Jesse Hackell

Pediatrician, husband, father and grandfather, kid-friendly. Vaccine advocate. Tweets are personal opinions, not medical advice—except GET VACCINATED!!

[Alastair McAlpine, MD @AlastairMcA30]

Covid misinfo-peddler, antivaxxer, and woo-woo supplement promoter, Peter McCullough, has had his American Board of Internal Medicine certifications stripped.

Long overdue.

H/t @AliNeitzelMD

[Lord Sydes #NAFO #FBPE 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇸🇬🇫🇮🇪🇺 @SydesJokes]

.@realDonaldTrump

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@RonFilipkowski Is that #VicePresidentTrump ?

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

RETWEET if you want Joe Biden to declassify every single page the U.S. intelligence community has compiled on Donald Trump over the last 10 years, as well as every single page the Department of Justice has compiled on him over the last 10 years, as well as every page the FBI has.

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@DutchRojas @calvinisasmith The whole MLR discussion is complicated by “shared savings” agreements. If they reduce overall spend, they may have to refund some premium. BUT they get a piece back (outside of MLR) from saving employer $. VP doesn’t see patients, bill ins. or wait to be paid. Ignore the fool.

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@amyeasley91 @mass_marion You clearly miss the point. Either we are all investing equal stakes in this society, and all pay our fair share (more from those who have benefited more from what society provides), or inequality continues to grow. Long term, that is not sustainable. No one “needs” billions.

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@amyeasley91 @mass_marion We are already 36 trillion in debt. Now let’s give more tax breaks to those who have more money than they can ever use.

Fixed it for you.

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

Beautiful outcome! Thank you.

The disturbing question is: “Who is picketing the obscene profits when someone who doesn’t know better pays the $1000?”

PBMs are unnecessary middle men just existing to skim off healthcare dollars while not actually providing any care.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Sometimes it feels really good to get it right @costplusdrugs

Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Subject: Sincere thank you from a neurologist and his patient!

Dear Mr. Cuban, 

My name is David Klein.  I am a neurologist in Chicago at Advocate Healthcare.  I hope you don't mind; I got your contact info from my younger sister Eva Roytburg, whom you had a correspondence with for Fortune magazine.  I am emailing you to express both my and my patient's sincere gratitude for your website/pharmacy https://t.co/HSbdDXpdy9!

My patient is a 69-year-old wonderful gentleman whom I saw in the hospital just over a month ago and diagnosed a fairly rare but serious condition of hemi-chorea.  The symptoms are constant uncontrollable movement of his left arm and leg all day every day which only go away when he sleeps.  Because of this, he was unable to walk except for the use of a walker AND a one-person assist, he was unable to eat properly, he was unable to work as a truck driver and of course unable to drive.  This is a difficult condition to diagnose and to treat.  Luckily, he was able to have significant control of symptoms with a once daily pill called tetrabenazine.   Not so luckily, his insurance would not cover the medication despite over 3 appeals and constant attempts I made to demonstrate medical necessity.  Despite this, the family scraped together $1000 for a month supply, and his symptoms dramatically improved to the point that he could walk with just a cane.  I had tried all the alternatives which were all second line medications anyway, and not only were they not effective, they gave him intolerable side effects, one of which if you would believe is actually a second movement disorder.  

I called multiple charitable foundations, I scoured goodrx, I even called the government to almost intervene with his insurance plan.  I was despondent.  Finally, one of my former junior residents sent me the link to your pharmacy https://t.co/HSbdDXpdy9 and I found the medication for $25 a month.  Just in the nick of time, as he has 3 pills left. 

When I called him and his wife to tell them the good news last night, he exclaimed "God bless you and God bless this company!"

I couldn't have said it better myself.  

From the bottom of my heart, thank you! This pharmacy and this access to medication when it was not available any other way is truly a blessing!

All the best,

Dr. Klein

[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

"When another vaccine skeptic, Joseph Ladapo, became surgeon general in Florida, some doctors there say vaccine hesitancy got worse."

https://t.co/UqPkWh0Vi0

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Whatever you do, do NOT repost this - it would make Trump suuuuuper mad. Like ketchup-throwing mad.

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@gorskon @doritmi I do too. 30 hrs on , 18 off. Not easy. But you saw how acute illness progressed. Fortunately, most of the severe infections that changed rapidly are far less common—thank vaccines for making residency hours more liveable. Also better asthma and dehydration management.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

NEW VIDEO! #WeCantGoBack

We cannot ever go back to this insanity.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

#ItsTimeForAWoman

For more than 200 years one thing has never changed...it's always been a man.

#KamalaHarris2024

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@SethAbramson And yet 48% of the population still will vote for him…including some of those groups directly attacked last night. WHY do people vote against their own interests???

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

These headlines from major news orgs deserve significant awareness (Time, WSJ, Politico, CNN) but will get very few retweets - as they’ll be suppressed due to their linking out. “Speakers at Trump MSG rally insult minorities.”

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@StephenM @LarrySabato Doing the Nazi’s work did not help the Kapos. They faced the same fate as the rest, if a bit later. You are only tolerated as long as they get a benefit from you. Then you had better watch out.

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

NYT tweeted this to its 55 million followers and it has under 500 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected”

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@mikebaldwin @jeremynewberger I long ago disposed of any papers documenting the brief time I worked at Jack in the Box. Nor did we have cell phone cameras to record every hiccup. There is no way I could prove that I worked there when I was in school. (But I should be able to prove how I got shot, T. Sheehy.)

[Jesse Hackell @runhack]

@AVindman Take the money and donate it to your local DEMOCRATIC candidate. Let him fund his opponents.