Meg Wingerter
@MegWingerter
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I cover health for The Denver Post. Open to story ideas! Opinions are mine and retweets aren't endorsements. She/her/hers
Denver, CO
Joined November 2010
If you have an emergency in Colorado, you're protected from surprise bills if a privately-owned ambulance responds. That's not the case if a city or other public body owns the ambulance.
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Young patients who have prescriptions already may be able to pick up refills for a bit, but that's up to their pharmacy. Once the prescription expires, though, their doctors can't renew it.
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RT @mattsebastian: Florida health system to take over Western Slope’s Mind Springs Health after years of investigations, financial struggle…
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RT @mattsebastian: Children’s Hospital Colorado stops offering gender-affirming medication because of Trump order b…
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Basically, 340B lets hospitals buy drugs at discounts, bill at full price, and keep the difference. Drugmakers have tried to limit the discounts at outside pharmacies that hospitals contract with. Hospitals aren't happy about that.
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Colorado law doesn't require public employers (such as CU medical school) to recognize unions. We'll see what happens.
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Denver Health and UCHealth raised the minimum age for gender-affirming care to 19 following a Trump executive order. Hospitals that don't could lose Medicare/Medicaid payments, which is the nuclear option of the health care world.
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RT @otherchrispaul: Syphilis cases increased in Colorado babies last year, but health officials say trajectory has stabilized https://t.co/…
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RT @mattsebastian: Denver Health pauses gender-affirming surgeries for youth to comply with Trump order, preserve federal funds https://t.c…
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RT @BianchiWeather: Currently 66° in Denver at 9:30a on February 3rd. That’s it. That’s the tweet. #COwx
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Interestingly, the top reason for calls was "hallucinations or delusions," which I would have assumed was what most users were seeking.
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RT @NWSBoulder: It's still uncertain as to how much snow may fall and where heavier bands may develop. At this time the most favored area…
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60 babies were born affected by syphilis last year. That's a small percentage of all Colorado babies, but still way too many. The babies are at risk of stillbirth, infant death and disabilities from a totally preventable cause.
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RT @tineywristwatch: Poison control calls about mushrooms increased nationwide with more use of psychedelics — but remained low, CU study f…
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RT @mattsebastian: The number of babies born infected with syphilis increased in Colorado last year, but not by as much as state officials…
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RT @meganululani: The @denverpost newsroom is putting in work to cover the effects of Trump's federal spending freeze, with @SethKlamann an…
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I am so glad I had the option to take that time off. I don't know how I would have functioned at work when I was getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night that first month.
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