I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.

I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.

“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...

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The Health First / One Health political train is moving full steam ahead now. Looking back and looking forward, Kimberly J. Soenen honors Barack Obama's role in it. (Also: Happy Birthday @BarackObama) Read more in THE FINE PRINT Magazine> open.substack.com/pub/somepeop...

Part One: That Singular Affordable Care Act Photograph and the Story behind the Frame

By Kimberly J. Soenen | August 2, 2026

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The Health First / One Health movement is now full throttle coast-to-coast.

Peggy Flanagan@peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 3h ago

There are 6 days until polls close on August 11. This election is too important to sit back or sit out. Make your plan to vote, then send this post to three friends & make sure they have a plan to vote on or by August 11! MNVotes.org

No matter your political affiliation, the campaign of @abdulelsayed.bsky.social will go down in the history books as the single most successful grass roots political campaign in modern American history.

El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250

O say can you see, persons who reject profiting from intentionally obstructed medical are outliers; persons who reject the perpetual warfare economy are called conscientious objectors; and persons who reject domestic militarization are called radicals. #Elections #Primaries

The Only-in-America Headline of the Day: QuantHealth Snags $45M to Simulate Clinical Trials Before Patients Ever Enroll

The Peterson KFF team missed one very significant "Why" in the "How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027" - The Denial of Care Harm-for-Profit commercial health insurance investment banks business model. @kffhealthnews.org www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-mu...

How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027 - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

For 2027, across 276 insurers participating in the ACA Marketplaces from all 50 states and DC, the median proposed premium increase is 15%.

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ACA Marketplace commercial health insurance investment banks' proposed rate filings for 2027 are now available from all 50 states and DC. The 15% median increase would be the second consecutive year of double-digit premium hikes. How ya'll doin' out there? www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-mu...

How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027 - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

For 2027, across 276 insurers participating in the ACA Marketplaces from all 50 states and DC, the median proposed premium increase is 15%.

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@nytimes.com @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is a supporter of Single Payer Universal Healthcare (non-privatized) which is different than "Universal Healthcare." The latter keeps the two-tiered model is place. #StyleGuideCorrection

Let's go. The era of Health First / One Health politics is here. It's time.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18h ago

One last call and response for the primary. You know the drill. 🗣️

We hope @hrc.org leadership will collectively announce support for Senate Bill 1506/HR 3069 tomorrow night! It's time to pass Single Payer Universal Healthcare / National Improved Medicare for All so all persons can access lifelong healthcare from birth to death without barriers, gaps or Denial.

On President Barack Obama’s birthday, I am looking back and forward in this essay with gratitude and hope. @barackobama.bsky.social Read more in THE FINE PRINT Magazine > somepeopleeverybody.substack.com/p/part-one-t...

Part One: That Singular Affordable Care Act Photograph and the Story behind the Frame

By Kimberly J. Soenen | August 2, 2026

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As a physician who now works in public health & policy, & as the father of a pre-teen boy who will inevitably be exposed to messages from the manosphere, I'm concerned about how MAHA, MAGA, & masculinity influencers have merged Here's my new OpEd on the risks www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | The Manosphere and MAHA Have Merged. I Worry for My Pre-Teen Son.

This culture is driving three main kinds of health risks

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@amyklobuchar.com @klobuchar.senate.gov was at her very best here. We will not forget the winter of 2026. Ever.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"

Latest endorsements from Leaders We Deserve! More coming soon

David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland High School shooting who co-founded the progressive youth group Leaders We Deserve, is calling for radical change in the "geriatric" Democratic Party. n.pr/4bmZYNm

Progressive youth leader David Hogg calls for change in 'geriatric' Democratic Party

David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland High School shooting who co-founded the progressive youth group Leaders We Deserve, is calling for radical change in the "geriatric" Democratic Party.

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Did you know @vanhollen.senate.gov has cosponsored Senate Bill 1506 / Single Payer Universal Healthcare / National Improved Medicare for All? Look who else is on board: patientsoverprofits.org/signees/

@statnews.com reporters show how UnitedHealth has turned healthcare into an assembly line that treats millions of patients as products to be monetized. And they chronicle how the $5 trillion American healthcare system came to be so broken.” -Rick Berke Co-founder & Executive Editor

Beginning in 2024, four @statnews.com News journalists spent more than a year interviewing dozens of current and former UnitedHealth Group employees.

How STAT News reporters investigated UnitedHealth’s health care empire

The eight-part award-winning series, "Health Care's Colossus," shows how UnitedHealth used its leverage to dominate the health care market.

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Heyo Washington State> @wholewashington.bsky.social is all about Statewide Single Payer Universal Healthcare and supporting Single Payer Universal Healthcare / National Improved Medicare for All. Ya'll know what to do out there.

Whole Washington 🍎for Universal Healthcare@wholewashington.bsky.social · yesterday

🔥It's Primary Day! Drop your ballot in a ballot box (do not mail) TODAY. Hoping for a great turnout, especially among younger voters. Our guide shows candidates and incumbents who have gone on the record for universal healthcare and our campaign: wholewashington.org/know-before-...

Billions for perpetual warfare and domestic militarization? No. Billions for Health First / One Health policies? Yes. Thanks to Iowa City, Iowa, for piloting this program successfully and proving it is sound economic policy. Mass, NYC & many others to follow. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/m...

Pointing to Massachusetts’s fare-free experiment, Markey, Pressley press for a $25 billion federal free transit plan - The Boston Globe

The proposed legislation points to the success of free bus pilots that federal lawmakers say made Massachusetts a “national leader in fare-free transit policy."

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“He might forget a name, but he never forgets a person,” Quentin said to me. I did not believe Quentin. Read more in THE FINE PRINT Magazine> somepeopleeverybody.substack.com/p/part-one-t...

Part One: That Singular Affordable Care Act Photograph and the Story behind the Frame

By Kimberly J. Soenen | August 2, 2026

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It’s Election Day in Michigan. Health First / One Health vs Status Quo Flip-flopping. That is the choice.

Commercial health insurance investment bank executives take note of this ruling. When persons are forced to forgo medical care because of Denial of Care Harm-for-Profit, the harm is real. Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to hold execs responsible for aggravated assault in instances similar to this.

Michigan Supreme Court ruling allows probe into Lilly insulin pricing

Lilly was accused of charging “grossly” excessive prices for different insulin products that forced some patients to ration or forgo the drug.

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Physician Burnout: The Silent Killer — This new feature article by the GoInvo health design studio examines the public health crisis that is physician burnout. We’re losing physicians to burnout, drop out, and suicide at a rate of 28 to 40 per 100,000. www.goinvo.com/vision/physi...

Physician Burnout: The Silent Killer

Physician burnout is a public health crisis worsening by the day. To turn the tide, some changes must be made.

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The response to the article about Pete Souza's photograph on the day the ACA was passed into law has been postiviely overwhelming and uplifting. If you'd like to sustain the ongoing work of "SOME PEOPLE" you can make a donation here> www.universalhealthcarenow.com/donate

DONATE | Universal Healthcare Now

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“…my heart breaks to watch these baseless accusations. It’s not PTSD—the ER is where people go to die. It’s about the moral injury that so many physicians have after putting our patients’ lives before our own and having our profession questioned.” — Dr. Celine Thum, Emergency Physician

One graph to shut RFK Jr. up.

The best argument against his nonsense is data. Here it is...

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Sandoz agreed to pay $478.5 million to settle allegations that individuals working there artificially inflate dand manipulated prices. These are not victimless crimes. Which executives will be convicted and incarcerated? We know the answer. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

Sandoz to pay $478.5 million to settle price-fixing allegations in long-running battle with states

Sandoz agreed to pay $478.5 million to settle allegations that the company engaged in a conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices.

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The National Town Hall to enact Single Payer Universal / National Improved Medicare for All is October 14, 2026> nationalsinglepayer.com/declaration-...