Andrea Ducas
@andreaducas.bsky.social
VP of Programs at Peterson Center on Healthcare; formerly Health Policy VP at Center for American Progress & SPO at RWJF // skeets my own // feminist, tea-lover, travel bug, hiker, relentless pursuer of a more perfect union
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase the uninsured population by millions. ➡️ Every state. ➡️ Every congressional district. See the breakdown: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Increase the Number of Americans Without Health Coverage in Every State and Congressional District
Explore how the law’s historic cuts will affect uninsurance where you live.
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#RFKJr has now lost the @nypost.com. His days as HHS Secretary are numbered. Keep up the pressure—let’s get him out the door. nypost.com/2025/09/04/o...
RFK Jr.’s Senate ravings prove he won’t bring sanity back to public health
Health Secretary Robert Kennedy’s Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He won’t be restoring sanity to our public-health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is.
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Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/b...
Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security.
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I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
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"This report sets examples of Kennedy’s costly, chaotic, and corrupt actions from EVERY DAY he has served as Secretary." From Feb 13- Sept 4. 203 days of sowing chaos and spreading misinformation; dismantling HHS research, prevention and health care and more. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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The results were so secret that they were published for the entire world to see, even RFK Jr. But, as @jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote back in February, “Kennedy, a science denialist, will never accept the real scientific evidence that vaccines are safe”.
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11mo agoYes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... ) 1/2
ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 11mo agoThis is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Grateful to Dr Demetre Daskalakis for his voice tonight 🔥 🛟🧪🩺
RFK Jr. has done the exact opposite of promoting “medical freedom” and has instead dismantled systems that allow people to make choices. This move threatens our health and our autonomy. www.americanprogress.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Is Systematically Undermining Vaccine Science and Endangering Health
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent upheaval of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is just one example of numerous attempts to replace science with his personal ag...
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Young children are at high risk of serious complications from COVID-19. Now parents will face more challenges getting their kids COVID vaccines, having to jump through hoops for approval. And they could find vaccines no longer covered by their health insurance plans. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f...
FDA approves new Covid shots with limits on who can get them under RFK Jr.
It's unclear how easily patients without high risk factors will be able to get a Covid shot, and whether insurance plans will still cover them.
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According to a post on Reddit, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle t-boned a car in Capitol Hill this morning. Firefighters reportedly used the jaws of life to free the driver, who DC Fire & EMS said sustained only minor injuries.
RFK Jr keeps finding new ways to cast doubt on vaccine safety. If he follows the approach he used with ACIP, he will appoint people with limited vaccine expertise and credentials, conflicts of interest, and personal agendas. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
HHS revives child vaccine safety panel sought by anti-vaccine activists
Anti-vaccine activists funded a May lawsuit to reconvene the defunct Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule.
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A Danish study of more than 1.2 million children over more than two decades found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
Aluminum in Vaccines Not Culprit in Kids' Chronic Diseases, Study Shows
Nationwide analysis evaluates autism, asthma, and other disorders in 1.2 million Danish children
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New analysis from CBO of the "Big Beautiful Bill" shows the bottom 20% get poorer, not much change for most of America, & the top 10% get meaningfully richer - and that's before tariffs The "Big Beautiful Bill" was the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
New from CBO: year-by-year health coverage effects of the "Big Beautiful Bill." The law kicks 10 million off their health insurance (the difference between the orange and dotted blue line). It also does nothing to address the cliff from the blue to the green, for another 5 million losing coverage.
In a single act, Trump is undoing significant portions of the health coverage gains of the last 60 years.
Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...
Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits
A STAT Investigation: Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits.
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In addition to undermining efforts to defend against infectious diseases and save lives, RFK Jr misleads and confuses the public and his actions threaten to stall cures for cancer. ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...
Surprising finding could pave way for universal cancer vaccine - UF Health
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step…
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FWC Indivisible@fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 12mo ago
Medicaid has been helping millions of Americans access the lifesaving health care they need for six decades. Listen to @americanprogressaction.org’s @andreaducas.bsky.social speaking on @c-span.bsky.social on the anniversary of Medicaid to discuss the lasting impact of the program.
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare this week, check out @andreaducas.bsky.social's starter pack of health policy-focused thought leaders, researchers, reporters, and advocates to learn more from the experts on health policy:
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On its 60th anniversary, Medicaid is under attack; historic program cuts enacted by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration threaten the health and financial security of millions of Americans. The latest from CAP's @andreaducas.bsky.social:
On Its 60th Anniversary, Medicaid Is Under Attack
Historic program cuts enacted by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration threaten the health and financial security of millions of Americans.
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What have Democrats done to lower the cost of health care? A lot. @andreaducas.bsky.social dives into it on @cspanwj.bsky.social.
Washington Journal #CSPAN #CSPANWJ Skeet at @c-span.bsky.social and cspanwj.bsky.social VP of Health Policy at Center for American Progress Action Fund @andreaducas.bsky.social discusses the 60th Anniversary of #Medicare & #Medicaid Watch here: tinyurl.com/bdd4khps
