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Drew Halfmann @drewhalfmann

Politics of health, social policy, abortion @UCDavis @SSNscholars

Joined October 2009
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Biden has been a great president but can no longer campaign well enough to beat Trump. If you agree please leave a message with your representative and senators. These calls matter. house.gov/representatives/fi…
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‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upsho…
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Do I dare hope? washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Is Joe Manchin about to do the right thing?

Lowering prices for prescription drugs may still happen, and bring other benefits with it.

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The Abortion Pill Can Be Used Later Than the FDA Says - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archi…

The Abortion Pill Can Be Used Later Than the FDA Says

The medication is approved until week 10 of pregnancy in the U.S. But the WHO says it can be safely used until 12 weeks, and activists have used it even later.

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Starting a #lifehack thread. please add yours. Number one: your kids are more likely to take your suggestions if you call them hacks
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Excellent article by Robin Marty. nytimes.com/2022/06/24/opini…
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Abortion with Pills

Here you’ll find reliable, evidence-based information about how to safely self-manage an abortion using pills.

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Man Bites Dog: Mega-Corporation Says It’s OK With Its Workers Unionizing - The American Prospect

Today on TAP: Parting company with almost every other U.S. big business, Microsoft says it won’t oppose employee unionization.

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Must see TV washingtonpost.com/business/…
America is failing children on guns — and so much more vox.com/23141259/uvalde-texa… via @voxdotcom

America is failing children on guns — and so much more

US public policy is a disaster for kids and families.

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Opinion | Why Not Make the Kids Alright? (Published 2021)

Spending more on children is a very good idea.

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Opinion | A Plan to Help Kids Without Increasing Inflation (Published 2022)

Lawmakers should make the child tax credit available to families with low or no earnings. There’s a way to do this without adding to inflation.

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16 Oct 2021
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Imagine being Howard Dean late at night
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I would buy that!
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15 Apr 2022
Replying to @timgill924
Dr. Gill, out of revenge I am going to buy your book, cut it up into word-poetry collages that mock Sociology, and post them on twitter! 😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡
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Joe Manchin Can’t Shoot Down the Logic of a Wealth Tax

Taxing unsightly agglomerations of wealth directly is an idea whose time has come.

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Thomas Piketty Thinks America Is Primed for Wealth Redistribution (Published 2022)

The French economist has hope for the country that, to a large extent, invented high, progressive taxation of income.

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