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“The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.” - Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter

[Tile @tileceleste]

Me retweeting every horrifying news story into the void

[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

I’m sharing an actual recent peer-to-peer call that shows what physicians and patients face when trying to get a surgery approved. This call felt as absurd as it sounds.

The peer-to-peer call was to advocate for surgery to prevent and treat lymphedema for a patient with breast cancer. Her risk is high and we can perform a surgery to lower it.

The doctors from the insurance company on the call were an ophthalmologist with a subspecialty in oculoplastic surgery and a plastic surgeon who currently has a cosmetic practice. Neither doctor has ever performed lymph venous bypass…the surgery I was trying to get approved for my patient.

Neither doctor would provide their name or license number.

At the conclusion of the call, the doctors told me that they didn’t have the power to make a determination or decision to perform the surgery. They were just there to inform me of United’s decision to deny it.

The Medical Decision was not up to the doctors on the call. It had already been made by United.

So here I am, appealing again.

Medical decisions should be made by doctors who are well informed and patient-centered. Patients deserve access to the care that they paid for with their premiums.

[Veronika @SilentSkyZero]

@bottleneckloser this image is out of date, here's the up to date one. You're not fear mongering https://t.co/eXpgYoifuY

[RuPaul @RuPaul]

Mama said "Ru, you're too GD sensitive and U reminisce too much!"… I was 5 at the time

[۟ @BEYCHELLEDAILY]

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[😇 @sentrock]

i think we are all under reacting to all of this

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

St. Joseph Saturday Herald, Michigan, March 14, 1891

[Dan Baldassarre @evornithology]

Wait a minute…

(Cedar Waxwing, aka @trixiemattel bird)

[Tile @tileceleste]

@trixiemattel THE diva for the job:

[Tile @tileceleste]

@itskaylita wish I could rt this

[Tile @tileceleste]

@OnyaNurve @acaciaforgot @RuPaulsDragRace Tippity top top top

[B’DAY 20th Anniversary Updates @B7Album]

Where it all started

[JONATHAN @Jonathzn]

me when I listen to I care by Beyoncé

[g @geogre_j]

Tip tip tip on wetland floors

[Tile @tileceleste]

Today’s salve

[Tile @tileceleste]

Formal apologies to the entire rooftop party that I forced to talk about birds

[Barbra Dook @missladysalad]

Pride at 24: wow drunk wow where am I? Wow dancing on stage in American Apparel
Pride at 34: I saw a mockingbird and two chimney swifts at the rave. There is pedialite in my bag it is 9pm I look forward to skincare routine henny

[Gravel Institute @GravelInstitute]

Donating to an abortion fund is probably a better use of your money! https://t.co/hiuoFAQR4u