if you want me to consume a new media you MUST catch me at the exact moment when the stars are aligned and the air pressure is equal to the current degree of the sun’s peak against the horizon and all the cosmic energies are perfectly unified (aka my old interest is fading out) or i will nod and say “im adding that to my list!” Knowing theres no chance i will check it out
“unless its a book!” “unless you tell me it has gay people in it!” “this but only for live action shows” “theres a good chance i’ll get to it eventually” no wrong this post is not for you this post is ONLY for bitches who could have a treasured friend recommend them something that sounds grown in a lab to be your personal catnip and, with no choice in the matter, immediately know it will never be the right time to watch/read/listen to it
The European mind cannot comprehend what it was like to be a person who'd only had Hershey bullshit chocolate my entire life and then have European chocolate for the very first time and it made me realize why people were acting like that in the Willy Wonka movies
alright chat update on the aforementioned maybe account moving, i think i'll be doing that, i'll probably do it sometime later today (or tommorow if my adhd wins), i'll dm my moots directly but for my other followers i'll just put a link in my pinned when it's ready
*burtsts through the door* what if skeleton. but also had fangs and maybe claws and also could maybe purr or something similar or goopify or maybe a tail or or— DRAGON MAYBE
There's nothing worse than starting to become indifferent or even start disliking a ship you really liked before because the shippers are absolutely unbearable and turn any enjoyment sour
honestly kinda considering making a new tumblr... i haven't tagged shit for years on here and i think i'd like to start journalling and maybe just posting art to the same acc as my main. mmmmmm maybe i'll do it later. chat what do you think, should i reinvent my internet identity again lmao. i won't lose mutuals or anything if i actually end up doing it i'll make a post about it so people can re-follow me
It is a milestone in a controversial process that aims to make costly medications more affordable for older Americans but is strongly oppose
"The Biden administration on Thursday [August 15, 2024] released prices for the first 10 prescription drugs that were subject to landmark negotiations between drugmakers and Medicare, a milestone in a controversial process that aims to make costly medications more affordable for older Americans.
The government estimates that the new negotiated prices for the medications will lead to around $6 billion in net savings for the Medicare program in 2026 alone when they officially go into effect, or 22% net savings overall. That is based on the estimated savings the prices would have produced if they were in effect in 2023, senior administration officials told reporters Wednesday.
The Biden administration also expects the new prices to save Medicare enrollees $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
“For so many people, being able to afford these drugs will mean the difference between debilitating illness and living full lives,” Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, told reporters. “These negotiated prices. They’re not just about costs. They are about helping to make sure that your father, your grandfather or you can live longer, healthier.”
It comes one day before the second anniversary of President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act, which gave Medicare the power to directly hash out drug prices with manufacturers for the first time in the federal program’s nearly 60-year history.
Here are the negotiated prices for a 30-day supply of the 10 drugs, along with their list prices based on 2023 prescription fills, according to a Biden administration fact sheet Thursday.
What Medicare and beneficiaries pay for a drug is often much less than the list price, which is what a wholesaler, distributor or other direct purchaser paid a manufacturer for a medication before any discounts...
The administration unveiled the first set of medications selected for the price talks in August 2023, kicking off a nearly yearlong negotiation period that ended at the beginning of the month.
The final prices give drugmakers, which fiercely oppose the policy, a glimpse of how much revenue they could expect to lose over the next few years. It also sets a precedent for the additional rounds of Medicare drug price negotiations, which will kick off in 2025 and beyond.
First 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations
Eliquis, made by Bristol Myers Squibb, is used to prevent blood clotting to reduce the risk of stroke.
Jardiance, made by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly, is used to lower blood sugar for people with Type 2 diabetes.
Xarelto, made by Johnson & Johnson, is used to prevent blood clotting, to reduce the risk of stroke.
Januvia, made by Merck, is used to lower blood sugar for people with Type 2 diabetes.
Farxiga, made by AstraZeneca, is used to treat Type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.
Entresto, made by Novartis, is used to treat certain types of heart failure.
Enbrel, made by Amgen, is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Imbruvica, made by AbbVie and J&J, is used to treat different types of blood cancers.
Stelara, made by Janssen, is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease.
Fiasp and NovoLog, insulins made by Novo Nordisk.
In a statement Thursday, Biden called the new negotiated prices a “historic milestone” made possible because of the Inflation Reduction Act. He specifically touted Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote for the law in the Senate in 2022.
Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, said in a statement that she was proud to cast that deciding vote, adding there is more work to be done to lower health-care costs for Americans.
“Today’s announcement will be lifechanging for so many of our loved ones across the nation, and we are not stopping here,” Harris said in a statement Thursday, noting that additional prescription drugs will be selected for future rounds of negotiations."
Guys this is such a big deal. I know that despite the aging demographic on this site, most people here aren't needing most of these meds yet, but aside from the three four-figure meds on this list, these are all meds that we prescribe ALL THE TIME and most have become standard of care from a medical standpoint, but there are still so many times when people can't afford them because insurance doesn't cover enough of the ludicrous list price. They could have picked softer targets for negotiation, but they went for a real meaningful intervention that will actually help people. Amazing.
Besides Imbruvica, Enbrel, and Stelara, I prescribe these meds every day. I see all ten of these meds all the time in my daily practice. This is going to save my patients' lives - i cant count the number of times I have had to fight a difficult to control INR in someone who could totally be on a DOAC (blood thinner like Eliquis or Xarelto) but because the cost is prohibitive they're stuck on warfarin and have complications. Fuck.
saying this as a nonbinary person but if you make the "oh he's definitely an egg" or "it's only a matter of time" or "all his friends are queer, soon he will be too" jokes on a certain person over and over again
kindly go suck a frog.
If you do this regularly to someone they have four options:
Pretend they don't feel the pressure you're putting them under and deny everything, meaning they never get to explore their gender and sexuality on their own.
They have ALREADY explored their own gender and sexuality and now you are just putting undue pressure on them and making them feel unwanted for what they are OR making them doubt a decision they have already made about their own identity or body.
As a response to the pressure they're under, they explore their own gender and sexuality with the weight of your expectations on their shoulders the whole time as you watch them in an often painful moment of vulnerability, something that they never got the opportunity to consent to. They are forced to "choose" to either disappoint you by staying the way they are or undergo an existential crisis and possibly transition, with, again, everyone watching whether they like it or not, always carrying with them a little voice asking "would I have done it if no one was watching?"
