Nurse educator & researcher focused on improving healthcare access for older adults @WidenerUniversity | past chair #AHIRGNI | she/her
Philadelphia, PA, United State
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Jamie Smith RN retweeted
This already exists. It is called the Government Accountability Office. Musk's proposition is not that a public entity should monitor federal spending for waste. It is that he - an unaccountable private citizen - should be able to cancel spending that he deems wasteful at will
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
NEW: Congressional District level interactive map showing how much ACA enrollees' out-of-pocket premium payments would increase without an extension of enhanced subsidies.
(link below)
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
ALT CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Topics cdc, government, united states, dataset, archive Language English Item Size 98.5G An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Please, someone on the Finance Committee: Ask RFKjr to explain the difference between Medicare and Medicaid. Should be the first question asked of any HHS secy nominee.
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Leadership in public health must be rooted in truth and transparency.
@RobertKennedyJr’s nomination threatens decades of progress in addressing health disparities in the U.S. The Senate should act decisively and oppose this unfit nomination.
#WeDontTrustHim #SayNoToPolio
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
N95 mask-wearing HEROES protesting the RFK Jr confirmation hearing. THANK YOU!!! ✊
ALT N95 mask-wearing protestor holding sign that says "VACCINES SAVE LIVES NO RFK JR"
ALT N95 mask-wearing protestor with sign that says "HEY HEY, RFK, HOW MANY KIDS WILL YOU RISK TODAY?!"
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Take it straight from the White House: Trump's illegal freeze has NOT been rescinded. Only the memo has.
Working families, Veterans and small business owners are still living in fear that they'll lose out on services they rely on.
A cruel, needless crisis created by Trump.
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Yesterday it was a ‘dumb media hoax’ and a ‘left wing media lie.’
Today… they rescinded it. 🤷🏽♂️
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Meals on Wheels CEO responds to Stephen Millers assertions on funding freeze: Meals on Wheels, 37% of that funding comes through The Older Americans act.. and that is on the list as a grant funded program, which it is, because the support for Meals on Wheels goes from the federal government to the states down through eventually to Meals on Wheels providers who deliver provide those meals to seniors.
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Congress would rather do ANYTHING but make practicing medicine easier for physicians
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That’s right. The world is watching. This is the most direct attack on our democracy and our legislative branch in our history. Lo and behold. Project 2025 just as promised by the Heritage Foundation and conspiring for this coup attempt. A spectacular blast of lawlessness and abuse of power has been directed at the checks and balances built into our constitution. Congress people! Remember your oaths. This is all about your oaths. This isn’t just your party anymore. This is America. The essence of America is under attack. Be courageous.
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Can confirm. Connecticut’s Medicaid payment system has been turned off. Doctors and hospitals cannot get paid. Discussions ongoing about whether services can continue.
Medicaid covers health care for millions of seniors and covers 40% of births in America.
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Trump is essentially carrying out an illegal shutdown of the federal government, putting tens of millions of American lives at risk.
Dems in Congress: this is a very easy call. Announce an immediate boycott of all nominations and legislation until federal funding is restored.
There is still time to apply to #AHIRGNI newest cohort of Emerging Diversity Leaders (EDL)
Applications due 11/1: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Questions? Email [email protected]
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The purpose is to provide a safe mentoring space for emerging nursing and midwifery HSR leaders, expose emerging leaders to IRGNI board processes, and help the IRGNI board advance health equity HSR work. academyhealth.org/page/inter… 2/
What is IRGNI?
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) promotes and supports the development of health services research that focuses on nursing practice, workforce, and delivery of care academyhealth.org/profession…
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
Academia isn’t about fame, or money, or approval. It’s about downloading as many pdfs as you can before you die
Jamie Smith RN retweeted
In @JAMA_current we find that in 2020 the VA paid $20B for Veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage. Plans get paid full rates regardless of where care comes from. As such this could mean huge duplicate payments to plans for care already covered by VA jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… 1/
