡️
#CoverageMatters
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Our Action Center is full of great opportunities for you to advocate and be heard on important issues that impact patients. What will you do today? -->
#PatientsOverPolitics
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This year, the
@AmerMedicalAssn
affirmed voting as a social determinant of health, and now we have a unique opportunity to make an impact on voter turnout this November! Print, download, & share:
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 8 to require a background check for the purchase of every gun. Call your Senator and urge them to support universal background checks. We must continue our work to curb gun violence.
Major gun safety legislation just passed in the House for the first time in over a decade. Now it’s time to call the senate.
Make your voice heard 🗣: Urge your senator to support background checks on every gun sale.👇
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Rounding out our phenomenal group of Copello Fellows presenting at
#NLCChicago2022
is
@mgranovetter
, MDPhD student at
@PittCMU_MSTP
, who is dedicated to making drugs more affordable+ to reforming health care financing. A leader of our AAC Impact Area & an awe-inspiring advocate.
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Coming to you from the White House on the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act! 🥳
@Angie_Bakke
@krishnanmd
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We call on the Senate to IMMEDIATELY return to Washington to address gun violence through three steps:
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We're thrilled that DFA leader
@reshmagar
will be taking part & testifying before the House oversight committee on drug pricing this Thursday 12/9. Learn more here:
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FACT SHEET: President Joe Biden to Announce First-Ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, An Effort Led by First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council via
@whitehouse
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We are excited to announce that we have merged with The National Physician Alliance. By merging, we will now have the power and voices of 30,000 doctors and medical students who will fight together and put Patients Over Politics. View our statement:
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We continue to believe we must
#EndTheBan
on research to fully address gun violence. We won't stop fighting.
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ACA has spurred the largest expansion in health coverage in America in half a century -
@latimes
.
http://t.co/BpcFNIpmKl
#GetCoveredNow
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Polls show far more Americans want to expand or keep the
#ACA
than want to repeal it.
#ProtectOurCare
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.
@ltonil
leads a discussion with
@deray
and physicians on making change in our communities.
#DFA2015
http://t.co/yTsssPBeHO
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"A truly great doctor is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget." Do your doctor a favor — get vaccinated! 😷💉
#NationalPhysiciansWeek
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Medicaid expansion is on the ballot today in South Dakota! We asked medical school students in SD why Medicaid expansion matters to them. 🧵
#MedicaidExpansion
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Miss our call last night with
@ASlavitt
and
@haroldpollack
? You can catch the recording here:
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Mifepristone is safe, effective, and has been used for more than 20 years.
Doctors for America is proud to stand with such powerful organizations that also work to put
#PatientsOverPolitics
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Thank you to all of those who attended our National Leadership Conference this past weekend in Baltimore and our lobby day in DC! A special thanks to our members for supporting DFA’s medical student scholarship fund!
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A special shout out to DFA member Dr. Richard Needleman for this recent op-ed about the need and willingness of North Carolinians to pass Medicaid expansion.
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Attend our Lunch & Learn in observance of
#NDAM
and the centennial of insulin's discovery, focused on
#insulin
access & affordability issues + the emergence of biosimilar insulin formulas. We'll be joined by
@klipskaMD
,
@Kidfears99
, &
@AmeetSarpatwari
.
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How common is intersex?
About 1.7% of people are born intersex. (Compare that to a ~0.3% chance of having identical twins!)
#TransIntersexSolidarity
@interACT_adv
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Want to show the special doctors in your life a little love during
#NationalPhysiciansWeek
? Take some advice from the little people who know them best! 😷💉
#ThisIsOurShot
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Things they don’t teach you how to treat in medical school:
➡️Patients not being able to afford their meds, their insurance or their hearing aids
#BuildBackBetter
caps insulin prices, expands ACA tax credits and adds hearing aid coverage. Let’s get it done.
#SOTU
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🚨Announcement🚨: Our own
@reshmagar
is testifying before the
@energycommerce
committee THIS THURSDAY to share strategies to support and strengthen the FDA!
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The chorus to end the ban is growing. 110 Reps, POTUS, and now the author of the amendment call to
#EndTheBan
.
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"It's not really healthcare; it's sick care." Doctors for America is working to fix the broken system that is healthcare. Help us to work towards the elimination of inequities and health disparities.
@rabrazzak
#PatientsOverPolitics
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A year ago today, 19 children and 2 adults were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX.
We at Doctors for America will not stop our fight to prevent more shootings like this.
No more thoughts and prayers; we need action.
#BanAssaultWeapons
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🔥Registration for our National Leadership Conference in September 2022 is now OPEN to ALL DFA paid members! We're IN PERSON in
#Chicago
& building an exciting lineup of speakers and special agenda sessions that you won't want to miss.
#NLCChicago2022
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The scientists who discovered insulin sold the patent for $1. They did their part; now we have to do ours. Pass
#InsulinForAll
to make sure companies don’t get to decide when insulin can be accessible.
In 1923, the inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 to save lives, not to turn pharma executives into billionaires. Today, I am introducing the Insulin for All Act w/
@RepCori
to cap the list price of insulin at no more than $20 per vial and put an end to corporate greed.
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Well Done
Nurse blows up the lie that wearing surgical masks impedes oxygen intake or increases CO2 intake
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Thank you,
@NancyPelosi
, for your leadership in calling to
#EndTheBan
!
I call on omnibus negotiators to remove the outrageous ban on federal research on gun violence. My full statement:
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