Reposted by Andrea DucasDavid Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025That's basically the price of a car, every year 121
Reposted by Andrea DucasNatasha Murphy @nzmurphy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase the uninsured population by millions. ➡️ Every state. ➡️ Every congressional district. See the breakdown: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...americanprogress.orgThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Increase the Number of Americans Without Health Coverage in Every State and Congressional DistrictExplore how the law’s historic cuts will affect uninsurance where you live. 0107
Reposted by Andrea DucasGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/09/2025#RFKJr has now lost the @nypost.com. His days as HHS Secretary are numbered. Keep up the pressure—let’s get him out the door. nypost.com/2025/09/04/o...nypost.comRFK Jr.’s Senate ravings prove he won’t bring sanity back to public healthHealth Secretary Robert Kennedy’s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public-health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is. 923147859
Reposted by Andrea DucasTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/b...nytimes.comAmericans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security. 083
Reposted by Andrea DucasAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Florida Decided There Were Too Many Childrentheatlantic.comFlorida Decided There Were Too Many ChildrenThe state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids. 40176172830
Reposted by Andrea DucasDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 04/09/2025I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.media.tenor.coma woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill 7764301310
Reposted by Andrea DucasElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025An absolute barnburner by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social! www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comRFK Jr., American PsychoHe needs to go. Now. 531702571
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 04/09/2025"This report sets examples of Kennedy’s costly, chaotic, and corrupt actions from EVERY DAY he has served as Secretary." From Feb 13- Sept 4. 203 days of sowing chaos and spreading misinformation; dismantling HHS research, prevention and health care and more. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...finance.senate.gov 7217102
Reposted by Andrea DucasElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2025The results were so secret that they were published for the entire world to see, even RFK Jr. But, as @jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote back in February, “Kennedy, a science denialist, will never accept the real scientific evidence that vaccines are safe”. 219464
Reposted by Andrea DucasMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 31/08/2025ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist! 31198282077
Reposted by Andrea DucasJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 30/08/2025This is one hell of a way to make America healthy again 🤯 Key CDC leadership positions… #USAnotRFK 27012
Reposted by Andrea Ducasjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real. 781228456220
Reposted by Andrea DucasJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe. 728328017617
Reposted by Andrea DucasMegan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Grateful to Dr Demetre Daskalakis for his voice tonight 🔥 🛟🧪🩺 718844
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 27/08/2025RFK Jr. has done the exact opposite of promoting “medical freedom” and has instead dismantled systems that allow people to make choices. This move threatens our health and our autonomy. www.americanprogress.org/article/rfk-...americanprogress.orgRFK Jr. Is Systematically Undermining Vaccine Science and Endangering HealthU.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent upheaval of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is just one example of numerous attempts to replace science with his personal ag... 042
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Young children are at high risk of serious complications from COVID-19. Now parents will face more challenges getting their kids COVID vaccines, having to jump through hoops for approval. And they could find vaccines no longer covered by their health insurance plans. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f...cnbc.comFDA approves new Covid shots with limits on who can get them under RFK Jr.It's unclear how easily patients without high risk factors will be able to get a Covid shot, and whether insurance plans will still cover them. 145
Reposted by Andrea DucasWashingtonian Problems @washprobs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025According to a post on Reddit, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle t-boned a car in Capitol Hill this morning. Firefighters reportedly used the jaws of life to free the driver, who DC Fire & EMS said sustained only minor injuries. 1316486
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 14/08/2025RFK Jr keeps finding new ways to cast doubt on vaccine safety. If he follows the approach he used with ACIP, he will appoint people with limited vaccine expertise and credentials, conflicts of interest, and personal agendas. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comHHS revives child vaccine safety panel sought by anti-vaccine activistsAnti-vaccine activists funded a May lawsuit to reconvene the defunct Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule. 234
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 13/08/2025A Danish study of more than 1.2 million children over more than two decades found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...medpagetoday.comAluminum in Vaccines Not Culprit in Kids' Chronic Diseases, Study ShowsNationwide analysis evaluates autism, asthma, and other disorders in 1.2 million Danish children 510051
Reposted by Andrea DucasBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025New analysis from CBO of the "Big Beautiful Bill" shows the bottom 20% get poorer, not much change for most of America, & the top 10% get meaningfully richer - and that's before tariffs The "Big Beautiful Bill" was the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history 11360205
Reposted by Andrea DucasBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025New from CBO: year-by-year health coverage effects of the "Big Beautiful Bill." The law kicks 10 million off their health insurance (the difference between the orange and dotted blue line). It also does nothing to address the cliff from the blue to the green, for another 5 million losing coverage. 411061
Reposted by Andrea DucasBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025In a single act, Trump is undoing significant portions of the health coverage gains of the last 60 years. 312954
Reposted by Andrea DucasBob Herman @bobjherman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...statnews.comInside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profitsA STAT Investigation: Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits. 02017
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 06/08/2025In addition to undermining efforts to defend against infectious diseases and save lives, RFK Jr misleads and confuses the public and his actions threaten to stall cures for cancer. ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...ufhealth.orgSurprising finding could pave way for universal cancer vaccine - UF HealthGAINESVILLE, Fla. — An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step… 003
Reposted by Andrea DucasCenter for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Medicaid has been helping millions of Americans access the lifesaving health care they need for six decades. Listen to @americanprogressaction.org’s @andreaducas.bsky.social speaking on @c-span.bsky.social on the anniversary of Medicaid to discuss the lasting impact of the program. 0127
Reposted by Andrea DucasCenter for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 30/07/2025As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare this week, check out @andreaducas.bsky.social's starter pack of health policy-focused thought leaders, researchers, reporters, and advocates to learn more from the experts on health policy:go.bsky.appProgressive Health Policy VoicesJoin the conversation 0139
Reposted by Andrea DucasCenter for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 30/07/2025On its 60th anniversary, Medicaid is under attack; historic program cuts enacted by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration threaten the health and financial security of millions of Americans. The latest from CAP's @andreaducas.bsky.social:americanprogress.orgOn Its 60th Anniversary, Medicaid Is Under AttackHistoric program cuts enacted by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration threaten the health and financial security of millions of Americans. 084
Reposted by Andrea DucasCAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 30/07/2025What have Democrats done to lower the cost of health care? A lot. @andreaducas.bsky.social dives into it on @cspanwj.bsky.social. 0145
Reposted by Andrea DucasRobertNDouglass🇺🇳🇵🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🇰🇷🇯🇵 @realantipartisan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Washington Journal #CSPAN #CSPANWJ Skeet at @c-span.bsky.social and cspanwj.bsky.social VP of Health Policy at Center for American Progress Action Fund @andreaducas.bsky.social discusses the 60th Anniversary of #Medicare & #Medicaid Watch here: tinyurl.com/bdd4khps 121
Reposted by Andrea DucasKennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Are you left wondering "what's next?" following the passage of Trump's mega bill? Check out a detailed timeline of the enactment dates of several major provisions from OBBBA to know when cuts and changes will go into effect ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...americanprogress.orgThe Implementation Timeline of the One Big Beautiful Bill ActAn overview of when the cuts to basic needs programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and student loans and other provisions in the Republicans’ OBBBA go into effect. 12021
Andrea Ducas @andreaducas.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Yes -- this is going to be a big issue for more than a million people, per CBO as @americanprogress.bsky.social highlights here: 132
Reposted by Andrea DucasGothamist @gothamist.com · 28/07/2025NYC joins federal lawsuit to protect Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from 3 countries gothamist.com/news/nyc-joins-federa… gothamist.comNYC joins federal lawsuit to protect Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from 3 countriesPeople wait in line to enter the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement New York field office in Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 28, 2025 in New York City. The protections are currently set to expire on Aug. 5 for Nepali immigrants, and on Sept. 8 for those from Honduras and Nicaragua. [ more › ] 071
Reposted by Andrea DucasMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/07/2025One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted. Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe landlord gutting America’s hospitalsMedical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up. 38384313949
Reposted by Andrea DucasCenter for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Under the guise of ferreting out waste & abuse in traditional Medicare, CMS’s “WISeR” project will create onerous red tape that will hurt seniors’ access to care. Don Berwick and @andreaducas.bsky.social explain for @statnews.com:statnews.comPlans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troublingPreauthorization is about to enter the lives of many seniors who have chosen traditional Medicare over MA, write former CMS Administrator Don Berwick and health policy expert Andrea Ducas. 55028
Reposted by Andrea DucasSarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 25/07/2025and this was right after they rolled out a big “agreement” to reduce prior auth from payers… 1209
Andrea Ducas @andreaducas.bsky.social · 25/07/2025CMMI has announced a demo to introduce more prior authorization into traditional Medicare. My latest with Don Berwick in @statnews.com on that’s bad news: www.statnews.com/2025/07/25/m...statnews.comPlans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troublingPreauthorization is about to enter the lives of many seniors who have chosen traditional Medicare over MA, write former CMS Administrator Don Berwick and health policy expert Andrea Ducas. 1118
Reposted by Andrea DucasNatasha Murphy @nzmurphy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Under the guise of ferreting out waste & abuse in traditional Medicare, CMS’s “WISeR” project will create onerous red tape that will hurt seniors’ access to care. Don Berwick and @andreaducas.bsky.social explain for @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/07/25/m...statnews.comPlans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troublingPreauthorization is about to enter the lives of many seniors who have chosen traditional Medicare over MA, write former CMS Administrator Don Berwick and health policy expert Andrea Ducas. 134
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Thank you @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social for profiling the irony in the Trump administration's purported plan to "make America healthy" while ripping away resources we all rely on to protect and advance our health. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comUnpacking the MAHA mirage: Trump guts healthcare while preaching wellness"They're moving us back almost into the Dark Ages." 134
Reposted by Andrea DucasKierra @kierrajones.bsky.social · 21/07/2025As the administration guts programs that research and support women’s health and fertility, it will be more dangerous for women to be pregnant during an already dire maternal health crisis. Read more from me and @jillrose.bsky.social:americanprogress.orgThe Trump Administration Is Endangering Women’s Reproductive HealthThe Trump administration is dismantling programs to prevent, treat, and cure diseases that affect women as well as threatening access to basic reproductive and maternal health care—and the One Big Bea... 113348
Reposted by Andrea DucasJill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · 21/07/2025@kierrajones.bsky.social and I discuss how the administration’s dismantling of environmental and public health protections, along with historic cuts to Medicaid, will have a disproportionate impact on reproductive and maternal health. Read more: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...americanprogress.orgThe Trump Administration Is Endangering Women’s Reproductive HealthThe Trump administration is dismantling programs to prevent, treat, and cure diseases that affect women as well as threatening access to basic reproductive and maternal health care—and the One Big Bea... 096
Reposted by Andrea DucasMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Popping in briefly from vacation to share my latest: Here's how the ~$1 trillion in Medicaid cuts in Republicans' newly passed law could threaten the home- and community-based care that many Americans with disabilities rely on.nytimes.comDisabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them 10237102
Reposted by Andrea DucasIgnacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 18/07/2025“ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows” “The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”npr.orgACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research showsA new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies. 30694512
Reposted by Andrea DucasCasey Doherty @caseydoherty.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I spoke w/ @maddylelu.bsky.social about how massive cuts to Medicaid will harm disabled students. "'School-based Medicaid funding has long been the plan. Stripping it away is fiscally reckless, legally wrong, & morally bankrupt,’ said Doherty.” Read more: www.theinvisiblevoice.net/writersroom/...theinvisiblevoice.net“Fiscally Reckless, Legally Wrong, and Morally Bankrupt”: Medicaid Cuts Drain Vital School Services — The Invisible VoiceMedicaid cuts threaten essential services in public schools, putting disability rights and inclusive education at risk nationwide. 067
Reposted by Andrea DucasNatasha Murphy @nzmurphy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025A federal judge just struck down the CFPB rule that would’ve wiped billions in medical debt from credit reports. It’s a win for debt collectors and a loss for millions of Americans 🧵: www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/b...cnn.comJudge nixes a Biden rule in order to keep medical debt on credit reports | CNN BusinessAmericans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week vacated a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would have removed such de... 31614
Reposted by Andrea DucasMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14/07/2025New Yorker cartoons don’t miss. 413146
Reposted by Andrea DucasMegan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Actions mean more than words. And the fact that the new COI rules are not being applied to the new hand-picked Advisory Council on Immunization Practices, speaks volumes. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k...statnews.comHHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interestRFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public. 914253
Reposted by Andrea DucasBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The Republican line is quickly becoming “we didn’t cut Medicaid because raw Medicaid spending still increases” — but if you adjust for inflation and population growth, that’s not true. That’s why more than 10 million people are going to lose their health insurance from the law.huffpost.comThe GOP Is Doing Damage Control After Cutting Medicaid — And It's Getting Weird“We are increasing Medicaid expenditures by $200 billion,” Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) falsely said of Trump’s tax law, which will strip health care from millions. 214335
Reposted by Andrea DucasAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House. When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%. 11450712350