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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🔥Announcement🔥 I’m co-host on a new Podcast, Paging America, where Miles Baker and I explore the power, profit and politics shaping American healthcare and what you can do about it. Check us out wherever you listen. open.spotify.com/episode/6dFH...

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Trump and Pharma Get Cozy

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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Trump and Pharma Get Cozy

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Feldman Strategies @feldmanstrategies.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It’s an everyday battle to combat misinformation – but we do it because the health of America depends on it. Proud to fight for access to health care + trust and accurate public health info from our govt officials w/ @protecthealthcare.medsky.social and @drrobdavidson.bsky.social

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

As an ER doctor, I treat people when other systems fail. Now, we're watching those systems get dismantled on purpose: 20,000 jobs slashed at HHS. Vaccine and prevention programs gutted. And Congressional Republicans voting to cut Medicaid to fund billionaire tax breaks. 1/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Public health isn’t partisan. It’s basic humanity. And right now, it’s under attack. Speak up. Organize. Protest. And in 2026, get ready to vote. Because silence is complicity—and people will die if we don’t stop this. /END

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We can have a functioning system. But we have to fight for it. That means calling out the lies, rejecting the cruelty, and holding Congressional Republicans accountable—for confirming RFK Jr, for voting to gut Medicaid, and for putting lives at risk. 9/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

You don't notice public health until it’s gone. It’s clean water, vaccine access, prenatal care, food safety, emergency response. Lose that, and you don’t get chaos—you get catastrophe. 8/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This isn’t some abstract policy debate. Public health jobs are being cut. Medicaid access is being slashed. And millions of Americans—especially in rural and underserved areas—will pay the price with their health. 7/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The GOP isn’t just slashing budgets. They confirmed RFK Jr.—a man with a history of spreading vaccine misinformation—to lead this health purge. Every Senator who voted to confirm him owns this disaster. 6/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

In the ER, I see the results of these decisions: kids with asthma living in mold-infested apartments, seniors rationing insulin, people coming in with strokes and infections that should have been caught early—but weren’t. 5/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

And what’s it all for? So billionaires and corporations can pay less in taxes. That’s the actual trade: public health for private jets. 4/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

At the same time, the GOP is pushing Medicaid cuts. That’s 90 million people—children, seniors, pregnant women, and low-income families—left without a safety net. It’s a one-two punch: gut prevention, then gut care. 3/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy will be wiped out. This office leads vaccine education, pandemic response, and disease prevention. Without it, we’ll see more outbreaks, more ER visits, and more preventable deaths. 2/10

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Slashing 20,000 HHS jobs is reckless. Pairing that with Medicaid cuts? That’s not reform—it’s sabotage. You don’t “fix” healthcare by gutting its core. People will suffer. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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The Trump administration restructures federal health agencies, cuts 20,000 jobs

The reduction in force comes along with a reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, consolidating 28 divisions to 15.

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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I was honored to be a guest Tuesday night of my congressman @repsuhas.bsky.social . The fact that he heard my voice and gave me the opportunity to share my family's story says so much about him as a representative.

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“NIH research has contributed to over 90% of all the drugs treat disease. You start cutting back on that, we're talking about people dying of cancer, diabetes treatment, Alzheimer's treatment." - @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

[We opposed him] “because his life of anti-vaccine advocacy, vaccine skepticism, bizarre health claims during Covid, bizarre claims about HIV, about antidepressants causing school shootings. The list goes on and on.”- @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“It's bad enough that he fueled the anti-vaccine conspiracies, and he profited so greatly from that. But now he gets the megaphone of HHS, gets the megaphone of the Federal Government to spread this level of disinformation.”- @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“It's highly concerning that he wants to re-investigate Mifepristone, a drug safer than aspirin, safer than Viagra. This could result in restrictions on this drug that has afforded the right of bodily autonomy to so many women.”- @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“This administration, but certainly with RFK and HHS, they don't seem to really know what they're doing. And when it comes to something like healthcare, that's pretty terrifying"- @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“During the confirmation hearings when questioned about Medicare, Medicaid, he didn't understand how they worked. He could get rolled by Trump who wants tax cuts for billionaires. They see this as a pot of money where they can do that.”- @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Bill Press @billpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

[RE: Medicaid cuts] “I work in a very Red area of Michigan that voted for Trump about 70%. These are people I've cared for. They would be horribly damaged. Addiction recovery, mental health services, all of that would just be devastated.”- @DrRobDavidson.bsky.social bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

These assholes voted tonight to cut funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes. They voted to cut funding for 1/2 of the births in the US. They voted to shut down rural hospitals like the one I’ve worked at for 23 years. All for Trillions in tax cuts for billionaires. Unconscionable.

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I refuse to be dejected and despondent. We are so much better than those in charge. I have relentless faith in the power of the people. And we at the Committee to Protect Health Care are 40,000 strong; doctors who will not give up on our patients’ need for accessible and affordable healthcare.

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Alicia Bach, MD @aliciabachmd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

About 85% of my cancer patients rely on Medicaid to cover their treatment. Without it, they wouldn’t be able to afford any care. Same with 95% of my sickle cell patients. Medicaid is a necessary service

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations that determine access to vaccines in the US. The ACIP meeting scheduled for next week is now delayed. This is how RFK Jr will administratively destroy vaccination programs. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed

An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

When they tried to cut #Medicaid in Trump's first term, I had an encounter with then VP @Mike_Pence in early 2020 explaining why it is such a critical program for my patients and the community that I serve. 2/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

As an ER doc in a rural community for nearly 25 years, Trump’s admission that he is going back on his promise to “not cut Medicaid” is alarming. Here’s why we cannot let it blend into the “noise” of all of his actions. And a bit on what we can do about it. 1/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

As doctors, we can tell the stories of our patients who depend on these critical programs in op-eds, town halls & press conferences. We must speak up, we can't be silent, & we have political power to hold these politicians accountable when they put our patients in harm’s way. /end #medsky

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We can hold these Republicans accountable. The most important thing for every member of Congress is re-election. In 2026, every member of the House of Reps will face the voters. We must let them know that their vote on health care cuts will be top of mind for voters. 12/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

These billionaires include 25 political appointees, Trump, and his family who will all benefit greatly from the tax cuts that they want to enact on the backs of low-income Americans and children. www.citizen.org/article/trum... 11/13

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Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet Represents the Top 0.0001% - Public Citizen

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Simply put, Trump & his admin want to make it harder for eligible individuals to enroll/renew, all to save $160B. Don’t fall for this number – it would take health care away from adults & kids who qualify but are unable to navigate the red tape involved in the bureaucracy. 9/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The CBO has estimated that Medicaid “work requirements” could result in 1.5 million people losing health care. And data clearly shows that the vast majority of Medicaid recipients work or have valid reasons not to be working. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss... 8/13

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5 Key Facts About Medicaid Work Requirements | KFF

Work requirements in Medicaid have resurfaced as part of a broader legislative package of potential changes to Medicaid designed to significantly reduce federal Medicaid spending. This brief highlight...

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Medicaid block grants would cap the amount of federal funding to states irrespective of the needs of the enrollees in the state, resulting in fewer people covered. This would have been a disaster in the pandemic, and will put real lives at risk in the future. 7/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Some proposed cuts incl. reducing the federal matching rate for Medicaid expansion under the #ACA from 90% to the usual rate. This would put 20 mil people at risk of losing health care incl. 3 million+ in states with trigger laws that would end expansion. kffhealthnews.org/news/article... 6/13

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9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding - KFF Health News

About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed...

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Without these programs, the outcomes of my recent patients, and millions of others, could be catastrophic, or their medical debt could be crippling, and they may have become among the hundreds of thousands seeking help with medical bills on sites like GoFundMe. kffhealthnews.org/news/article... 5/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

These programs cover the infant I saw 3 weeks ago with RSV and hypoxia who had to be transferred to the regional children’s hospital for care. And the young man with 2 low-paying jobs who had appendicitis and was able to go home the same day after an appendectomy. 4/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Medicaid and #CHIP currently cover over 79 million in the US including nearly 38 million kids. During the pandemic, a dual public health and economic crisis, that number increased to over 92 million. www.kff.org/coronavirus-... 3/13

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

He’s just a dangerous individual when it comes to public health. It’s dangerous to have a guy who’s led [the vaccine skepticism] movement being the head of this agency, the mouthpiece of the U.S. government when it comes to public health. time.com/7222309/rfk-...

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RFK Jr.'s Confirmation to Lead HHS Worries Health Experts

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of America's most notorious vaccine skeptics, will run the country's leading health agency.

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Feldman Strategies @feldmanstrategies.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

And let’s be clear: @drrobdavidson.bsky.social and @protecthealthcare.medsky.social will not back down from the attacks Trump and RFK Jr. launch against proven and safe science in the medical field.

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Eclectablog/Chris Savage @chrissavage.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Listen to a good Republican from the Deep South, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, when it comes to the confirmation of RFK Jr to head up all of our health care-related agencies.

Picture of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) with a quote from him about Robert F Kennedy Jr's anti-vax position: "If there is any false note, any undermining of a mama’s trust in vaccines, another person will die from a vaccine-preventable disease."

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Rachel Maddow sums up the story of how RFK Jr. is seen as largely responsible for an explosion of measles cases on the island of Samoa after he spread anti-vaccination claims. youtu.be/7kKa4R-kHz4?...

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How RFK Jr. became associated with a deadly, preventable disease

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Dr. Rob Davidson @drrobdavidson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So now we hear from RFK Jr. that his kids are vaccinated, but he has made millions spreading disinformation, and even accosting mothers on hiking trails, trying to convince others not to vaccinate their kids. Disqualified for Sec of HHS.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2025

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

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