Trump, who rushed to the Supreme Court on Friday, is hellbent in his refusal to bring much-needed aid to the country's neediest.

Oh yeah…there’s also this. HSA funds are used to pay for *deductibles, co-pays & coinsurance*, not the premiums. You’d still need the insurance policy. “None of the Republican senators seemed to grapple with the fact that consumers would still need to buy plans from the same insurance companies.”

And of course neither Trump nor any other Republican seems to have a problem with us OVERPAYING the SAME INSURANCE CARRIERS HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS for Medicare Advantage… www.americanprogress.org/article/endi...

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Awesome! This is why I always advise SHOPPING AROUND on the ACA exchange even if you don’t think there’s a better value available!

That header is something else.

Shopping hard for 2026 b/c nightmare increase in FL premiums combined with gutting APTC in Big B Bill. Time to reacquaint (or acquaint) myself w/wonkiest aspects of ACA markets means turning to @charlesgaba.com & @kff.org Excellent starting point: acasignups.net/25/11/06/pre...

📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event! I'll be filling in competitive #WISCONSIN districts soon; for now you can help WI Senate Dems, WI Assembly Dems & the WI Democratic Party. Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/wiblu...

@charlesgaba.com good article- abcnews.go.com/US/insane-ac...

Good morning. People aren’t as dumb as Trump thinks. They know he’s busy doing ego stroking world tours and building his ballroom. Everything but trying to end the shutdown. He could open the government tomorrow if he put in any energy at all.

Try up to 40% in FL-27. Of the TOTAL population.

The shutdown is fun for Trump because he gets to throw lavish Gatsby-themed parties for his millionaire friends AND invent new and innovative ways to hurt poor people.

Donald Trump is trying to bully us into silence. He’s abusing his power to create a censorship state. But tomorrow voters in New Jersey, Virginia and all across the nation will show up and make clear - we will not be ruled. The people are still in charge.

the #Beatles 1963

Remembering the late Actor, Jeremy Brett (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995)

And especially this: Without this, any deal should be a nonstarter. bsky.app/profile/joke...

Senate Democrats head to Trump’s ‘backyard’ to press him on Obamacare

No place in the country will feel more pain from Trump’s premium increases than Florida. In many parts of the state, 20% of families get their health care from the ACA. The stories were gut wrenching.

📣 1 DAY TO GO. I've also created a SECOND NJ page focusing on the REDDEST districts in the state. Most of these Dems likely won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force NJ Republicans to defend "safe" turf. Donate today! #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/njval...

🚨 AT LAST: My *FINAL* breakout of avg. UNSUBSIDIZED 2026 #ACA premiums. This includes the final, *official* filing decisions for every state. Nationally, *full-price* ACA rates are going up 25.5% on average, from $619/mo to $777/mo. acasignups.net/rate_changes...

📣 By request, I've added HIGH-DEF PDF versions of my healthcare pie charts for the FIRST HALF of the House districts in #FLORIDA! Scroll past the web version to download; suitable for printing to a 24" x 36" poster board for your next town hall or #HandsOff protest! acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart...

Texas ended up not being quite as bad as I thought in my prior estimates...although it's still pretty bad. Use my enrollment guide to help mitigate the damage: acasignups.net/25/10/31/slo...

I think we are going to have to start calling any Karen a Pam.

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Be more like Dolly. Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/w...

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Tell me why the vast majority of American Jews won't vote for Republicans again?

📣 NC GOP Senator Thom Tillis just announced he’s not running for reelection after all. You know what to do. secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

Your occasional reminder that if you find my healthcare wonkery informative/useful & would like to support it, you can do so either once or monthly here! secure.actblue.com/donate/acasi...

In general, overall I find that the malevolence is of greater concern than the incompetence. But this kind of story really challenges that. If you can blunder into war with Harvard, what exactly is stopping the same horrible people from blundering into an actual war—or a nuclear exchange?

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Don McNeil, late of the NYT, with a scorcher on RFK Jr in the Washington Post: wapo.st/41ICahj

"It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government!" 39% of Wyoming residents have healthcare coverage via programs either fully or mostly funded by the federal government. Another 51% receive federal tax subsidies for their employer-sponsored insurance (yes, I said it).

Not, though, "Educational outcomes are poor, the Department of Education is in charge of Education, so getting rid of it will improve education." That's a false syllogism. The point is: know your rhetoric!

This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

I finally got what's bugged me about all these stories on the crippling of the US govt: all of them speak of "cuts" when, in fact, only Congress can 'cut' funding, and it has done nothing of the sort. The story describes illegal & unconstitutional impoundment, BUT SAYS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT

Florida-17th in list. Sadly, Florida's poorest counties will bear the brunt of these cuts-and they won't know what hit them until it arrives. x.com/projectlinco...

WATCH: “When will you stand up to them and say that is enough?” WISCONSIN Republicans Grothman & Fitzgerald run into tough town hall crowds also 👇🏽👀

@charlesgaba.com thanks for the sobering message. Florida- acasignups.net/25/01/26/how...

For anyone wondering, here's how much I've raised for the 4 most important upcoming Special Elections so far: 4/01/25: FL-06: Josh Weil $8,735 4/01/25: FL-01: Gay Valimont $6,904 4/01/25: WI Supreme Court: Susan Crawford. $6,010 Date TBD: NY-21: Blake Gendebien. $2,582

These stories are not from Substackers, or newsletter writers, or pundits (as wonderful and valuable as they are.) They are from the NYTimes, the WaPo, NPR and Politico, major news institutions that have the resources to investigate this. Again, I urge you, support them however you can.

🚨 I'm sure it'll come as a shock to everyone that no, the CDC.gov website has NOT restored all of the pages which were deleted as per the federal judge's order. While it's possible that *some* pages have been restored, a quick check makes it clear that at least some absolutely haven't been yet. 1/

Protect this law at all costs ! www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Another story about the #MemoryHoling of healthcare data via Margaret Manto of @notusreports.bsky.social. (I get a brief quote) www.notus.org/healthcare/h...

📣 I don't know if the FDA is among the federal government websites which the Musk/Trump Regime has been bulldozing their way through, but just in case, @niema.net & I have created an index of links to the most recent versions of every page indexed by the Wayback Machine: acasignups.net/fda-website

📣 Links to archived versions of every FDAgov website page available pre-purge: acasignups.net/25/02/06/lin...

Congratulations to @kenmartin.bsky.social on winning the election to DNC Chair. I strongly supported @benwikler.bsky.social, but Martin comes highly recommended as well.

ALL PEOPLE HAD TO DO WAS VOTE FOR THE BLACK LADY TO AVOID ALL OF THIS.

As Trump/MAGA digitally burn books, a reminder that I've compiled total enrollment in Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP & ACA exchange coverage by Congressional District here. The data is current as of June 2024 - January 2025 depending on the category: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Kaine: "Last week the president signed an emergency order regarding energy. There's an energy emergency and he just put a 10% tariffs on energy from Canada? He is increasing prices at the pump at the same time he's saying there's an energy emergency. The emergency is self-created."