The first step toward whatever the rest of my life is

after 22 years of busting my ass & frying my #ActuallyAutistic brain in #SickCareForProfit USA hospital labs in 12 states

starts with my cleaning/packing up & getting the hell out of this $1,400/mo room in Laurel, MD on Wednesday 4/15/26!

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Ricky DiStefano (Steph's temp/travel Medical Laboratory Scientist recruiter with a healthcare temp agency): Stephanie - hey, it's Ricky. Give me a call when you get this - bad news unfortunately. The upcoming contract said they no longer need a traveler in that department so they are cancelling the contract. That's just all I can really know now. You know, I hope it's not for any of the requests that you made. With the reasoning they're giving, it's not (YEAH, freaking RIGHT!!!) - but I told my client manager it seems kind of odd. We'll find something, so... It's not the news you wanted, but I am going to start getting you in for jobs. I just want to give you a heads up. I can hopefully still get you something to start by April 27 so that doesn't change (YEAH, RIGHT - at least 3 more months out of work like November 2023 to March 2024!). I will start to submit you today. I just wanted to give you a heads up. Call me when you get this message. Thank you!

Atlantic Health is most recent of several #SickCareForProfit systems that rescinded a contract because I am #ActuallyAutistic.

Silly I believed I would be able to work in Clinical Microbiology for 1st time in 11 years, starting 4/27/26.

#ThanksTrump‼️

Thanks, #Ableist #SickCareForProfit‼️

🤬

#ActuallyAutistic adults who demand justice, fairness, & equality

(& are derided by "normal" folks as being "mentally ill" for said demands - my TRUE 2014 story by an "EAP counselor" for a #SickCareForProfit corporation)

have *NOT* conceded that view as a foregone conclusion.

🫂 🙂

After Man’s Death Following Insurance Denials, West Virginia Tackles Prior Authorization - KFF Health News After Eric Tennant died, his widow vowed to speak out against West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency, which had denied cancer treatment recommended by Tennant’s doctor. Her efforts paid off...

#SickCareForProfit kills human beings‼️

🤬

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

#SickCareForProfit

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRPO...

but it is *DANGEROUS* to expect patients to self-diagnose whether their perception of an emergency is a true medical emergency! 🤬

January 29, 2018

Vox (Sarah Kliff)

"ER visit, $12,000 bill, & #SickCareForProfit "insurer" that wouldn't pay"

archive.ph/nRZCy

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Where to Start if Insurance Has Denied Your Service and Will Not Pay - Patient Advocate Foundation In this article you will learn that if your insurance plan refuses to approve or pay for a medical claim, including tests, procedures or specific care ordered by your doctor, you have guaranteed right...

I wonder whether #SickCareForProfit corporations are keeping law firms in beaucoup business by denying coverage for ER visits their Monday morning quarterback docs deem "non-emergency" after the fact.

🤬

www.patientadvocate.org/explore-our-...

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Single Payer 'Hands Down' the Best Way to Solve High Healthcare Costs, Advocate Says Series poses questions about healthcare costs to top economists and policy experts

#MedicareForAll should definitely accomplish a significantly better job
than #SickCareForProfit has

of increasing lower 99% income USA humans' access to their constitutional rights to life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness‼️

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs | KFF This data note reviews our recent polling data that finds that many Americans struggle to afford many aspects of health care, including disproportionate shares of uninsured adults, Black and Hispanic ...

#SickCareForProfit in USA has failed‼️

www.kff.org/health-costs...

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Stephanie Mathis (OP) smiles while holding sign that reads, "Healthcare - NOT wealth care!"

#NoKings‼️

Replace #SickCareForProfit in USA with #MedicareForAll, *STAT*‼️

#WereNotAskingWereDemanding‼️

🇺🇸💪❤️

The experience left her grieving a child she had wanted,

on the hook for thousands of dollars in #SickCareForProfit bills & hemorrhaging due to the delay in receiving care,

according to the complaint.

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'People Can't Afford Healthcare': Sanders Rips Pentagon Request for Another $200 Billion | Common Dreams "People can't afford childcare," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "And this guy, in addition to giving tax breaks to billionaires, now wants to spend another $200 billion on a war that should never have been...

Keep calling out #EndStageCapitalism & #SickCareForProfit, Senator Bernie!

🐦🇺🇲💪❤️

www.commondreams.org/news/pentago...

The Illusion of Evidence: Why Fake AI Citations Demand Caution in Nursing » College of Nursing » University of Florida By Hwayoung Cho, PhD, RN Have you ever drafted a paragraph for a class assignment, presentation, literature review, patient education handout or research manuscript and then asked an AI tool, “Can you...

Will it be possible in Brave New Fucking USA #SickCareForProfit
to sue any AI program for medical malpractice⁉️

nursing.ufl.edu/2026/03/17/t...

I developed 2 mg tolerance for Xanax (prescription 0.5 mg every 8 hours as needed for anxiety)

bc impact of behavior of extremely hateful "teammate" (that word in HR documents makes me 🤣☠️) Linda in VB, early 60s but had to work for #SickCareForProfit coverage of sick husband

Book Review: These Are the Plunderers - CFA Institute Enterprising Investor The PE playbook is always the same: Borrow money to acquire the firm, saddle it with debt, and extract exorbitant management fees.

I highly recommend this book to learn more about #SickCareForProfit enshittification of hospitals & other healthcare facilities in USA by private equity!

blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/202...

Why Rural Hospitals Are Facing a Funding Crisis — and How It Could Get Worse Since 2005, nearly 200 rural hospitals have completely or partially closed, and over 400 — more than 20 percent of rural hospitals — are at risk of closure.

#SickCareForProfit 😰🤬

(February 9, 2026)

www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...

Single Payer 'Hands Down' the Best Way to Solve High Healthcare Costs, Advocate Says Series poses questions about healthcare costs to top economists and policy experts

Replace #SickCareForProfit in USA with #MedicareForAll, *STAT*‼️

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Before we talk about Medicare for All, we need to talk about how healthcare is actually paid for This is the first in a series on single-payer healthcare in America.

#SickCareForProfit in USA vs.
#MedicareForAll

open.substack.com/pub/julieoli...

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Down with #Ableist #Eugenic #SickCareForProfit!

#MedicareForAll NOW!

Will this be a repeat of my 11/2023 through 3/11/24 unemployment experience (or longer this time)?!

#SickCareForProfit

🤬

Lisa Petersen, Reiki therapist in Williston, VT, suggested in 2019 that I ought to start my own business helping #ActuallyAutistic women get & keep jobs, anyway... 🌞

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Hospital Prices Drive High Healthcare Costs, Economist Says New series poses questions about healthcare costs to top economists and policy experts

#SickCareForProfit

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

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Price Controls 'Inevitable' in U.S. Healthcare, Economist Says New series poses questions about healthcare costs to top economists and policy experts

#SickCareForProfit

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

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#SickCareForProfit

#SickCareForProfit

#MillerMuskTrumpRegime

#Ableism

#Eugenics

#Fascism

🤬

#SickCareForProfit

#EndStageCapitalism

#Fascism

#Ableism

#Eugenics

🤬

(Feel free to reply with additional important hashtags I may have forgotten!)

She asked me not to discuss this w/ anyone.

How can we demand better healthcare for our senior citizens who have raised us, helped us, loved us throughout our lives if we keep #SickCareForProfit #EndStageCapitalism
#MillerMuskTrumpRegime
#Fascist #Ageist reprehensible agenda & actions silent?

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Also, recently some of Mom's other meds have ⬆️ from no co-pay to $1, & from $1 co-pay to $2.

Mom & my stepdad Joe are *NOT* on any kind of #MedicareDisAdvantage #SickCareForProfit $ sucking or grifting plan.

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Walter Reed military hospital formalizes deal with Kaiser Permanente to prepare for mass casualties in future wars The deal was finalized as 31,000 Kaiser workers are on strike across California and Hawaii, underscoring the political significance of their struggle.

#MilitaryIndustrialComplex

#EndStageCapitalism

#SickCareForProfit

🤬

wsws.org/en/articles/...

#SickCareForProfit

#Patriarchy

#Misogyny

🤬

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...