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Cheryl Cashin

@cherylcashin.bsky.social
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Health economist passionate about equity and Universal Health Coverage.

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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What has happened to the @theatlantic.com? "@abdulelsayed.bsky.social , the left-wing Senate candidate in Michigan, also carries a lot of baggage—his Muslim faith and Arab name, his advocacy for universal health care, some loose-lipped podcasts in his past..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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AOC Knows a Lemon When She Sees One
Francesca Hong’s surprise loss in Wisconsin is a blessing to the Democratic Party.
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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Absolutely! New York could and should implement universal publicly-financed healthcare indypendent.org/2026/07/new-...
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New York Can Do Anything, Including Single-Payer Universal Healthcare
The main obstacle is a lack of political will and imagination.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The NY Health Act is closer than ever! Our analysis shows enormous savings for local governments and schools that could increase salaries for teachers and public union members. One more hidden tax in this broken system and one more reason to #PassNYHealth! drive.google.com/file/d/15jtz...
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White Paper--Fiscal Impact of the New York Health Act on Counties 5.11.2026.pdf
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Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH @drjqjarvis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Objections to health reform based on a fear of ‘socialism’ are silly.The Utah Cares Act reforms how to originate health care funding and how to spend those funds, saving $16 B/yr out of $40 B/yr being spent-better simpler care financed fairly for all. www.utahcares.health DONATE to this campaign!
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Not surprising CEOs of for-profit vultures don't want to give up anything to improve our health care and only want more $$$$$. People > Profits
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A purely U.S. private insurance construct to ⬆️ profits. This business model has nothing to do with health. #Medicare4All #NYHealthAct
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Not if New York gets there first @robyates123.bsky.social! @darrigomelanie.bsky.social #NYHealthAct
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We're working hard to get this passed @robyates123.bsky.social! #NYHealthAct
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
One last punch in the face to global health.
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Rob Yates @robyates123.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Bravo Vietnam completely scrapping copayments for poorer households www.asiainsurancereview.com/News/View-Ne...
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Vietnam expands full health insurance coverage
Vietnam will provide full reimbursement of medical examination and treatment costs under its health insurance system to people from near-poor households and seniors aged 75 and above who receive socia...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Yes, unscrupulous insurance companies are a driver of health inequity New book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Look when life expectancy in the US started to diverge sharply from other high-income countries even while expenditure sky-rocketed. 1980s. A general sharp turn toward protecting profits instead of people in this country.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Now is the time for states to step up and protect health care! Let's do this #NYHealthAct!
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Adam Gaffney @awgaffney.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Our new study just up in JAMA IM: we track Americans' out-of-pocket health spending longitudinally over a four-year period, showing that risks mount year after year. Whereas 11.8% of adults experience healthcare financial strain after 1 year, risk rises to 26.7% over four years
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We are failing our kids
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Shame.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Essential reading if you want to understand how sick the US health care system is and why #Medicare4All is NOT a radical proposal to fix it. 👇
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
No surprise here. Get profit out of health care! #people>profits #Medicare4All
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Exactly! Health insurance premiums, deductibles and co-pays are taxes! BUT they are regressive and revenue accrues to insurance company profit lines not government coffers. AND it is taxation without representation since insurance companies are accountable to shareholders not taxpayers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Administrative burden is a barrier to health care. This one is an easy fix.
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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Through his voice and his research @awgaffney.bsky.social provides unrelenting clarity around the failure of the US health care system and the greed at the root of that failure. @madhupai.bsky.social thank you for amplifying this
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The title says it all! Health care in the USA: money has become the mission @thelancet.com review on "the damage wrought by decades of market-based policies that have stimulated profit-seeking by insurers and health-care providers" @awgaffney.bsky.social et al www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
Despite extraordinary scientific and medical resources, the US health-care system underperforms. In this Review we consider the damage wrought by decades of market-based policies that have stimulated ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025. This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies. Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024. Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Trump hosted a dinner last week for donors helping fund his ballroom project. Today, crews are starting construction and literally tearing down parts of the White House. It's day 20 of the government shutdown and this is what he's prioritizing?
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
There are some things that should never be for profit.... Psychiatric hospitals, prisons, basic health coverage to name a few.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Truth.
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P4H Network @p4hnetwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@cgdev.org’s new paper proposes a framework for financing healthcare supply chains in low- & middle-income countries — bridging health financing & logistics to strengthen access to essential medicines. 🔗 www.cgdev.org/publication/... @peterbaker17.bsky.social @cherylcashin.bsky.social
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Financing of Healthcare Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Novel Conceptual Framework
Healthcare supply chain financing is critical to health system performance but remains neglected—often fragmented, donor-dependent, and inefficient—leading to stockouts and high out-of-pocket costs. W...
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 02/10/2025
With ACA tax credits, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 pays ~$7,000 for their annual premium. Without ACA tax credits, the same couple could be forced to pay nearly $30,000. I know Republicans only speak "billionaire"—but middle-class families can't afford this.
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KFF @kff.org · 30/09/2025
If Congress doesn’t act to extend the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, KFF’s latest analysis finds that premium payments would more than double on average in 2026. See the data: on.kff.org/3WfWxjj
Image featuring a statistic from a KFF analysis: "Premiums would more than double on average (rising by 114%) for Marketplace enrollees who currently receive financial assistance via the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits." The background is green with white text.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
“Complexity in medicine cannot be reduced to a billing code. A patient with hypertension, diabetes, or depression may look “routine” on paper, yet the visit may involve reconciling medications, coordinating referrals, addressing side effects, screening for complications, and navigating barriers…”
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An insurance company is introducing a new threat to American medicine
Prior authorizations were once a narrow tool to contain costs. Downcoding could be next.
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Troy Tassier @troytassier.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Source. www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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Premium Payments if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF
This data note examines how the expiration of the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits could affect the out-of-pocket portion of premiums for different households.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The slide into autocracy can be reversed and often is. It takes time and persistence. We can do this!
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Guaranteed universal health coverage would solve this and so many other dysfunctions. #Medicare4All #NYHA
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Curse of private equity. After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals. PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits. People killed for profit. Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
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Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This makes me feel incredibly sick and ashamed of the U.S. government and its cruel disregard for the lives of precious children around the world.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Looming Federal Health Care cuts will double the uninsured population, skyrocket premiums and force hospital closures. The New York Health Act will ensure that everyone receives upgraded and comprehensive healthcare, save families money and keep hospitals open.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 16/09/2025
Commentary: The tax cuts in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” are offset by spending cuts, including deep cuts to Medicaid. These cuts have often been framed in the context of limiting governmental waste and overspending, but they'll make it harder for some hospitals to stay solvent.
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How Medicaid cuts will hurt every hospital — including yours
Regardless of your political views, we can all agree that hospitals have to be solvent to stay open, write Anesu Karen Murambadoro and John Wixted. The Medicaid cuts included in the One Big Beautiful ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Yes, it is a “school shooting industry” and yes, it’s growing www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...
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The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Trust good old free market America to make an billion dollar industry out of mass murder of kids www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...
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The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
It's about to get much much worse.
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Cheryl Cashin @cherylcashin.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage
Donald Trump and Dr. Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save b...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The Budget Reconciliation Law "will increase the number of people without health insurance in 2034 by 10 million, because of changes to Medicaid (7.5 million), the ACA Marketplaces (2.1 million) & other policies and interactions among different provisions (0.4 million)." www.kff.org/uninsured/ho...
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How Will the 2025 Reconciliation Law Affect the Uninsured Rate in Each State? | KFF
This analysis apportions the increase in the number of uninsured across the 50 states and DC. CBO estimates that the reconciliation law will increase the number of uninsured by 10M in 2034 and rise to...
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They have been trending upward for years and are now rising faster than ever. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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The Price Increases That Should Cause Americans More Alarm - KFF Health News
The cost of health insurance is rising faster than the price of eggs or gasoline.
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Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) @pnhp.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Over 100 million Americans live with medical debt—disproportionately affecting people of color and low-income families. Medicare for All ends surprise bills and medical bankruptcies, letting families focus on healing, not collections. #DebtFreeHealthcare #HealthJustice #MedicareForAll
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