Micki McGee

Sociologist. Cultural critic. Professor. Interests: makeover culture, digital scholarship, disability studies. Migrating to the blue butterfly. @mickimcgee.bsky

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

@repdangoldman Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) help people with disabilities stay in their homes, surrounded by the people they love, instead of in institutions. Please #ProtectHCBS

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

@senschumer Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) help people with disabilities stay in their homes, surrounded by the people they love, instead of in institutions. Please #ProtectHCBS

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

@gillibrandny Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) help people with disabilities stay in their homes, surrounded by the people they love, instead of in institutions. Please #ProtectHCBS

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

@DeborahJGlick You will be sorely missed, Assemblymember! Many thanks for your decades of unwavering service to our community.

[Jeannine Kiely @JeannineKiely]

Thank you @nycdistrict1 Council Member #ChristopherMarte for making this happen. Thank you to all of our longtime supporters including @DeborahJGlick @yuhline @bradhoylman @RepJerryNadler @TishJames @CB2_Manhattan @DIDNYC @Adrian_Benepe

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

Kudos to Frost. Truth.

[Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost @RepMaxwellFrost]

Tonight, the people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies. It's people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in this Capitol right now. Not in some random alley wrapped in darkness, but in the United States Congress, wrapped in the flag. We will never forget this.

[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

On January 7th, 2025 I shared a video, after I was asked to call UnitedHealthcare from the operating room to answer administrative questions about the patient who was having surgery to treat breast cancer. Despite my efforts, they denied her stay.

UnitedHealthcare didn’t stop at calling me during surgery. Now, they’ve sent me a legal threat—and even worse? They ended up denying my cancer patient’s hospital stay. Exactly what I was afraid would happen.

Staying overnight after major surgery isn’t optional—it’s medically necessary. But UnitedHealthcare decided they know better than the doctors caring for the patient.

When they called me while I was operating, I knew that if I didn’t step out and respond immediately, they might deny her stay—leaving her with a massive bill. So, with another surgeon in the OR, I scrubbed out and called them back. But after all of that? They denied her stay anyway.

And instead of fixing their broken system, they sent me a legal threat for speaking out.

I’m sharing their response in full, letting their words speak for themselves.

Let me be clear: I stand by everything I said. I told the truth. I was honest about what’s happening in our healthcare system. And I will not be silenced by legal threats when it comes to advocating for my patients and my ability to care for them.

Denying an overnight stay that a doctor orders is dangerous. The doctor caring for the patient should be able to make these decisions without delay, pressure, or harassment.

If I don’t speak up, I lose—my integrity, my voice, and the opportunity to make a difference. And while it’s intimidating to receive a letter like this from a company as powerful as UnitedHealthcare, I know where I stand.

I am a woman taking care of women affected by breast cancer. I do this work with all of my heart, and I will continue to speak up for my patients—because they deserve better.

I ask you to follow along, share this story, and have these conversations in your own communities. I know I’m not the only one dealing with this, and real change will take all of us telling our stories and standing up for what’s right.

I’m here for it. Are you?

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

@CarrieCnh12 I hope they're coming to save us from ourselves.

[The Coalition for Fairness in Soho & Noho @sohonohoorg]

NEW YORK APPELLATE COURT UNANIMOUSLY RULES SOHO-NOHO REZONING UNCONSTITUTIONAL https://t.co/germERepNF #sohonoho @NYCPlanning @DanGarodnick @NYCCouncil @nycdistrict1 @trdny @NY1 @CrainsNewYork @Gothamist @BrianKavanaghNY @DeborahJGlick @NYCMayor @CityAndStateNY @politicony

[Paperboy Prince for NY❤️😍❤️ @PaperboyPrince]

Is it true that Uber went from 18,000 cars to over 110,000 cars from 2019 to 2024?

Why do the congestion pricing folks go after working class NYers w cars instead of mega corporations like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash ?

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Never forget: Kevin McCarthy said, “I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker. It's because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.” That member is Matt Gaetz.

[Ryan Shead @RyanShead]

My name is Ryan. I’m a 42 years old husband, father, and veteran.

I voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to protect my daughter’s right to choose.

How about you?
#HarrisWalz2024

[Justice in Aging @justiceinaging]

Medicaid is the only public health care program that seeks to recoup expenses after the recipient dies. These "Medicaid recovery programs" only recoup a fraction of total expenditures, while causing significant harm to low-income families. https://t.co/TH99trjE76

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

@S_Insley_H Amazing how quickly the rhetoric of "the free exchange of ideas" evaporates on our campuses, isn't it? Columbia should lose their 501c3 status for not fulfilling their stated mission.

[CentralVillageBA @CVBA10014]

Dapolito Center should NOT be demolished. Should be fully restored, brought into full operation, annually celebrated and well funded for the inspiring fitness/mental health community generational resource it’s been for residents & could be for generations to come. @errollouis @CueUpNewYork

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

Remind me of Krzysztof Wodiczko’s Homeless Vehicle Project .@brooklynpaper https://t.co/ozHGJSbf6N

[Brooklyn Paper @brooklynpaper]

A temporary art installation resembling an emergency shelter tent is set to pop up in Sunset Park this month to highlight the challenges faced by asylum seekers in the US. https://t.co/f828VO9Cup

[Micki McGee @mickimcgee]

Never forget and . . .

[Christina Greer @Dr_CMGreer]

This. Right. Here.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

every dollar spent on making this bomb that killed women and children in gaza couldve been spent on american schools, healthcare and infrastructure. why do we do this? who in america actually wants this?