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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sending one-time $500 checks to fewer than 1 million people, which the White House started doing yesterday, won't do anything to help the millions of people whose health insurance premiums increased thousands of dollars per year. www.americanprogress.org/article/a-50...

americanprogress.org

A $500 Check Will Not Solve the Health Care Premium Crisis

President Trump’s proposed $500 check cannot make up for thousands of dollars in higher marketplace premiums.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Vermonters don't need Medicare Advantage plans to protect them from high costs. Medicare Advantage actually costs taxpayers 14% more than traditional Medicare while limiting access to care. They need an out-of-pocket spending cap in traditional Medicare!

vtdigger.org

Vermonters adjust to a health care landscape without Medicare Advantage - VTDigger

For some, the transition has been relatively smooth. For others, the accumulation of many disparate costs is smothering.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Claude is the worst intern imaginable. This is a fireable offense!

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

As usual, the cruelty is the point. People with low-incomes, women, and racial and ethnic minorities are harmed by Trump's petty grudges against blue states.

thehill.com

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

RIP Rob Reiner. “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “The Princess Bride" are as responsible as my parents for turning me into who I am today. Such a tragic loss (and getting more tragic).

nytimes.com

Live Updates: Reiners’ Son Booked for Murder in the Stabbings of Director and His Wife

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I didn’t realize that I am a broken reader until I read this. Thank goodness there’s hope!

nytimes.com

Opinion | I Was Once a Broken Reader. I Found My Way Back to Books.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Health care across the country is in DANGER. If Planned Parenthood is “defunded,” nearly 200 health centers could close, and more than 1.1M patients could lose access to care. Contact your senator and tell them not to “defund” Planned Parenthood: ppact.io/care

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

You know how you keep thinking, "Nothing can surprise me anymore?" Wow. That keeps being super wrong. This is absolutely unbelievable. At least we can rest easy knowing that Congress will exercise its authority and remove him from office for this massive unconstitutional grift. My head is spinning.

nytimes.com

Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One, and Post-Presidency Travel

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A great summation from Rachel Madley at HEALTH CARE Un-Covered of how Congress wants to cut the lifesaving care real people receive when cutting actual fraud being committed by giant corporations would save more money.

healthcareuncovered.substack.com

Cutting Care From Patients Saves Only a Fraction of What Cutting Insurance Abuse Would

Lawmakers say cuts to Medicaid and CHIP will save money — but patients will pay with their lives, while Big Insurance cashes in.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Oh goddess... Calley Means at #POLITICOHealth just said NIH research hasn't been cut, just bureaucracy. Do these clowns believe the garbage they are spewing? Apparently research can happen without paying for buildings, janitorial services, and equipment.

politico.com

POLITICO's 2025 Health Care Summit - POLITICOPOLITICOSearchSearchClose

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Watching Calley Means at #POLITICOHealth twist himself into a pretzel explaining how corporations profiting off making kids sick aren't profiting off making kids sick, the way to stop them is to fire regulators, regulations aren't regulations, these are not the droids you're looking for...

politico.com

POLITICO's 2025 Health Care Summit - POLITICOPOLITICOSearchSearchClose

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Make America Segregated Again! This may not (immediately) lead to separate drinking fountains, but it is going to allow contractors to discriminate against trans people. And this was done without notice or public comment, the new standard for this administration. Bad news for democracy and justice.

npr.org

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Four of these five heath care companies that filed for bankruptcy protection last year are partially or fully owned by private equity firms. Coincidence? Or are private equity and health care incompatible? (Hint: it's not coincidence.)

beckersasc.com

5 healthcare bankruptcies affecting physicians - Becker’s ASC

Physician practice bankruptcy filings hit a six-year high in 2024, according to a report on Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings from healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors. Here are five m...

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The flue vaccine committee meeting in secret might not seem like the biggest deal, but this is democracy dying in darkness, in real time. First they came for my flue vaccine and I said nothing....

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I've been fantasizing about challenging Schumer in a primary since 2020. I think it's time to form an exploratory committee. Any volunteers?

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The best thing about our tragically dysfunctional health care system? Nursing shortages, corporate profit motives, unaffordable care, impossible wait times, lack of insurance, and violence against health workers combine to make great TV!* *A small price to pay for our worsened lives.

youtube.com

The Pitt | Official Trailer | Max

YouTube video by Max

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

What more could I possibly say...

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Wait! I thought I heard that California had gone to hell in a hand basket. Apparently it hasn't affected their happiness! Half of the top ten happiest cities are in the Golden State!

wallethub.com

Happiest Cities in America in 2025

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Not every crisis is about DOGE. We must not lose sight of problems that have been growing for decades. Something is very wrong with our values when we refuse to pay workers enough to pay rent and choose not to build enough housing for everyone. We need a moral reset that puts people over profits.

nytimes.com

Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Is this just theater to protect against lawsuits accusing Musk of exceeding his authority? Or are Secretaries taking their authority back? Could Congress do the same? I'm not holding my breath.

politico.com

Trump to Cabinet: Musk has no authority to fire workers

The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

There's no doubt that our health care "system" needs massive reforms. That's why I do what I do. But this is NOT the way to go about it. Let's stop president Trusk from destroying everything while we also design a plan for meaningful reform!

healthcaredive.com

The top 3 impacts of Trump’s health data purge

Interrupted access to health-related data has already led to worse outcomes and could undermine faith in the U.S. healthcare system, experts say.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I fill my regular prescription at my local independent pharmacy. It's usually about $6 with my insurance, but yesterday it was $48. Without insurance it was $17. Aren't Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) supposed to negotiate lower prices for insurance beneficiaries?

propublica.org

When Buying Prescription Drugs, Some Pay More With Insurance Than Without It

As insurers ask consumers to pay a greater share of their drug costs, it may be cheaper to pay cash than use your insurance card. One expert estimates that consumers could be overpaying for as many as...

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I hope this doesn't go unnoticed. The GSA is suggesting using private equity practices like sale-leasebacks, which often bankrupt businesses, for government buildings. No doubt to fund tax cuts for the rich now, while burdening the rest of us with long term lease payments on buildings we once owned.

gsa.gov

Statement regarding GSA’s disposal of non-core assets

GSA’s Public Buildings Service’s (PBS) foundational mission is to deliver cost-effective workspace solutions for its federal agency customers, enabling them to fulfill their missions for the American

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

There is a common theme to all of Trump/Musk's actions in the last five weeks. Whether it's shuttering USAID, firing federal workers for no reason, taking away Medicaid coverage, bullying Zelensky, or whatever they are going to do tomorrow, the cruelty is the point.

trevorklee.substack.com

The performative cruelty of it

I’ve tried never to write about politics or, indeed, any hot button issues in my blog.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I know you’re overwhelmed and terrified already, but please read or watch this interview to understand how illegal, unconstitutional, and dangerous this administration’s actions really are. Then call your member of congress and tell them to exercise their power to stop it.

open.substack.com

Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus

On risks to democracy nobody even thought about

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is deeply concerning. WaPo no longer cares to have a broad-based opinion section that covers all views? Just Jeff's view, apparently.

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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

New analysis from my colleagues at CAP:

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