People having to recertify 2x year on Medicaid is unsustainable. By design, it was written to throw people off the program. There’s no increase in staff to handle an increase in recertification which the onus and burden is put on the states. Absolutely despicable.
Dan Skinner
@danskinner.bsky.social
Health policy & politics professor | #MedEd | political scientist | Host, Prognosis Ohio | Editor, World Medical & Health Policy
Sad scene inside. Dust balls and stacks of campaign signs.
The story of Trump - the least reflective president in history - going to inspect the Reflecting Pool basically writes itself. It's the story of Narcissus, except he couldn't see the green, murky algae as he once again fell in love with himself.
This is very sad and entirely predictable. Didn't even last two months. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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I used to be a civilian epidemiologist for the Army. The optional-flu-vaccine policy won't last.
Dems should be leaning in fully on the "JD Vance, architect of the Iran deal" narrative.
This Iran "deal" from the author of the "Art of the Deal" is just laugh-out-loud bad--transparently an attempt for Trump-Vance to save face and try to pry some oil out of Iran. The JCPOA had 100% more teeth.
This Iran "deal" from the author of the "Art of the Deal" is just laugh-out-loud bad--transparently an attempt for Trump-Vance to save face and try to pry some oil out of Iran. The JCPOA had 100% more teeth.
Where were all the No Kings people when a literal king took up residence at the US Capitol?
ICYMI: Flu outbreak killed 45,000 U.S. Soldiers during World War I www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article...
Flu outbreak killed 45,000 U.S. Soldiers during World War I
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In September 1918 there were two killers in the world. World War I, which would claim 20 million lives by its end, and the flu pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, is estimated
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With everything else going on, I really can't stomach a day of "heat shield" anxieties.
Denali Gulf of Mexico The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Just three things among many others that will have to be restored to their proper names in 2029.
It’s a small thing given the larger context of horrors, but the Kennedy Center nonsense really encapsulates an essence of Trumpism.
I hope Trump talks for three hours in Davos -- the more he talks, the clearer it all gets.
South Carolina is going to have to change its state slogan to something about measles.
Americans need to take a minute to imagine how Russians are thinking about the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its leader.
Proposal: stop using the euphemism "boots on the ground." This is a time for clarity.
Proposal: stop using the euphemism "boots on the ground." This is a time for clarity.
Another grim day for American imperialism and lawlessness.
Washington Post editorials seem to reach new lows every day. Just pure garbage written for an audience of one.
Sharyn Alfonsi has more courage and conviction in her pinky than Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and Donald Trump have combined in their total beings.
“Mother’s Maiden Name” is a ridiculous and medieval part of our society’s approach to security.
The "Gulf of America" stupidity is different than the "Trump-Kennedy Center" stupidity. Only autocrats name things after themselves while they are still in office. He is showing us who he is, again and again.
I often find myself lamenting the lack of historical sense among us. Amazing to me that these high level people can't already see how sycophantic they are going to look for things like this in even a few years. I mean, they already look sycophantic and silly...