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Blogging mostly healthcare policy at xpostfactoid.substack.com. ACA implementation watcher. CSR czar. AKA Andrew Sprung.

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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 10m
Today in profiteering healthcare providers hawking unnecessary care
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 2h
One extra cruel twist here: DHS froze green applications for 75 countries. Refugees and others who should have green cards by now but don't are among those who are losing eligibility.
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US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims - KFF Health News
The Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect ...
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nice healthcare system we've cultivated here in the U.S.,inn't. georgetown.app.box.com/s/h549l7vie6...
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Fun They Had! www.johnspence.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Naming agents is not a verdict,” Donatti said. “It is a precondition for an independent investigation. It lets witnesses come forward, lets the public see whether there’s a history, and ensures that facts are tested before any account hardens into the only story.”
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some really good questions at the end of this, for grandparent-aged adults without grandchildren, and for adults aware that their parents may want them rcobooth.substack.com/p/on-prospec...
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On prospective grandparents
(a tiresome thing from the internet this weekend, and some new stories)
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chinga la [Office of Re-]Migra[tion] Also, Chinga la Miller
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One product accoutrement I don't really understand: umbrella covers.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 23/09/2026
While I'm at it, the CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT with the highest ACA enrollment in the country is #FL27, represented by Maria Elvira Salazar. She's the one who posted an ad begging Trump to rein in ICE after voting to give them $70 billion. acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart... (chart is from last year)
Pie chart breaking out healthcare enrollment of total population in FL-27
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These fraudsters don't even try to make their lies credible. They deliver caricatured versions even of the bogus research their claims are based on. They are all mini-Trumps.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
However accurate/inaccurate CMS's i.d. of unauthorized ACA enrollment is, here's an oddity: "On August 31, 2026, CMS canceled approximately 315,000 enrollments covering over 760,000 individuals" ACA enrollments' average household size is ~ 1.5. Avg disenrolled household size is 2.4. Why?
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Federal Marketplace (FFE and SBE-FP) Anti-Fraud Actions
Federal Marketplace (FFE and SBE-FP) Anti-Fraud ActionsIntroduction
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Beware of fraudsters fighting fraud.
charlesgaba.substack.com
Breaking: Vance/Oz to kick ~760,000 off of ACA coverage and/or subsidies based in part on "fraud" claims "predicted" by an AI model
Nothing to worry about, if they make a mistake you can appeal from your hospital bed!
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Republican party, with one voice, denigrates immigrants as dangerous criminals. Tens of millions believe them.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He drinks every cup of shame to the bottom, but does he taste it?
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks to Republican hatred, almost all immigrants need a green card to qualify for Medicaid (as of Oct. 1) or Obamacare (as of Jan. 1). But the Trump admin has frozen green card applications for 75 countries. Get it?
newjerseymonitor.com
Federal change threatens Medicaid coverage for 25K legal immigrants in NJ • New Jersey Monitor
A Medicaid eligibility change could end healthcare coverage for 25K legal immigrants in NJ starting Oct. 1.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI doomer headlines brought this from Vonnegut to mind:
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hey, maybe turn the Kennedy Center into an immigrant detention center.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What a war crime collar we're building
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why both U.S. parties tend to move right: "maybe being oriented toward the groups who are already powerful, and against the rights of those who are marginalized, is usually safe." goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/what-if-we...
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What if we’re wrong about party asymmetry?
Join me on this journey of speculation
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The rest are corrupt traitors who sold U.S. public health down the river, along with democracy and the rule of law. (As for McConnell, he was 2 for 3.)
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since I joined ProPublica in January, I have been tracking the massive surge in petitions by immigrants to contest their detention. When I looked closer at the data, I found HUGE disparities in the time it takes certain judges to resolve these cases. THREAD ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I agree with @jvl.bsky.social. Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...
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Impeach Them. All of Them.
Hegseth is only the beginning.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They're fascists too.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This seems backwards. The only fall prevention I'm aware of is flying to the southern hemisphere.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Immigrants’ Lawyers Say U.S. Is Redacting Documents Proving Legal Status (Gift Article)
Many noncitizens need immigration records the government has to prove their legal stay and resist deportation. The government is redacting and withholding those documents, lawyers say.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today in awe-inspiring courage: Taking the heat in Israel
haaretz.com
Director of Gaza War documentary 'NAZA': We intend to distribute film in Israel
The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. It reveals 'in detail the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza' following the e...
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
She carries a lot of baggage
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Jeremy Ben-Ami @jeremybenami.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Proud of the J Street team and this historic investment in the 2026 cycle. We’re investing in 5 target races, taking on AIPAC endorsees who are deeply unqualified and anti-democratic. 1/3
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J Street Action Fund Announces $3 Million Ad Campaign Taking On AIPAC-Backed Anti-Democracy Candidates
This investment marks the first time that the J Street Action Fund has gone on offense against AIPAC-backed incumbents in a significant number of competitive Congressional races. It is the organizatio...
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/09/2026
If you want to learn more about "MUSK," I highly recommend this recent piece by The Hollywood Reporter. My understanding is that Musk's lawyers already tried to intimidated THR over it, showing just how sensitive he is about this film www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Show this thread to anyone who says social media is worthless/destroyed
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Among Arabs who received an Israeli medical license between 2020 and 2022, around 60 percent studied at foreign institutions that are no longer recognized under the Yatziv Reform; around 30 percent attended institutions abroad that are recognized; and only around 10 percent studied in Israel.
972mag.com
The myth of Israel's Arab doctors
Celebrated as proof of Israeli liberalism and vilified by the right, Palestinian physicians are in fact being quietly shut out of the profession.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
DHS is stealing Haitians money while they deport them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...
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Haitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded (Gift Article)
Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gothamist is a good outlet, but even though the article's answer to the question posed here is 'no,' the framing seems to contribute to the misperception it's debunking.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Republican Healthcare Disaster is already here: OVER TEN MILLION Americans have likely already lost healthcare coverage. charlesgaba.substack.com/p/the-republ...
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The Republican Healthcare Disaster is already here: OVER TEN MILLION Americans have likely already lost healthcare coverage.
And that’s just as of May 2026...
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Because Trump's word has always been shit, the United States' word is now shit.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Let us now Harp on how the crazy gets generated
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Martin Longman @booman23.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Does the Annihilation of Wyoming’s Freedom Caucus Augur The End of MAGA?
Traditional conservative Republicans saw what these radicals would do with power and killed them off like a pathogen.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
All these prompts to use AI in email, in Microsoft Office, everywhere: A massive campaign to induce learned helplessness.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Head Beagles have it hard...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When Trump took office, most of the people ICE arrested were convicted criminals. Today, only about 1 in 5 are. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-summe...
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Routine for DHS to call people *charged* with a crime "criminal" [We acted on] "a reliable tip that a criminal illegal alien, with charges for theft and forgery, was at that location,” the Department of Homeland Security said.
nytimes.com
‘They Opened the Door and Pulled Us Out’: How ICE Descended on a Town (Gift Article)
One summer morning, immigration agents swooped in and detained 18 immigrants at a store in Lakewood, N.J., plunging the town into fear.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thought bubble after a few days on the Jersey shore: GLP-1 effects on the general population are becoming visible.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This story’s got everything: Spiderman-villain weaponry, Black Hawk Down, vaccine conspiracy theories, weird YouTube videos www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.
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xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Do so while Natalie-dressed
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2026
New in PN: Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t "For over a year, ABC tried to appease the Trump administration. That era is now over. On Tuesday, ABC, its parent company Disney, and eight ABC-owned stations sued Carr and the FCC for grossly violating the First Amendment."
publicnotice.co
Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t
Mickey Mouse hits back after a year of fascist harassment.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity
An extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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