Speaker, Strategist, Facilitator, Moderator and Host @TheRuralImpact podcast! Find me and my bird photos on bsky.
Joined March 2012
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25 Nov 2025
The Power of Acknowledging the Taken-for-Granted: A 2025 Reflection linkedin.com/pulse/power-ack⦠via @LinkedIn
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20 Nov 2025
Okay all you folks out here listening to the latest sort of plan by @GOP - basically, put money on gov't issued debt cards for health care...the past is calling and so too is reality. It's exhausting. Listen to this episode of @jrovner What the Health for the smarts.
20 Nov 2025
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @pw_cunningham, @JoanneKenen, and @shefalil on what GOP really wants to do on health care, plus @Avik on whether there's any hope for bipartisanship on such a divisive issue...
kffhealthnews.org/news/podcaβ¦
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20 Nov 2025
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @pw_cunningham, @JoanneKenen, and @shefalil on what GOP really wants to do on health care, plus @Avik on whether there's any hope for bipartisanship on such a divisive issue...
kffhealthnews.org/news/podcaβ¦
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20 Nov 2025
The "Let the people decide how much to pay for their care" has entered the building and I'm here to tell you, it's a ruse. It's a "watch this hand not the other move." The tactics of insurers are insufferableβοΈ. Fix that congress and while you're at it, extend the credits.
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20 Nov 2025
The trillion dollars in health care cuts passed by Republicans this year are backloaded and mostly won't take effect before the midterms. Letting enhanced ACA tax credits expire would take effect January 1, leading to big out-of-pocket premium increases and more people uninsured.
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19 Nov 2025
This year I visited rural communities across Massachusetts, met outstanding people making positive and lasting change that began w/a federal grant that flowed to the state, then on to community & rural lives. Catch this wave! Join us on #NationalRuralHealthDay! ππ#PowerofRural
16 Nov 2025
Join @MRBImpact and our outstanding guests either in our virtual studio or on our YouTube channel! Reserve your seat and get ready for one heck of a conversation!
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19 Nov 2025
Rising above all the chaos this week is a day to recognize those who are doing the work and creating meaningful change in rural America. I'm so proud to be hosting this livestream event on @TheRuralImpact. Join us! TheRuralmpact.com #poweofrural
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10 Nov 2025
Access to health care in 2026. Pick yourselves up one of these quickly. It may be all the access to care you have the way this is going. π€¬
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There is so much vitriol here about food insecurity and nutrition assistance, shaming and blaming all the wrong people. Facts matter, I know on X they don't, but they still do matter in the real world where people face hunger every day. bit.ly/3X5ffuq
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November 2025, there's a lot of shift happening. I wrote this short piece about greed, need and food security in America. linkedin.com/pulse/greed-vs-β¦ via @LinkedIn
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29 Oct 2025
Serious question. Why are any of us paying Federal Taxes? This Administration is collecting money to destroy the infrastructure that Americans have invested in for decades. They want to use your tax dollars to pay for opulence, arrogance, and serving the whim of billionaires.
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23 Oct 2025
NEW! Today, we focus on COMMUNITY and the power of finding common ground to address local needs. @MRBImpact welcomes Meredith Dean, Community Works Director @RurUrbBridge, to talk about how to build relationships and trust across political differences.
tinyurl.com/5dewd27u
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22 Oct 2025
Many thanks to @_OneCountry_ @HeidiHeitkamp and Joel Heitkamp for inviting me to join them for this episode of #HotDish Podcast. Anytime I have an opportunity to talk about #rural health, I'm 100% there!
22 Oct 2025
"We have a lot of work ahead of us."
This week, healthcare expert Michelle Rathman joined the #HotDishPod to discuss the challenges rural Americans face accessing healthcare. Courageous conversations are vital in these times.
Tune in to the episode here: lnk.to/onecountryxx
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17 Oct 2025
@MRBImpact sat down with three experts from @GeorgetownCCF who laid out the facts and realities of the difficult challenges that lie ahead for states and the domino effect for health providers and patients.Β Β
Listen. Share. Join the Conversation! tinyurl.com/43myhja2
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Michelle Rathman π§ (the real one) retweeted
30 Sep 2025
"If we want something that any of our children can recognize as we move forward, then something has to change because, as outrage wins, hate begins to take over, logic is no longer important." @MRBImpact talks "Performative Outrage" tinyurl.com/mrex9cyy special thanks @NARHC
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Michelle Rathman π§ (the real one) retweeted
9 Oct 2025
New episode: @mrbimpact sat down with researchers and health policy analysts from @GeorgetownCCF to discuss whether states are ready to implement HR 1 and Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements. Listen anywhere or here: tinyurl.com/43myhja2Β
#Medicaid #Policy
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Michelle Rathman π§ (the real one) retweeted
7 Oct 2025
"There is not a desire to solve problems. There is a desire to create outrage." Author & city manager Brooks Williams and @MRBImpact discuss changing the 'performative outrage' trend. tinyurl.com/mrex9cyy.Β
Special thanks to our partners at @NARHC1.
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26 Sep 2025
States Should Use Rural Transformation Fund to Focus on Children and Families with Anne Dwyer ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/09/2β¦ via @GeorgetownCCF
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Michelle Rathman π§ (the real one) retweeted
2 Oct 2025
Republicans did not restrict health care for undocumented immigrants in their tax and spending law that cut Medicaid and the ACA. So, in pushing for reversal of those cuts, Democrats are not advocating for an expansion of health care for undocumented immigrants. It's that simple.
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