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Sunday’s Gratitude: I Am Resilient Day 14

Like most Black folks, I am resilient.  In the words of Maya Angelou:  You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You…

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Friday’s Fact: Healthcare Is Broken Day 12

You don’t have to do things the traditional way. You can create your way of doing things. With TBI, you have to if you want…

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Thursday’s Thought: Change is hard Day 11

Change is hard. We are comfortable with familiarity. Why fix it if it’s not broken? Why fix it if it still works? It doesn’t matter…

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Thursday’s Epiphany: I got lousy healthcare Day 4

Such an epiphany to finally understand and appreciate consistency. When things are inconsistent, they’re unpredictable, and that can cause angst. My baseline inconsistency took on…

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Findings Wings On The Way Down

Monday’s Thoughts: Finding Wings On The Way Down Day 1

Your thoughts become you. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right! I want a positive mindset and think only…

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Welcome Black Communities: Share Your Healthcare Stories

Share your Covid experience. Share your experience with the healthcare system. Join me Saturday, August 7, at 6-8 p.m. EST in The African-Caribbean Connect ClubHouse,…

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A Physician’s Perspective On How The Opioid Crisis Began

Purdue’s David Sackler Added to Colorado Opioid Lawsuit The actions of the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma included sharing studies that they knew were misleading,…

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States Show the Way on the Opioid Epidemic

nyti.ms/2MLCMhC The successes on these fronts can be attributed in part to efforts to boost rates of insured individuals — people who are dependent on…

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Catholic Hospitals Expand

As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures

http://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/health/catholic-hospitals-procedures.html By Katie Hafner One in six hospital patients in the United States is now treated in a Catholic facility, according to the Catholic Health…

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HHS: Trump health office lies to millions with fake reports and data

This following article is about how the  Trump administration used a government agency, HHS,  responsible for the health of Americans to falsify reports that undermine…

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Mass Incarceration

Why Are There So Many Single Black Women?

Mass Incarceration: What Caused The Dramatic Rise In Never Married African-Americans Why are so many black women single?  Could this be due to structural racism?…

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Blacks Need To Step Up Their Responsibility

  This is a video by @TJSotomayor where he lambasted  black people.  His despise for Black women  glaring.   Despite the biased rant, he made…

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