Deputy Senior Policy Director @FamiliesUSA. Maternal & child health expert. Former @childdefender. Huskers fan. Personal account, opinions are mine.
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Jun 10
Senior Director of Health Policy Sophia Tripoli urged Congress today to advance legislation that would address complex health care ownership structures. Here's why that matters: š§µ
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Ben Anderson retweeted
Jun 1
The media seem to have missed this, but the Trump Admin announced that states are allowed to kick cancer patients off their Medicaid, despite Congress explicitly saying thatās not allowed.
Pregnant women, parents of young children, veterans with disabilities and several other groups will be exempt from Medicaidās new work requirements, the Trump administration said Monday. nbcnews.com/health/health-neā¦
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Ben Anderson retweeted
Jun 1
Estimates show 5ā10 million people could lose coverage ā and that number could grow.
Read our statement here: familiesusa.org/press-releasā¦
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Ben Anderson retweeted
Jun 1
NEW: CMS just released a new rule that will create confusion and chaos for states ā and put millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage. It will mean:
ā More paperwork and reporting burdensā Harder standards for medical frailty exemptionsā Tight timelines for implementation
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Ben Anderson retweeted
May 29
People who buy coverage individually through the ACA marketplace will face new hurdles and weaker protections under a final rule issued by the Trump administration.
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May 28
Abortion is the standard of care for many life-threatening circumstances during pregnancy. Politicians and judges are preventing women from getting the care they need. propublica.org/article/arkanā¦
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Ben Anderson retweeted
May 20
Disappointed that Virginia's Governor vetoed legislation that would have led the nation in lowering prescription drug prices... even Maryland's board this week added another medication, Ozempic, to be subject to a upper payment limit. The fight continues...
May 20
Governor Spanberger's veto of the Affordable Medicine Act ā landmark legislation to lower prescription drug prices for patients ā is a blow to Virginia families who struggle every day to afford their medications.
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Ben Anderson retweeted
May 19
PHRMA always sues against any effort to lower prescription drug prices--but that doesn't mean they win.
Allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower prices was long-fought for decades (including by @FamiliesUSA). Glad #SCOTUS isn't even hearing this legal attack.
BREAKING: Pharmaceutical companies lost a bid to get the Supreme Court to block Medicare-negotiated price cuts, meaning a Biden administration program backed by President Donald Trump will continue. usatoday.com/story/news/poliā¦
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May 19
Lurr?? Did AI write this?
Iāve never felt more gaslit. Iām from Long Island. Iāve taken the LIRR my whole life. Iāve never once heard a single person pronounce it ālurr,ā ever
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Despite a stronger #CAbudget outlook, @cagovernor's May Revise continues discriminatory cuts to health care for low-income Californians & fails to meet the need for revenue to backfill Trump's harmful health care cuts.
Picked up in @latimes, our statement: bit.ly/3Pr7Fdl
ALT torn paper with LA times logo. A pink speech bubble featuring a quote: Some of the most harmful cuts are unfairly burdening those that are already struggling the most. Reinstituting the asset test will drive older adults and people with disabilities further into poverty, and lead to many of them getting kicked off care,ā Diana Douglas, director of policy and legislative advocacy at Health Access California, said in a statement. āImposing larger premiums on certain immigrant Californians widens the gap of those that can get care and those that canāt.ā Next to the speech bubble is a photo of Diana, a White woman with dark hair in glasses, smiling.
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Good news: The Supreme Court granted the emergency stay requested by mifepristone manufacturers. That means abortion pills can continue to be sent by mail. jessica.substack.com/p/scotuā¦
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Losing access to mifepristone via mail & pharmacies would harm patients nationwide.
@UCLAReproPolicy & ANSIRH submitted a brief signed by hundreds of researchers urging SCOTUS to follow science & refrain from restricting mifepristone. ansirh.org/research/researchā¦
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NEW: The NYT sent an email to freelancers today forbidding contributors from submitting "any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced" by generative AI.
The "reminder" follows a string of AI incidents at the paper:
futurism.com/artificial-inteā¦
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Ben Anderson retweeted
May 12
Something interesting you might not have realized:
A number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable...
But VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable.
-SUSpect/susPECT
-CONflict/conFLICT
-PROtest/proTEST
-CONvert/conVERT
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Ben Anderson retweeted
May 10
āļø Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and wonāt set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx
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Ben Anderson retweeted
May 8
This #MothersDay and #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek, alongside celebrating the mothers in our lives, we commit to supporting them, by listening, advocating, and ensuring that they have access to the care that they need and deserve.
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