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So what happened? What we have is complete Republican control of government during these aviation meltdowns. Right?
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āIt is time for CDC to begin daily measles briefings, the Dept of Health and Human Services to release a comprehensive measles plan, Congress to allocate more funds to measles control efforts, and the President to speak out forcefully in favor of measles vaccination.ā 3/3
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Huge news, and ā whatever you think of work requirements ā very necessary after the October 29 court decision vacating CMS's definition of medical frailty.
Two months was never going to be enough time to overhaul systems, enrollee communications, or training materials.
NEWS: The administration is giving states another 6 months before they must enforce Medicaid work requirements.
CMS told Medicaid directors today it's pushing the deadline from Jan. 1 to July 1. People can't be kicked off until then if states opt in.
washingtonsun.com/health/truā¦
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Big scoop here from @pw_cunningham
NEWS: The administration is giving states another 6 months before they must enforce Medicaid work requirements.
CMS told Medicaid directors today it's pushing the deadline from Jan. 1 to July 1. People can't be kicked off until then if states opt in.
washingtonsun.com/health/truā¦
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Mississippi Senator-Elect Scott Colom: What I kept telling people is: there are a lot of Republicans that are on Medicaid. There are a lot of Republicans who get their insurance through the ACA. I knew I was talking to issues [Republicans] care about, because I was campaigning and they were telling me: āThank God someone is talking about the fact that we donāt want to lose our health insurance, we donāt want to lose our hospitals.ā
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Outrageous. When the Trump Administration gutted the VA and cut thousands of staff, I knew it would have terrible consequences.
Now, we're learning of stories of veterans DYING waiting for the VA care they earned with their service. These are unacceptable and tragic consequences of the Trump Administrationās decision to gut the VA.
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In 2017, there were 15 Democratic governors total.
Nine years later, there are 15 Democratic women governors - and 15 men too.
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Dr. Oz is currently overseeing the largest losses of health coverage in American history, relegating millions of Americans to charity care or none at all.
.@DrOzCMS on so-called Medicare for All: "When you socialize medicine, rich people buy the care they wantāeverybody else is stuck with what's leftāand you end up with a two-tier system where you actually hinder the ability of many folks to access care."
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KY Gov. Andy Beshear: I believe that Americans and Americans families are in danger with RFK Jr. leading Health and Human Services.
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I took this screen grab in summer of 2020 - when @Joyannreid interviewed five Black Senate candidates from the South.
Mike Espyās campaigns laid the groundwork for Brandon Presleyās run, and then Scott Colomās. Dedicated Mississippians kept building. They saw what others did not
Mike Espy, Flonzie Brown Wright and others helped open the door. Now Scott Colom is walking through it. ow.ly/fqxF510677P
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"From a state that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. referred to as āsweltering with the heat of injustice,ā Colom is the first Black man popularly elected statewide in Mississippi"
@newsbysamuels captures the historic moment so well
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Morrison would be the first former OBGYN who supports abortion rights to serve in the Senate (she was also the first in the House)
news w/ @burgessev : Democrats are starting to debate who will succeed Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., when sheās sworn in as governor next year.
Thereās one name that keeps coming up: Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison
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If I had a Substack (donāt and wonāt) Iād write something about how all these red state Democrats who won statewide last week have the ability to define what a āX state Democratā is for a generation and that is among their most important political tasks for the next 4-6 years.
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The conversation is long overdue. From a healthcare financing perspective, Medicare for All raises important questions about federal spending, provider reimbursement and administrative costs. By 2028, weād love to see candidates move beyond slogans and show Americans what reform would actually cost, save and deliver.
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NO ONE should vote to confirm Trumpās pick for FDA Commissioner.
Heidi Overton is not qualified to run the agency, and she is an anti-science, anti-abortion extremist.
She should NOT be in charge of keeping our food and medicine safe.
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We couldnāt agree more.
@SenCapito and Republicans in Congress took billions from West Virginiaās Medicaid to fund tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
$202 million doesnāt begin to undo the devastation. Itās a band-aid on a bullet hole. And they know it.
Just to put this in perspective:
Medicaid funding losses from HR 1 are expected to total $6.5 billion in West Virginia between FYs 25-34; about $1 billion/yr once fully phased in. These cuts are permanent compared with a temporary (and smaller) RHTP shvs.org/resources/assessingā¦
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New: Warnock, LujƔn lead 16 Senate Dems in calling for 2 year delay of Medicaid work requirements
Which are set to take effect on Jan 1
Letter calls for action on next moving legislative vehicle
Start of Dem push on repeal or delay of Medicaid changes
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