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Juliette Cubanski @jcubanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CMS has just released information about Medicare drug plan offerings for 2027, emphasizing stability. Some quick top-level analysis about the stand-alone Part D drug plan market to follow. ⬇️ www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...

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Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Programs Expected to Remain Stable in 2027

Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Programs Expected to Remain Stable in 2027The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced significant premium savings for millions ...

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This is a story about one particular program But it’s also a story about the mindless approach that the Trump administration has taken to attacking agencies on which we all rely www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...

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Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump.

An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Poll: Public trust in US health agencies down, ONLY 39% trust RFK Jr! www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...

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Poll: Public trust in US health agencies down, only 39% trust RFK Jr

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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Sign up for The Patient Revolution Town Hall on issues of trust in health care. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/sign-up-fo...

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The number of kids who died from flu in the 2024-25 season is still rising. #CDC was informed of another 5 deaths, bringing the season total to 275 so far. Deaths occurred in Jan & May. The only time more peds deaths from flu were reported was in the 2009 pandemic. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The GOP bill would cut $1 trillion from health care. This would kick 10.9 million people off their health insurance. That, plus the expiration of the APTCs (and the other half of the ACA rule), lead to 16 million people losing health insurance, pushing the uninsurance rate up 4 percentage points.

percent of people without health insurance goes from 8% to 12% under GOP plan

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Bertha Coombs @berthacoombs.cnbc.com · 21/05/2025

#UNH shares pulling back this morning, after HSBC cut the stock to a sell, and a Guardian piece alleging the company paid nursing homes to keep patients from being transfered to hospitals. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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NPR @npr.org · 13/05/2025

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

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Uruguay's ex-President José Mujica, nicknamed 'world's poorest president,' dies at 89

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13/05/2025

Kicking moms and babies off of their health insurance (during Women’s Health Week, no less) is a low blow.

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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Section 44142 of House GOP Medicaid cuts REQUIRES states (so much for federalism) to charge cost-sharing of up to $35 to adults between 100-138% FPL. Allows providers to turn folks away if they can't pay Research is clear that even small copays for low-income folks result in missing needed care

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Republicans have floated the idea of a per capita cap on federal funding for the ACA Medicaid expansion. How much a per capita cap would shift costs to states and result in cuts to Medicaid benefits would depend crucially on where the cap is set and how fast it grows over time.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

One of the arguments for scaling back the ACA Medicaid expansion is that enrollees are "able-bodied" and don't need health care. 44% of Medicaid expansion enrollees have a chronic condition. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

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NPR @npr.org · 25/04/2025

Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

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Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured

Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/04/2025

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Please, pull up a chair and let me tell you the batshit backstory of the guy bringing today's Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The Latest Supreme Court case targeting the ACA comes from a longtime anti-gay activist

Steven Hotze has spent years trying to dismantle Obamacare and fight LGBTQ rights.

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Joseph Burns @jburns18.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This must-read article from @msjpauly.bsky.social is excellent in how it explains the issues behind the case SCOTUS heard yesterday in Kennedy v. #Braidwood

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2025

“The people who are going to be hurt most are the people who can’t just pull out a credit card and pay full cost for a service, or pay a $50 co-pay or an $80 co-pay.”

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The Latest Supreme Court case targeting the ACA comes from a longtime anti-gay activist

Steven Hotze has spent years trying to dismantle Obamacare and fight LGBTQ rights.

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Joseph Burns @jburns18.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Great explainer from @citizencohn.bsky.social on how RFK has yet to give an unambiguous endorsement of vaccines during the largest single outbreak of measles in decades.

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Jason Mast @jasonmast.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

At NIH, scientists are bartering over lab supplies. In FDA, staff fear drug reviews and inspections will fall behind. CDC groups focused on alcohol, tobacco and HIV are gone. 3 months into the Trump Admin, are America's health agencies in crisis? www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h...

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Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations come unglued

The Trump administration’s remaking of HHS — in a matter of weeks — is sparking basic questions about how parts of the agency and those it oversees can continue to function.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 04/04/2025

📣 TO ANYONE PARTICIPATING IN A #HANDSOFF PROTEST: If the GOP's plan to GUT MEDICAID & the ACA are your concern, a reminder that I've compiled pie charts breaking out enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare & ACA plans for the entire populations of ALL 436 HOUSE DISTRICTS. ACASignups.net/piecharts

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Pie Charts Galore! Medicaid, CHIP, ACA & Medicare enrollment by Congressional District

Over the past couple of months I've compiled a master spreadsheet breaking out enrollment in ACA plans (Qualified Health Plans & Basic Health Plans), Medicaid/CHIP coverage (both traditional & via ACA...

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A recession with job losses, combined with Medicaid cuts, combined with an end to enhanced ACA premium aid, would be quite a triple whammy for health coverage.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New government survey data shows the biggest growth in ACA enrollment has come in red states that have not expanded Medicaid under the ACA. The enhanced premium aid that fueled this increase in enrollment expires at the end of this year unless Congress extends it. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

New: Medicaid enrollment of children, people with disabilities, seniors, and adults by Congressional district. Here are the districts with the most Medicaid enrollees: www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

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Joseph Burns @jburns18.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Don't miss this webinar with my AHCJ colleague ‪@lizseegert.bsky.social‬ on how misconduct in research harms patients AND science with @charlespiller.bsky.social and Vanderbilt neurologist Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

NEWS: Some states can't resist dipping into opioid settlements to patch budget holes -- "a grave misuse of funds," one addiction recovery advocate says. @aneripattani.bsky.social looks at the debate over $5 million in Nevada. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Opioid Cash Grab: As Federal Funding Dries Up, States Turn to Settlement Money - KFF Health News

Nevada’s budget debate highlights how uncertainty over funding for federal safety net programs may lead some officials to turn to opioid settlement dollars to make up the difference.

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Andy Rose @andyrose12.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

so much $$ goes through some Alaska Native Corporations. Akima is one. csde.washington.edu/seminar/the-....

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The Rise of Alaska Native Corporations in U.S. Government Contracting

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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u... Cutting Medicaid spending, which is central to the budget bill that House Republicans may bring to a vote on Tuesday, could result in millions of Americans across the country losing health coverage unless states decide to play a bigger role in its funding.

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Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

One important dynamic in the 2017 failed ACA repeal and replace effort: It wasn’t just weakening of pre-existing condition protections that was controversial. It was also big Medicaid cuts.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

RFK Jr. has been confirmed to be Secretary of HHS, and will now oversee health coverage for 170 million Americans through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the ACA.

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Louise Norris @louisenorris.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

RFK Jr.'s HHS Secretary confirmation means he'll oversee Medicare, Medicaid/CHIP, and Marketplace health coverage as well as crucial public health agencies like the CDC, NIH, & FDA. He was confirmed despite making it clear in his hearings that he doesn't understand the programs he'll be overseeing.

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Joseph Burns @jburns18.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Today at 2 pm ET, don't miss this webinar: Unraveling the myth: ProPublica’s investigation into a bad doc and a reckless hospital with my colleague Mary Chris Jaklevic @mcjaklevic.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/event/unrave...

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Unraveling the myth: ProPublica's investigation into a bad doc and a reckless hospital

In this webinar, we'll explore the case of Montana oncologist David Weiner, who stands accused of harming and killing patients.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

92% of Medicaid adult enrollees are working, or are not working due to caregiving, an illness or disability, or school attendance. Work requirements are a solution in search of a problem. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

An embargo notice sent to media suggests that the CDC's MMWR — the best-read publication you've never heard of, a cornerstone of public health — will return to publication tomorrow.

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Joseph Burns @jburns18.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Concerned about telehealth, especially in remote areas where providers are scarce, then don't miss this webinar tomorrow, Feb. 5, from 1 to 2 pm ET, with my AHCJ colleague Karen Blum and ATA SVP Kyle Zebley. healthjournalism.org/event/telehe...

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Telehealth on the line: What could happen this spring?

In this webinar, Kyle Zebley of the American Telemedicine Association will explain the telehealth benefit extension and how Trump could affect it.

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Bob Herman @bobjherman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

"Consider us a friend," a UnitedHealth doctor says in a TV ad (designed to look like a news segment) encouraging seniors to get annual wellness visits. What goes unsaid: UnitedHealth wants those visits so it can generate lucrative billing codes. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/m...

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Louise Norris @louisenorris.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Open enrollment for 2025 health insurance has ended almost everywhere, but it's still ongoing in DC and Rhode Island. If you're in DC, you have until Feb. 7 to enroll, and if you're in RI, you have until Feb. 28: www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/what-ar...

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What are the deadlines for the ACA's open enrollment period? | healthinsurance.org

A list of the open enrollment deadlines for enrollment in 2025 ACA-compliant health insurance in every state. Open enrollment runs from November 1 to January 15 in most states, but some state-run exch...

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/02/2025

For those wondering: Yes, I'm uploading the entire 15 GB public-facing CDC.gov website that I downloaded a few days ago...but it's gonna take awhile to upload...

Uploading 1 item: 9 hr 12 min left...

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

b11210f4-9a71-4e4c-a08f-cf43a83bc1df.usrfiles.com/ugd/b11210_b... New survey: 74% of American voters believe the U.S. should prioritize ensuring FDA-approved vaccines are widely available for everyone.

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