Free open to all!! Listen to the expert @sarahgollust.bsky.social!!

Medicare Advantage plans practice of upcoding severity of patient conditions resulting in higher payments. “UnitedHealth Group is more aggressive in coding than any of the other five largest insurers.” @startribune.com #healthpolicy tinyurl.com/yc73astw

“It’s absolutely more complicated to address narratives about structural racism, in part because the dominant narrative that needs to change — the idea of a racial hierarchy — is even more deeply, historically entrenched in the fabric of U.S. history and society.” www.bmsg.org/changing-pub...

I will never understand such cruel and inhumane treatment of vulnerable people.

‘It’s unthinkable:’ Thousands gather to mourn Annunciation shooting victims at vigils.” My old neighborhood. #banassaultrifles www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

MN State Fair

“It also reflects well on the University of Minnesota that CIDRAP is playing a critical role in this undertaking. Other universities might have told Osterholm to stand down. The U didn’t, and for that it deserves Minnesotans’ gratitude.” www.startribune.com/robert-f-ken...

CBO’s latest projections on H.R. 1 By 2034: -10M could lose health coverage primarily due to Medicaid work requirements -5.3M will be uninsured and -2.2 million will lose coverage in 2027 largely due to administrative burdens. tinyurl.com/yc32ty68

The Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates lives on! #SAHIE www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

I don’t want the NIH to be fucking profitable, I want it to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s

Manatt Health and Princeton with updated estimates of the state- and Congressional District-level impact of Senate-passed bill on #Medicaid enrollment and hospital spending cuts: shvs.org/resource/sen...

Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.

Interesting use of 1332 waiver……this was an initiative from way back and one of the stories of Governor Dr John Kitzhaber of Oregon. NY: wgy.iheart.com/content/2025... OR: www.annemergmed.com/article/S019....

Utter bullshit. It's "adjudicated" by the IRS every year when you file your taxes. He's a moron.

This is heartbreaking. (via someone at the St. Paul rally)

Twin Cities folks looking for a chill, child-centric No Kings protest, we got you (Bring extra poster-making supplies if you can, but please don’t worry about showing up empty-handed if you can’t! Other folks will bring extra so everyone can just do what they can manage, we’re all in this together)

Just the title of this article!! tinyurl.com/5uwjhny9

This has to stop. Has to.

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

You can’t take $700B from #Medicaid without impacting the entire health care system. There will be significant ripple effects for providers, communities, and families! From the Timberjay in Northern Minnesota. @smith.senate.gov tinyurl.com/38rbsp84

Had a good MPR show with amazing callers talking about their need for #Medicaid. A mother of a disabled child, a farm worker, a young man even called from a psych facility! Such an important program! HANDS OFF MEDICAID! tinyurl.com/yu2y3272

Thanks Libby Callum for your steady leadership at MNsure! mnsure.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5xt6h3sc

HANDS OFF MEDICAID!

So well said! @donmoyn.bsky.social Pamela Herd tinyurl.com/yzv7me3k

Massively cutting Medicaid and SNAP isn’t the only way to find savings. We could just forgo tax cuts for Americans making over $500K instead. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

CBO estimates that cutting Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid will increase the deficit by $300m. Due to an increase in unintended pregnancies, undetected cancers, and untreated sexually transmitted infections. Thx @heatherhhoward.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrx2p6ar

#medicaidmasacrebill!!

This made me cry today! @whitneymusem asherald tinyurl.com/yfwpc4f9

MN Dept of Health's infectious disease division is public health's SEAL Team 6. Yet federal funding cuts could decimate it without #mnleg action. MDH's chaotic handling of potential layoffs also warrants legislative auditor review. www.startribune.com/harmful-cuts...

All states have made progress in reducing uninsured rates under the ACA. 18 states reduced uninsurance by more than half, 5 states—California, Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon, and Rhode Island—by 60% or more. @shadac.bsky.social @heatherhhoward.bsky.social tinyurl.com/a8zxts82

In addition to CBO, States are also estimating the impact of potential cuts to the Medicaid program. SHADAC is tracking state reports for State Health & Value Strategies. Learn more here: @shadac.bsky.social @heatherhhoward.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc25cdjm

Here we go again! Medicaid “community engagement” requirements in Arkansas’ new waiver application. The state will identify individuals not on track for economic and health self-sufficiency and provide “Success Coaching.” UGH! tinyurl.com/yc3xa58v

This incredible study was funded in part by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Demolishing NIH will prevent the research needed to determine the mechanism that makes shingles vaccines reduce dementia. I am 😡! tinyurl.com/59fpjjce

Another great SHADAC resource! @shadac.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4s2nb2ca

“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”

This afternoon, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) sent layoff and separation notices to 170 employees whose positions were funded by recently terminated federal grants. It will take years to fix this mess!! tinyurl.com/54ebycw3

Well, UMN has officially been hit. We just got an email from our president that an international grad student was detained yesterday. No further details provided. This. Is. Crushing.

Op-Ed: The Affordable Care Act at 15 years old — successful, but facing challenges. Heather Howard. rb.gy/jz6bbb

Or for those visual learners….

This!

Such a good question!! bit.ly/4iCUhw6

Looking for state names for their Medicaid and Marketplace programs? Look no further! @shadac.bsky.social great resource. www.shadac.org/publications...

"For much of our...history, the US has been the global leader in research...the new administration seems to be inclined to recklessly consign that to history. We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition."

Cuts and disruptions to NIH will unravel the primary engine that has produces life enhancing biomedical and public health discoveries! NIH R&D contributed to 99% of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019. Thx @rwidome.bsky.social Read This and Share!! minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/06/c...

Five teenagers have died from seasonal flu this year in San Diego. None were vaccinated. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/28/a...

This is awesome! thx @mirandayaver.bsky.social ⬇️

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is a comprehensive overview of how federal grant research funding works and $$ per state. Nicely done! Timely!