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Kavita Patel MD

@drkavitapatel.bsky.social
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Stanford University Faculty, Venture Partner New Enterprise Associates NBC Medical Contributor and Obama Policy Alum

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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Anything we can do together is a great day and having @murray.senate.gov makes it even better - we are still left with a shutdown and a worse outlook for potentially millions who need health care that is dignified - Americans deserve that much
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MS NOW Reports @msnowreports.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Former President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer on Friday. The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office. @drkavitapatel.bsky.social joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to explain more. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
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Doctor explains more on Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis
Former President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer on Friday. The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office. Former White Ho...
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h...
nytimes.com
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas
It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This post is dedicated to all the frontline workers before, during and whatever now is called in the pandemic: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
msnbc.com
Opinion | America is still grappling with uncomfortable pandemic truths
The Covid-19 pandemic reveals itself not as a singular event but as a multifaceted crisis that exposed deep-seated fault lines in American society.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
this is just awful
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
first measles patient - unvaccinated child - dies - sadly won’t be the last in this recent outbreak- expect cases to increase to the mid to high 100s if not higher depending on when we hit a community wall of immunity (generally when we have 95% vax rate in an area) it’s never to late to vaccinate
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Many have written about the House Bill that just passed, but so many outside the beltway are not aware 🧵 What’s "Budget Reconciliation"? It’s Congress’s turbo button for passing $$$ bills with just 51 Senate votes (no 60 needed!) Used for tax cuts, healthcare, climate ⚡ #BudgetReconciliation
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating. Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
washingtonpost.com
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
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LadyBug ✌️🫶🐞📎🐸 @northernladybug.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Iamerica.org/knowy-your-rights
iamerica.org
Know Your Rights - iAmerica
Know your rights with iAmerica. Access essential information on your legal rights as an immigrant, including workplace protections, legal support, and how to handle encounters with law enforcement.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
In case you wondered what depths our democracy has sunk to
letter describing ice authority boarding school buses
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
this isn’t getting enough attention - please share widely
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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
So in looking back for a quote from the Kennedy hearing today, I just realized I missed the part where Sen. Tuberville appears to endorse "butt whipping" via belt over medication for ADHD in children.
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MS NOW Reports @msnowreports.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
'Confused medicare and medicaid' @drkavitapatel.bsky.social joins Andrea Mitchell to share concerns on RFK Jr. www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitch...
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‘Confused medicare and medicaid’: Doctor shares concerns on RFK Jr.
Today is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports and Andrea Mitchell speaks with Dr. Kavita Patel about her concerns ...
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing strong work to sen young (r-indiana) for talking and advocating for long covid devastating to millions with little to no research and utter desperation
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing ok my bad i said there were only 2 docs in the senate - Marshall (r-ks) is no 3 and also home to the largest tb outbreak which interestingly he is NOT talking about
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Lujan (D-NM) finally getting to equity and inclusion (only took about 2.5 and 21 senators)- he is asking about how rfk will improve diversity in clinical trials and inclusion of staff who were fired for roles around diversity
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Blackburn (R-TN) asks a series of detailed questions that again reveal lack of knowledge around relevant programs: 1. area wage index- accounts for differences in payment based on geography www.cms.gov/medicare/pay...
cms.gov
Wage Index | CMS
A summary of what a wage index is for the Acute Inpatient PPS, and how to access the files.
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rkumar9844.bsky.social @rkumar9844.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing repeat themes of rfk following the science but zero follow up on how scientists can conduct work when grants and funding are under threat / the word equity is scrubbed and federal workforce are being essentially forced out
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing mic drop award goes to Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) “kids might die but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in”
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing now is the time when the committee probably should take a break because it’s all just blending together … but we do have johnson (R) ranting quite a bit about thousands of pages of response from faucis email and lack of response from biden re myocarditis and the covid vaccine
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Cortez-Masto asking about EMTALA and ability to enforce emtala in cases of medical emergencies - supreme court weighed in on this and punted to states - so states like texas for example can enforce a ban even in emergency situations
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Hassan (D-NH) strong work with the large posters (a technique used in the senate to make a point) enshrining his own words onto a poster board on an easel rfk repeating the trump quote “every abortion is a tragedy” - hassan illustrating that rfk will simply do what trump says
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing issues that still deserve more attention (we are only about 1/3 thru) 1. equity (or the elimination of it in current trump actions) 2. patient safety 3. nih research 4. workforce 5. 340b 6. electronic health records 7. indian health service 8. tobacco
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Whitehouse (D-RI) is also a policy wonk- starts with asking for more definitive statements around vaccines as well as talking about the perverse aspects of cms reimbursement based on geography
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Lankford (R-OK)-directly getting to abortion and title x (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215...)
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Title X Goals, Priorities, and Accomplishments
The mission of the Title X program as stated in statute (see Appendix B) is to provide grants to public or nonprofit private entities “to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family ...
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Warner (D-Va) asking questions germaine to the massive federal workforce in his home state- federal employee buyout/grant freeze/communication freeze- rfk jr unable to commit around anything but “not firing anyone who is doing their job” based on his opinion
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Cassidy also has some of the best health staff and he is a scholar of health care in his own right - he is asking all the right questions about medicaid and medicare and it’s clear rfk jr does not have familiarity
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Cassidy (R-La) 1 of 2 doctors on the committee asks about a super wonky and important issue- dual eligibles and it’s clear al rfk jr knows about duals is how to spell it
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Bennet (D-CO)-he is a smart sophisticated senator with seats on both major health committees-works across the aisle- look to him to see what most centrists are thinking
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Cornyn (R-TX)-talking about hhs office of refugee resettlement-now shifting to mental health 1. cornyn has strong health care staff and shows in the sophistication of his questions - he is asking about primary care behavioral health services
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing rfk jr response to grassley - “radical transparency” - note lots of talk about cdc and fda and nih (clearly his sweet spots) but zero mention of cms so far as well as other important agencies
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Grassley (r) going thru 7 issues he cares about: 1. HHS oversight 2. pharmacy benefit managers 3. drug pricing 4.rural health (shade on biden) 5. agriculture- showing his iowa roots here telling rfk to back off 6.dietary guidelines-conflict transparency 7. refugee resettlement
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing Wyden pushing hard on samoa - see excellent @nbcnews.com article on this here: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.
New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
one lesson here - statistics are effective and alarming but the idea that for decades many (myself included) have sat around doing nothing is an obfuscation
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing the questions begin- GOP up first- expect questions that are friendly and allow for rfk jr to elaborate on his positions and opine on issues
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing RFK jr- so far he is offering what sound like reasonable statements that if in isolation are noteworthy- reverse chronic disease etc but managing a 83k person department requires more
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkhearing protester interrupted rfk clarifying that he is pro-safety not anti vaccine of note @washingtonpost.com did an evaluation of past statements and found at least 3 dozen documented instances of anti vaccine comments
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfkHearing beginning with 4 obligatory questions but now we hear the oral statement - and here we go…
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfk hearing Committee chair Sen Crapo mentioning rfk and jfk and omitting emk (Sen Ted Kennedy) whose dais presence was legendary is noteworthy
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#rfk hearing - look for staff (used to be my job) behind the senators to: 1. hand notes to senators 2. make funny faces 3. try not to fall asleep
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I used to work in the Senate for RFK Jrs uncle Ted Kennedy- so i will talk about some of what we are witnessing live
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
hello live from the @nbcnews.com @msnbc.com studios in dc for the rfk hearing !
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
right in time for many health guidance to be paused www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
kshb.com
KDHE: 'Unprecedented' tuberculosis outbreak ongoing in Wyandotte County
A Kansas Department of Health and Environment official told a Kansas Senate committee Tuesday the agency continues to work to resolve an "unprecedented" tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
reminder that there are great people on this earth 6 yrs old but relevant esp today -for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized & Reverend Budde learned of this, invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral
matthewshepard.org
Matthew Shepard to be Interred at Washington National Cathedral - Matthew Shepard Foundation
CONTACT Tony Franquiz West End Strategy Team cathedral@westendstrategy.com (202) 776-7700 Matthew Shepard to be Interred at Washington National Cathedral Family of the Wyoming student, who was murdere...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/01/2025
The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, & is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring. NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.
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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
emails like this went out across all agencies with zero understanding or insight into how much this damages the ability for anyone coming in to lead an agency to be able to do their job or even have the faith of the career staff
email describing how to report fellow employees who still include DEI language or work in their roles as career staff
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