On Tuesday, the Trump Admin announced they were ending the Medicare Part D subsidy program. Touching the third rail of politics is a heckuva strategy going into midterms (part D open enrollment starts 10/15). My latest analysis for @msnowreports.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump’s Medicare change comes at a curious time

Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, America’s most reliable voting bloc will receive notice of higher healthcare costs.

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It has been a real treat to get to chat with the Senate Finance Democrats about what my book Coverage Denied found on health insurance barriers and how to mitigate them. Today, they released a Request for Information on private insurance reform, citing my work! www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

With the Fauci hearing going as expected, read our free book, Coronavirus Politics! Pretty clear how little the US Fed govt did during early stages compared to other countries- lack of central messaging and action under Trump likely caused significant harm. That’s down to Trump, not Fauci.

the only Trojan Horse discourse I’m interested in

The air is full of smoke, the food is full of parasites, and the water is full of data center bacteria but at least we stopped all that DEI children's cancer research!

DC folks: On Tuesday (7/21) @prrac.bsky.social is hosting a book talk w/ @profsorelle.bsky.social & I in conversation w/ Chris Genese (from @ourcityrttc.bsky.social). We’ll be talking about access to justice, power, & organizing. Come through! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Prep and wash your fruit and veg!

Caitlin Rivers@cmyeaton.bsky.social · 4w ago

"As of 9:30 a.m. on July 9, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) reported 1,251 cyclosporiasis cases across the state since June 22." www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

One year ago today, Donald Trump signed into law a historic cut to the safety net — a 20% cut to SNAP and nearly $1 trillion cut from Medicaid. This month, you can tell CMS to pare back to draconian nature of its proposed rule on work requirements, which goes beyond OBBBA www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...

As someone who does tobacco control research, I’d really like to know who’s fielding this.

Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · last mo.

Agreed to take a phone survey on vaping and the guy doing the interviewing is 1) def a vaper and 2) is telling me his beliefs after I answer. I am stopping myself from giving him feedback on this as a survey researcher, but I wouldn’t trust the data from his batch.

Amazing news! Cervical cancer deaths in younger women have plummeted in England following the rollout of the HPV vaccine, according to new research, published today in The Lancet. Read more: cruk.ink/4ozraO5

Off the top of my head, I can think of a half dozen instances when respiratory disease prophylaxis (adenovirus, flu, Bicillin) was stopped and outbreaks hit right on cue. Lost training and readiness, hospitalizations, sometimes even deaths. Preventable.

I used to do respiratory disease surveillance as an epidemiologist for the Army. Trainees at Basic come from all over the country, bringing local germs with them. They live, train and sleep in close quarters, under huge physical strain. Training camps are famous as outbreak hotspots. 1/2

AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @nejm.org comes out swinging against OMB's new proposed rule putting all federal grant making including science under political control. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

We are hosting a "Comment-a-thon" Zoom workshop with Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi, former NIH Scientific Program Official. New OMB federal rule change would severely affect federal grant process. Written comments from UC faculty can still stop its adoption! Join us! members.cucfa.org/omb-comment-...

OMB Comment Writing Workshop - Council of UC Faculty Associations

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I am so very happy and honored and surprised to receive the Excellence in Mentoring Award from APSA’s Health Politics and Policy section!

Dear media, You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated. Thank you

helen lewis has an article in the atlantic today begging everyone to read discworld and I am going to suggest she start by rereading monstrous regiment and think about how that might apply to trans issues

Unless there’s a guest appearance from the Doctor, who goes back in the Tardis to stop it happening, I’m not interested

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue....

This sort of bs is why I left Kent. 40% of the nearly 2m people in the county have no religion. 49% are Christian. But white nationalism has always been strong there and it’s a perfect breeding ground for Trump style right wing populism.

Humanists UK@humanists.uk · 3mo ago

This is an obvious step backwards for inclusive local democracy. Council business should not exclude people on the basis of religion or belief. Kent is not a Christian county. The Council’s own Census analysis shows that fewer than half of residents identify as Christian.

In case you’d like some context for the recent FDA announcement on flavored vapes: theconversation.com/flavored-vap...

Flavored vapes led to a major shake-up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

Flavored vapes draw new users – especially young people. On the flipside, they can also help some people quit smoking. Makary’s resignation makes it clear that the controversy isn’t going away.

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To be fair, they don’t hand down decisions based solely on political motivations, sometimes they hand down decisions based on who’s giving money to their spouses www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...

Chief Justice John Roberts’ Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says

The Supreme Court has come under intense scrutiny lately over a series of reports suggesting potential conflicts of interest.

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Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: Chief Justice John Roberts bemoans that Americans don't understand how the Supreme Court operates and see justices as "political actors". The court at times simply has to make "unpopular" decisions, he adds: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Recently out in @ersjournal.com: @vanctran.bsky.social, Mehr Mumtaz, and I analyzed 50 years' worth of research about Asian diasporic populations. 🔓 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Asian diaspora research in Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1978–2025

What research has been conducted on the Asian global diaspora, and who produces this knowledge? We compiled a corpus of 128 ERS articles published from 1978 to 2025, focusing on four Anglophone cou...

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This authoritarianism has got to stop. Every Republican who does not call this out in both words and impeachment action is complicit in this atrocity.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

The president demands election results be thrown out so Republicans win more seats

With big Medicaid changes coming soon, a new study shows just how much impact the program's expansion had on the financial health of Michiganders, such as overdue medical bills. My story on a new paper from @noraverlaine.bsky.social @ihpidirector.bsky.social & team: michmed.org/ZGDDD #healthpolicy

Medicaid expansion helped enrollees’ long term financial health, study finds

Now, a new University of Michigan study shows that enrolling also had a positive and long-lasting impact on the financial health of its first enrollees.

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To kick off day 2 of MPSA, @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and I are presenting the results of our recently-fielded survey experiment on Medicaid framing (and resulting policy feedback) effects related to the not-so-beautiful bill.

I recently had the opportunity to chat with @socio-steve.bsky.social about the scope & findings of my book Coverage Denied, which came out today. I had a lot to say, so it turned into a 2-part series that spans the patient and physician experiences of ins barriers. open.substack.com/pub/roosevel...

When Health Insurers Decide: Miranda Yaver on Coverage Denials (Part I)

"There are more ways people can be denied by their health insurer than they realize."

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I had the pleasure of working on this article with @scottlgreer.bsky.social @hjarman.bsky.social and @xrkulik.bsky.social. We assess the impact of the dramatic cuts to health spending (including wrt insurance), attacks on science, undermining of regulation, and more. www.aft.org/hc/spring202...

What Donald Trump's Second Presidency Has Meant for Health

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🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.