The following cartoons were published on Facebook before they were posted here. Without further ado …
Subject-consent-object (SCO order!)
The usage “consent the patient” is one that horrified us when it first came to our attention. If any verb should be an active one, “consent” is the one.
Image credits
“Doctor Visit” is by mohamed mohamed mahmoud hassan, shared under a Creative Commons license. We added the facial features, which were chosen from assortments provided here and here. The framed picture is courtesy a collection of fantasy landscape cartoons.
Medicaid work requirement
The Michigan Legislature has decided to prioritize removing health care from expanded Medicaid recipients who are not working sufficient hours. They were able to do so because the federal government urged states to apply for waivers in order to allow exactly this kind of proposal.
Medicaid was not established in order to force people in need to abandon their families and work sub-subsistence-level service jobs; rather, its purpose is to provide health care for those who cannot afford to purchase it, even with the subsidies that the Affordable Care Act provides (so far!). When one of the Senators behind this bill claimed that “work improves health,” we were moved to create this cartoon.
For those who require a translation for the ironwork behind the Senator: Arbeit macht Gesundheit.
Michigan Governor Snyder has not yet signed the bill, which was enacted on June 7, 2018. We encourage him to veto this measure and instead throw his support behind federal proposals to institute Medicare for All.
Image credits
The Senator and his podium are from an image entitled “Presentation,” by Mani Amini. The audience is from a FEMA photo, in the public domain.
Non-Apology
So many non-apologies arrive in the passive tense, don’t they? Another cartoon in the Bureau of Apologies series.
This image only suggests the offensive words issued by the doctor representing the American Birth Doctors Association (ABDO). The real-life context in which a major professional organization suggested that women control rising maternal mortality rates by using condoms (!) is described here.
Mama's Got a Plan: 
