I'm only partway thru this & I'm already furious. The experience of a disabled Canadian in US healthcare after she broke both her legs while on vacation.
The inadequacy of the pain scale used in healthcare processing. The unwillingness to grant that disabled people are the experts on their own disabilities. The bigotry against homeless people. The passing of notes between staff labeling patients as "non-compliant" or other BS so that they are always treated poorly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9d8kXxAVpM
Megan Lynch (she/her) /
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2024-03-01 01:49:49
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