RFK Jr's anti-science agenda has been “a wrecking ball” for U.S. public health that endangers American lives, according to a new @protectourcare.org review of his first year in federal office. www.apha.org/publications...

What he said!

Gov. Beshear says leaders should spend 80% of their time on things that matter to 100% of the people. That’s a good job, it’s safe roads and bridges, it’s accessible health care, it’s a good public school, and it’s feeling safe in your community.

RFK Jr's First Year: The Damage Report. #CareTalk live @beckyrparks.bsky.social @protectourcare.org explores w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social#CareTalkanswer your health insurance q’s

A new case in Arkansas may help challenge a post-Roe law that criminalizes abortion care - endangering patients and penalizing doctors. https://open.substack.com/pub/protectourcare/p/waldorf-v-arkansas-the-cost-of-criminalizing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

With TrumpRx, you can now pay $200/month for medicine instead of $140/year. THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR MAKING LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE!!!

Yeah, that math ain't really mathing, Mr. President.

Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites could lose their health coverage because Republicans ripped away the ACA tax credits. Families did nothing wrong. They’re being priced out of care. We need to restore these tax credits—now.

Sen. Warren: Let’s just start with a little truth telling about the Trump economy, one year in. Affordability is the top concern for Americans across the country. Donald Trump has called affordability a hoax, a scam, a con job. Let's be honest, Trump doesn't even know the meaning of the word.

Q: What does it mean if the US does lose its measles elimination status? A: Basically, it means that we're walking back progress in our public health system.

MS NOW host: What does it mean if the U.S. loses its measles elimination status? Doctor: It means we’re walking back progress in our public health system. And that doesn’t just affect measles—it has implications for the flu and other infectious diseases as well.

Republicans chose tax breaks for billionaires over affordable health care. Now premiums are doubling, millions may drop coverage, and everyone pays more.

Tax billionaires out of existence. Expand Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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A mom in Maine saw her health premium jump from $201 to $2,864. A couple in Arizona saw theirs rise nearly $300 a month. This is what happens when Republicans in Congress took away the ACA tax credits that kept coverage affordable. It didn’t have to be this way.

Jeffries: In the One Big Ugly Bill, Republicans enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, literally ripping health care away from about 14 million Americans. Hospitals, nursing homes, community based health clinics are closing as a result of what they have done.

BREAKING: Health care costs are now Americans' #1 financial worry—surpassing food and rent. 32% say they're "very worried" about medical bills, compared to 24% for groceries and 23% for housing. The affordability crisis has reached a tipping point.

Senator Amy Klobuchar has spent nearly two decades fighting for affordable, reliable health care. From protecting people with pre-existing conditions to lowering drug prices, her work has changed lives. That’s what a health care champion looks like.

Sec. Pete says the political pressure on Republicans is working. Let's keep it up.

🚨🚨 As we approach the midterms, new KFF poll finds that health care is top of mind for voters as premiums skyrocket and millions struggle to stay insured. https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-health-care-costs-expiring-aca-tax-credits-and-the-2026-midterms/

“That number does not tell the full story. These numbers are going to go dramatically down month after month as people decide that they can’t afford health care and stop paying their premiums.”

People expect their government to “listen, learn, and do,” says Shapiro. That means delivering on affordable health care. That means enhancing public health through life-saving vaccines, evidence-based medical research, and funding for hospitals. That means protecting Americans by protecting care.

BREAKING: Four women and one physician have brought a new legal challenge to Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban, arguing that the ban violates constitutional protections and that the law should be struck down in its entirety.

Check out the Weekly Dose for the latest in health care news—plus a tribute from Protect Our Care to honor Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse tragically killed by federal agents in Minneapolis last Saturday. https://protectourcare.substack.com/p/remembering-alex-pretti-icu-nurse

Rep. Boyle: Let’s not forget, Donald Trump is a billionaire who, from the time he was in kindergarten, was transported to school in a limousine. It’s not a big surprise to me that the guy has no idea what affordability is — and has governed accordingly.

Most families aren’t choosing between toys and investment accounts. They’re choosing between rent, groceries, and health care.

(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/h...

Jeffries: More than a year has passed since Trump was inaugurated—this guy promised to lower costs on day one. Costs haven’t gone down. They’ve gone up. They’re ripping health care away from the American people. And now federal agents on American streets are killing American citizens in cold blood.

Iowa farmer: 27% of farmers across this country are on the ACA—and they’re looking at significant increases. It’s not uncommon to see premiums quadruple. There are farmers out there who are deciding to go without health insurance because of that.

Following the murder of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, National Nurses United said in a statement: "The terror we are experiencing is being subsidized by our own government. Nurses know that our vision for a healthy society is possible and we will not stop fighting until it is a reality.”

No family should pay more for health insurance than they do for their mortgage. But that’s now reality for millions after Republicans took away the ACA tax credits that helped keep coverage affordable.

“Anyone who knew him for 10 seconds would know he’s a stand-up guy. He didn’t have to think about doing the right thing, it was just in his blood.” Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse who dedicated his life to caring for others. He should still be alive today.

Kristi Noem is spreading lies to justify ICE agents' killing of Alex Pretti—she must resign NOW.

Across the country, Republicans’ massive cuts to Medicaid are shutting down maternity care providers, forcing pregnant women to travel farther to receive critical care. #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay

"Make no mistake about it, every single American family will be hurt as a result of the greatest health care cuts in American history." Ranking Member @congressmanboyle.bsky.social on the Republican health care crisis:

"I work so hard to keep two people with disabilities alive, and I can't afford insurance myself." Mrs. Rena Bumbray-Graves testifies as one of millions of Americans who are losing their care because Republicans refuse to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits. @seiuva512.bsky.social @seiu.org

NEW: Donald Trump and Republicans are executing a ruthless plot to take health care away from hardworking Americans. Millions will lose coverage. Millions more will pay higher costs. See the consequences in your community with our new tool: democrats-budget.house.gov/legislation/...

Rep. Watson-Coleman: This president has shown us what a President looks like, acts like, speaks like, and does when he doesn’t give a shit about this country. 👏📢 Say it again for the people in the back 📢👏

🔥🔥 Rep. Watson-Coleman: If you want to really care about your constituents in rural communities… Cut your diaper strings from the President of the United States and his crazy, incompetent concepts of a a health care initiative that has no substance to it.

👏👏 Congressman McGarvey: One of the really cruel things that’s happening right now is that not only is Donald Trump making health care more expensive for and out of reach for Americans, everything else is getting more expensive too.

I've got a novel idea for President Trump: instead of giving Americans Greenland, how about giving them health care?

Rep. Plaskett: My constituents are not afforded the same benefits as Americans living in the 50 states. … You all talk about the Affordable Care Act like it’s the Devil. We would love to have that in the Virgin Islands.

Rep. Boyle: When I first heard that my Republican friends were holding a hearing on health care, I replied ‘no really, what’s the subject of the hearing?’ Because I was shocked. This is the crowd that just passed a bill to take away health care for more than 15 million Americans.

Rep. Boyle: Mr President, how about instead of giving the American people Greenland, we give them health care?

Rep. Boyle: Every single American family will be hurt as a result of the greatest health care cuts in American history.

Spotted outside HHS headquarters last night. 👀

The Trump family has raked in $1.4 billion in just one year. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are having to decide what they can afford: rent, groceries, or health care.

HI Gov Josh Green joined Protect Our Care today to discuss the weakening of the CDC’s childhood vaccine guidelines and the impacts on public health. Gov Green: People are going to get sick and die, and it’s completely unnecessary and all because of some ideological mission that RFK has.

An important message from Pete Buttigieg: Pressure works. Don’t let up on Senate Republicans, and don’t let up on the White House that those Senate Republicans tend to obey.