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The death of Carrie Ann Lucas is inspiring people to start the Medical Abuse Hotline.
This has been needed for a long time and is long overdue.
Carrie Ann Lucas's blog post documenting how what became her end-of-life care cost her ability to speak, and endless trauma and medical errors.
Carrie Ann Lucas died because United Healthcare didn't want to pay $2k for a life-saving antibiotic. Instead, what turned into her end of life care cost over $1million.
Because they denied an antibiotic that should never have cost so much in the first place.
During Katrina, one hospital used morphine and versed to kill patients deemed too fat or too sick to rescue.
Discussion of the ethics of spraying pesticides across entire communities to reduce mosquito borne diseases in Michigan.
People have good reason to be distrustful, from Agent Orange to Flint’s lead-tainted water.