IrisPortny

Writer.Editor.FormerHill staff. 20yr cancer survivr/inflammatory BC w stem cell transplant.Advocates better awareness/research confirming chemo's brain impacts.

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@ThanksCancer GREAT questions. Will respond soon. :-)

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

Negotiating on Medicare meds prices is such a no-brainer. Or should be. @P4ADNOW #PayLessForRX

[Families USA @FamiliesUSA]

Access to prescription drugs can mean life or death for some patients. These stories shared by our partners @P4ADNOW highlight how crucial it is to allow Medicare to negotiate the price of these RX medications and make them affordable for all! #PayLessForRX

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

A Pennsylvania team to be proud of.

[Bob Casey Jr. @Bob_Casey]

It's like looking in a mirror!

[Surviving Breast Cancer @SBC_org]

Thank you to all the advocates, medical professionals, organizations and public representatives that have made such a huge impact in our community!

WE DID IT!! 🎉

CMS will be maintaining the S codes. Protecting the right, coverage and access to flap reconstruction surgeries.🩷

[Bob Casey @SenBobCasey]

This Thursday, join my office, @SocialSecurity, and PA Able for a webinar on disability benefits and tax-free ways to save for disability-related expenses.

Register here: https://t.co/ESSlv3pYy5

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@swaggsheila1 @Beyonce Yes yes yes! (To your choice to keep living the most in life each day) ♥️ A reminder to us all - whether still in treatment, or (gratefully) past it...

[Judy Woodruff @JudyWoodruff]

in remarkable statement, President Carter family shares that 95 year old Rosalynn Carter "has dementia" and continues "to live happily at home with her husband" - this after her lifetime of advocacy for those w/mental illness & need for greater transparency in discussing it

[Living Beyond Breast Cancer @LivingBeyondBC]

Do you know someone with #metastatic #breastcancer who would like to learn from experts and connect with others living with #MBC? Tell them to register for #LBBCMetsConf to attend virtually or in person in Philadelphia: https://t.co/SyRES1DBW4 #bcsm #MedTwitter

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Remember when people calling themselves conservatives used to rail against "judicial activism?" https://t.co/xW1nqPYzri

[Rhonda Harbison @rhonda_harbison]

@steve_vladeck https://t.co/x1wZWfu1W7

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@tambreleighn @JaniceTNBCmets @swaggsheila1 @EK_Drake @BridgeGap1 replace 'non-compliant' with "patient chose/chooses not to...." #patient #advocates

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@Dr_RShatsky @premera Oh. My. God. (My face is wrinkled up in horror.) Premara? I've never even heard of them. Healthcare is one big profit center. Not a service to keep or make people well. & Gov regulators - Let. This. Happen.

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@jrovner So I found the website for your KHN What the Health podcast-but is there a sign-up to be notified by email when new posts are up?? https://t.co/WOulxcsX7c

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@jrovner Where else can we 'follow' your thoughts? :-) Could you post a link?

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@mikejwhelan OMG! Hope you can appeal.

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@kjmartson @ThanksCancer ?!OMG-Shocked. Doc didn't even ask you if you had any Qs B4 turning you over to a nurse for add'l info? Having had quite the opposite experience in DC at George Washington U Med Center-I can only say I hope yr other onc docs were more empathetic & avail. If not, find another doc.

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@MollieKatzen Yup. According to NYT, reporters Peter Baker/Susan Glasser learned idea was proposed by billionaire Ron Lauder, a college 'friend'. https://t.co/CSvUYtLvQM

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@jrovner Please share when you figure it out. :-)

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@ohyouresotough Very important heads-up. Thnx.

[IrisPortny @WriterIris]

@MariluCasini @ScienceAdvances Might you have a similar visual for blood stem cells? I had autologous stem cell transplant for stage 3 IBC 20 yrs ago (w/my own stem cells) - would love to see those cells. :-) #stemcells