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From almost 10 years in the Medicare trenches...

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rightskale.bsky.social @rightskale.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Millions of seniors qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. Yet many never receive the benefits they deserve. Not because they aren’t eligible. Because the system is too complex to navigate. It’s time to fix that. #DualEnroll #Medicare #Medicaid #HealthcareAI #DigitalHealth
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 06/03/2026
Too often bad actors prey on vulnerable seniors with Social Security and Medicare-related scams. Take a look at these resources to #SlamTheScam and protect yourself and the seniors in your life. www.ssa.gov/scam
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“In October 2025, both her SSI and Medicare benefits were halted, and she was told her immigration status was under review. Although Rakestraw was born in the U.S. and has never once traveled or lived outside the country, federal officials still raised questions about her legal status.”🤬
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Tam-Rah @blue-fire1.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
'Medicare Advantage Is Not Medicare': Democrats Proposal Would Unmask For-Profit Fraudsters www.commondreams.org/news/medicar...
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'Medicare Advantage Is Not Medicare': Democrats Proposal Would Unmask For-Profit Fraudsters | Common Dreams
Save Medicare Act reintroduced by Democratic lawmakers to prevent for-profit insurers from misleading Americans with Medicare Advantage plans.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 06/03/2026
I’m tired of seeing seniors tricked into signing up for for-profit healthcare plans that they think are Medicare. The Save Medicare Act will put a stop to it. www.commondreams.org/news/medicar...
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'Medicare Advantage Is Not Medicare': Democrats Proposal Would Unmask For-Profit Fraudsters | Common Dreams
Save Medicare Act reintroduced by Democratic lawmakers to prevent for-profit insurers from misleading Americans with Medicare Advantage plans.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
DAILY REMINDER: SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE = OUR MONEY!
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump plan set to take effect Monday that would rapidly dismiss many/most? immigration appeals. Judge Randy Moss (Obama/DC) says DOJ has to complete notice-and-comment before such a change. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
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altmedicare @altmedicare.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Many low-income seniors who had Medicare and Medicaid have lost their Medicaid that helped them pay for their Medicare premiums and out of pocket costs. Forcing many into Medicare Advantage plans and/or leaving them not knowing how they are going to now cover those costs.
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altmedicare @altmedicare.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
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Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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FactsVsFake @factsvsfake.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say Health secretary probably referred to Harvard psychiatrist who says he’s ‘never used the word “cure” in my work’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say
Health secretary probably referred to Harvard psychiatrist who says he’s ‘never used the word “cure” in my work’
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altmedicare @altmedicare.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Avoid Medicare Advantage Plans if you can. But the system forces low-income people into them.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
my guess is SHIP counselors can't actively make specific recommendations about medicare options, but the guy I talked to just said, um, google the john oliver segment on medicare advantage.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🔴 TRUMP: We will always protect Medicare. 🟢 REALITY: Reader, his tax cuts fast-tracked Medicare bankruptcy by 12 years. More below:
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In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A | Fortune
The CBO estimates that benefit reductions would start at 8% in 2040 and steadily climb to a 10% cut by 2056.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 25/02/2026
DONALD TRUMP IS SABOTAGING SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND MEDICAID. NOT PROTECTING THEM.
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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Dr Oz is in the Epstein files
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This 😏
TODAY, JD VANCE AND DR. OZ ANNOUNCED THEY ARE WITHHOLDING $259 MILLION IN MEDICAID FUNDING FROM MINNESOTA.

LET'S BE CLEAR: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FIGHTING "FRAUD.” THEY'RE WEAPONIZING HEALTHCARE TO PUNISH A STATE THAT REJECTS THEIR AUTHORITARIANISM.

THEY WOULD RATHER SEE SENIORS AND CHILDREN GO WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE THAN SEE A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR SUCCEED.

THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK.
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altmedicare @altmedicare.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
That giant sucking sound isn't NAFTA. It's the Red Reich kissing ass.
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IgorSnowden @igorsnowden.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Seems like a good time to remind everyone about "Dr Oz"
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
3. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Emails show that Dr. Oz and his wife had previously invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentine's celebration in 2016.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2026
Dr Oz: "We're announcing a 6 month national moratorium blocking all new enrollments for durable medical equipment -- prosthesis, orthotics -- supplies across the board."
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altmedicare @altmedicare.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
They are attacking Medicaid and the people who are on it.
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NotDeadYet @fatalerrors.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
RFK is Making RoundUP Great Again. Who cares about the Cancer risk? #MAHA
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/02/2026
RFK Jr. continues to rack up petty lies that show he's not for people's health no matter how he tries to twist it. RFK Jr. has no place as head of the HHS. (1/4🧵)

RFK JR LIED...
AGAIN!
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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
RFK Jr. would still eat it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
RFK Jr explains why he’s a fraud.
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
it's molting season for RFK Jr
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 23/02/2026
Q. My husband got COVID last fall. He has had great success from Paxlovid in the past, when he got it for free during the pandemic. This time he was charged $800 on his Medicare Drug Plan. That seems outrageous.
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People’s Pharmacy | Price of Paxlovid for COVID is shocking
Q. My husband got COVID last fall. He has had great success from Paxlovid in the past, when he got it for free during the pandemic. This time he was charged $800 on his Medicare Drug Plan. That seems outrageous.
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Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A GoFundMe is not a healthcare plan. Healthcare is a right, and not a privilege, which is why I support Medicare for All.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 23/02/2026
Donald Trump is willing to destroy our Social Security system– which has NEVER missed a payment in 90 years– to enrich his criminal, billionaire friends.
A graphic with a photo of Donald Trump. The text says, "THAT'S WHAT HE DOES: HE LIES, AND HE LIES WITH A PURPOSE-TO DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY, TO DESTROY MEDICARE, TO DESTROY MEDICAID, TO DESTROY OBAMACARE, TO DESTROY PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO DESTROY ANYTHING THAT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE. – Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works"
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Just 7 health insurance companies reported $54 billion in profits last year. Their profits are your denied claims. Health insurance is not healthcare — it’s an exploitation of sick people designed to transfer wealth upwards. Demand Medicare for All.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Did you know we spend $1 in every $5 in the whole economy — 19% of our GDP — on healthcare? We have the most expensive healthcare system in the world BY FAR. Pass Medicare for All.
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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Vivek Ramaswamy said that Medicare and Medicaid were mistakes. Tell that to the 2.5 million Ohioans who rely on Medicare and the 3 million who receive Medicaid. Vivek’s ideas and promises are a danger to Ohioans’ health, and to their wallets. www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...
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Democratic lieutenant governor candidate touts health care plan in Toledo
David Pepper, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said many Ohioans are struggling with the costs of health care, but his running mate is making ...
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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
But of course...
Image from the film 1984 with Big Brother's image on a poster hung from a government building matched to Donald Trump's poster of himself hanging on the Department of Justice building.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/02/2026
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison? By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Be aware of which political party wants the American people to vote and will protect our collective right to do so…and which political party wants to restrict that right so that they may remain in power indefinitely. The difference could not be clearer than at the present moment.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This seems important www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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😎Bulldog Ben @bulldogbenfla.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Hey, Austin Smith! Thanks for proving once more that with Reich-Wingers, every accusation is a confession. #ElectionFraud #AustinSmith #TPUSA
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Forbes @forbes.com · 22/02/2026
The man appeared to be armed and in his early 20s, according to the Secret Service.
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Secret Service Shoots And Kills Armed Man At Mar-A-Lago
The man appeared to be armed and in his early 20s, according to the Secret Service.
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Impeach the Shadow President! Read, sign, and share! actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought
The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“I’m just saying … bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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Politico @politico.com · 23/02/2026
France will summon Ambassador Charles Kushner over US comments on activist’s death
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France will summon Ambassador Charles Kushner over US comments on activist’s death
The foreign affairs minister protested a social media post by the State Department that said “reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all.”
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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 19/02/2026
This is absolutely disgusting and despicable. NOTHING is more important than saving lives. How dare she? Noem is not qualified, should never have been given her role, and needs to be impeached immediately. (FYI, big CG denies that this ever happened. Of course).
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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dmcal1.bsky.social @dmcal1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
RFK Jr filling his bathtub.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
wrote about Rfk's attack on the mrna vaccines, and how the US has become a massive global public health threat. www.publicnotice.co/p/rfk-jr-mod...
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Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid
He's incapable of learning lessons and actively resists it.
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