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SOME PEOPLE @some-people-usa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Other than Andrew Witty, rarely, over the last 30-46 years, have we in the Single Payer movement, witnessed a person less self aware than Mr. Mark Cuban in the context of health, healthcare and public health policy.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

sorta sad that this even needs to be said. sigh.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

okay this graphic is freaking awesome. who made it????

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

that’s just not how any of this works. and they know it. bunch of disingenuous assholes.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

these are some of the hardest deaths to bear as a physician, and so hard to reconcile theologically too. i’m glad to see this but also… religion is weird.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

this whole thread is an absolute marvel.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i would sure love to see this guy become senator of michigan in 47 days. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

regardless of whether or not Trump is high IQ, it’s especially telling that he doesn’t think that having ethics or morality (none of which are tested in IQ tests) is important.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

came here to say this. sooooo cute

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

it is amazing, however, that you can write the word for Lays in Thai and it looks shockingly similar to how it is written in English.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

ya email from david and steffie makes me think it’s thursday!

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

so is it thursday sept 24 or saturday sept 26?? that ask is not simple!

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

and it was crazy to me that the tenured ones were not willing to speak up… like what did you have to lose?????

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

i discovered something similar 12 years ago when trying to get med school faculty to go on record supporting single payer; shockingly high number agreed but none willing to state it publicly. and conditions are SO MUCH worse now, both politically and in the state of our health care system.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

this is a question i struggle with. if we had the single payer system outlined in Jayapal’s or Sanders’ bill, RFK jr would be in charge and that reallllllly bothers me as a dyed in the wool single payer advocate.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

sheesh i can’t believe this actually gets published. it’s like a high school book report. duh guys we have been talking about this for literally decades

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

but you CAN’T be surprised, can you??

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

yeah i think this is the part that complicates the math. what value can you put on either safety or comfort?

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

i know everyone is all like “akron” and wooster and stan gault etc but i saw the blimp all the time when i lived in LA and drove to san diego regularly. the blimp lived down there and it was a thrill to see it every. single. time.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

exactly right. this is very much informing how we train our residents.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

at the airport waiting to board and i look down and see this lonely suitcase, minding his own business. who is he? where did he come from, and how did he end up there? where will he finally cease his journey? 🤔

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

ha. instead they play games trying to avoid people who ever need the hospital, or ways to not pay for all of it when people do. on top of churn and eroding protections against denial for preexisting conditions.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

honestly, seeing this trial has prompted me to use etomidate a few times now and... it's worked out fine. this whole thing did kind of break my brain though.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

may i humbly direct you to this report? pnhp.org/removing-the... this is what’s driving the effort in Ohio and in several other states (like here in HI!). contract with a non risk bearing ASO and save literally millions of dollars while improving access and care…

pnhp.org

Removing the Middlemen from Medicaid

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

huh. how much did taylor farms pay for this “re-examination”?

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

ah yes. the R party that believes govt is the program is actively trying to make govt be the problem even worse by creating govt-based barriers to getting healthcare (see also medicaid work requirements) www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2026/tr...

commonwealthfund.org

New ACA Marketplace Rule Gives Consumers Red Tape

An new rule for ACA marketplaces ratchets up scrutiny of the enrollment process and imposes administrative barriers.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

came here to say this. also this is not the fucking goal. spending on health is the goal. an “improvement” in this number means approaching the 98 cents of every dollar that trad medicare takes in and then spends covering the cost of healthcare, not on admin or profits or advertising.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

dems retaking the senate because republicans just kept dying was not something i had on my bingo card for 2026

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

i think this is good for annie’s odds…?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Duckworth weighs in on Maine senate race.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

but also my friend @sweetchinchilla.bsky.social did an oreo taste test with her pharmacy residents because apparently the oreos at costco are NOT the same as the ones in the store which is sort of 🤯

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

yeah i’m sad (but not really), that, unlike at my prior hospital, my current hospital does not just have little packages or oreos in the food room on each ward.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

not in my house they aren’t. that’s why i don’t buy them. no self control.

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

when i was younger, i loathed incrementalism but i didn’t understand how anything gets done…. what we are doing now for single payer is hardly that

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

this is very how much how we are reframing the path to single payer healthcare. the goal is NOT to kill Medicare Advantage or to kick managed care out of Medicaid… but if fighting those battles builds movement power (and reduces the stranglehold of private interests), we’ll fight. @pnhp.bsky.social

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

head to the southern hemisphere!

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Phil Verhoef @philipverhoef.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

i’m trying to imagine how you could have long term neurological recovery without survival to discharge. survival just seems kind of important amiright?

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