Maureen O

America, America, God shed His grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea! 🇺🇸❤️🙏

[Forest Park Pharmacy @ForestParkPharm]

My wife and I own Forest Park Pharmacy, and we don't accept insurance. None of it. That decision is exactly why we could fix what happened to a patient today.

A family came in wanting to transfer their kid's antibiotic to us. The child had already STARTED the course. Then, mid-treatment, the insurance company decided the last 14 tablets suddenly needed a "prior authorization" before the other pharmacy could hand them over. A sick kid, halfway through an antibiotic, and the answer was "please hold."

The drug is linezolid. It's a generic. It's been generic for over a decade. It treats serious gram-positive infections — the kind you do NOT want to stop antibiotics in the middle of, because an interrupted course is how you breed resistant bugs and end up right back where you started.

So why the hold-up on a cheap, common generic? Follow the fake math.

Insurance and the PBMs behind them price drugs off a number called AWP — "Average Wholesale Price." People in my industry have another name for it: "Ain't What's Paid." It's a benchmark number, not a real-world cost. On paper, the AWP for just those last 14 tablets is about $2,500.

My cash price for the same 14 tablets? $18.

Read that again. The system that's supposedly "protecting" this family from cost is the same system that inflated an $18 medication into a $2,500 line item, then slapped a prior auth on it to "review the expense" THEY invented. They manufactured the problem, then billed everyone for the privilege of solving it — and made a sick kid wait while they did it.

This is the whole game. When a drug is priced honestly, there's nothing to "manage." When it's priced off a fantasy benchmark, you get spread pricing, PA paperwork, pharmacy phone trees, and delayed treatment — all dressed up as cost control.

Here's the part nobody tells you: roughly 90% of prescriptions are low-cost generics. For the vast majority of what people pick up every day, running it through insurance does two things — raises the real cost and risks delaying your care. That's it. That's the value-add.

That's why we fired the insurance companies. No middleman deciding your kid can't finish their antibiotics on schedule. No fake prices. Just the real number, on the shelf, today.

The medication was always cheap. The insurance was the expensive part.

[Anna 🇺🇸 @realAnn_29]

Ha! World Cup visitors are still losing it over everyday America here is another round of things that have them wide eyed and posting nonstop:

Self serve ice machines in every gas station and fast food spot. Europeans are filming themselves filling cups the size of their heads while saying this is witchcraft. One guy from Spain called it the most American invention ever.

Texas Roadhouse with the endless fresh bread and cinnamon butter. Visitors are clearing out multiple baskets before the entree even arrives. They just keep bringing more? For free? I am never leaving.

Pharmacies inside grocery stores. Walk in for milk walk out with prescriptions shampoo and a birthday card. A French fan said it felt like one building solved my entire to do list.

Massive parking lots everywhere. Stadiums malls even restaurants have seas of asphalt. People from dense cities are shocked you can actually park for free without circling for an hour.

All you can eat buffets and bottomless brunch. One Korean visitor posted from Golden Corral: I ate for three hours and they smiled at me. This country runs on abundance.

Recliner seats in movie theaters with huge screens and buttery popcorn the size of buckets. Visitors are comparing it to flying first class on the ground.

Sweet tea so sugary it makes your teeth hurt in gallons. Southern hosts keep refilling it and fans are politely pretending they can handle it while secretly vibrating.

Drive thru car washes that are basically theme park rides. Lights soap shows and your car comes out sparkling in 5 minutes. A Brazilian said even my car feels American now.

Amazon deliveries the same day or next morning. Packages just appear. One German posted a timelapse: Ordered at midnight here at 9 a.m. What is this sorcery?

Roadside attractions and random giant statues. The Worlds Largest Ball of Twine giant roadside dinosaurs or a 50 foot cowboy boot. Visitors are detouring for selfies like it is the Eiffel Tower.

Tailgating culture before games. Grills games music and strangers sharing food in parking lots. International fans are getting adopted by locals with brisket and beer.

And the random how yall doing today? small talk from cashiers Uber drivers and hotel staff. Many say they expected cold or rude instead they are getting genuine warmth and hope you enjoy the match!

At the end of the day we Americans do not always realize how much these little things stand out. We grew up with the scale the convenience and the casual friendliness so it feels normal to us. Seeing the world light up over it reminds us how lucky we are and makes us even prouder to share it with all of you.

Keep sharing your reactions visitors. This is the good stuff. 🫶🇺🇸

[Live Action @LiveAction]

Kenneth Mitchell started sexually abusing a girl at age 8.

He took her to Planned Parenthood for an abortion, where she told the counselor about the abuse.

Evidently, Planned Parenthood never reported it.

Nearly a decade later, he was caught.

Planned Parenthood aids abusers.

Defund them now.

[Jonathan Choe @choeshow]

A majority Muslim city council in Michigan voted to permanently ban the LGBTQ Pride Flag on public property.
White liberal women who welcomed refugees from Islamic countries are now wondering what happened.
Consequences of suicidal empathy coming to a leftist town near you.

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Invader in Germany tells a police officer: "No-one is going to save Europe, you are finished".

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

Then, stop construction and bulldoze.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

🚨BREAKING: The DOJ is announcing CHARGES against 455 defendants across 45 states for healthcare fraud schemes, including over $6.5B in false Medicare and Medicaid claims.

[@Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 @Chicago1Ray]

Not to be outdone by Boasberg a Bush appointed Judge blocks the subpoenas on Walz,Frey and Ellison

You do know that Jim Jordan has the powers vested in him to do something about these rogue judges, right... so why isn't he

[Southampton Times @sotontimes]

🔺Norway team perform anti-woke Viking row celebration at World Cup after being criticised by mainstream media for Viking photoshoot. Nobody cares what newspapers think anymore

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

Despite being CONSTANTLY harassed, heckled, and abused by rabid leftists, National Park Service staff continue working around the clock cleaning the reflecting pool

Not to mention they’re dealing with SABOTAGE by leftist goons

God bless these folks 🇺🇸

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Wow! Who wants their American Child subjected to this?

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

NYC Mayor Mandani was angry about Israel eliminating Ahmed Wishah, an Al Jazeera “journalist” yesterday.

This is him. 👇

Does he seem an innocent “journalist” to you?

[Papageorgio @gecffmn]

I wish more referees would take control just like this! These two men are studs!!

[Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews]

BREAKING - The innocent bystander who was shot by a female Montreal police officer as he attempted to flee an armed suspect has been identified as Michael Mizrahi, who has sadly passed away.

[Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews]

The fundraiser for Dasha, the Texas woman who was doxxed and fired after standing up to a pair of Muslim women who provoked her and recorded her in a grocery store, has now surpassed $100,000.

[Bongino Report @BonginoReport]

This is one of those videos that Democrats really wish they could just memory-hole out of existence.

"What the hell is that?! He sounds like Trump!" – @dbongino 😂

[Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber]

Riddle me this, @RoKhanna. If closing USAID could cause so many child deaths in Africa, why would the African Union's top diplomat in DC celebrate USAID's shutdown? Does she like dead babies? Is she ignorant? How else do you explain her arriving at the same conclusion as DOGE?

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

FACT CHECKED ✅🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Live Action @LiveAction]

Brittany was 24 weeks pregnant with a surrogate baby when she discovered she had cancer.

Then things got worse.

The gay couple the boy was intended for wanted him “immediately terminated.”

Brittany refused abortion, and the couple threatened to abandon both the surrogate and the baby.

They threatened lawsuits against Brittany and the hospital.

Her team was even afraid to treat her without consulting lawyers.

When adoption was offered, “the fathers stated they didn’t want their ‘DNA out there’ being raised by someone else.”

They wanted a “death certificate.”

Ashley was ultimately induced early at 25 weeks, and the baby boy died shortly after because his male purchasers refused to give him life-saving care.

Ashley said the experience left her feeling like a “rented-out uterus.”

She said she would have given the baby “every chance of survival.”

This horrifying story reinforced how inherently exploitative surrogacy is.

Ban surrogacy now.

[Anna 🇺🇸 @realAnn_29]

It's so entertaining to watch these Europeans having the time of their lives in the US, dancing wildly through massive portions and street parties with zero regrets! 😁🇺🇸