Media wish: stop describing such things as attacks on institutions, which need no food, shelter, medical care, etc. and have no capacity to suffer. These are attacks on *PEOPLE* (workers). (Aside: the time-honored way to change policy and minimize suffering is to do it slowly, with advanced notice.)

"The core strategy Republicans seem to be employing is to slow NIH spending as much as possible to generate budget surpluses, and then use those surpluses as justification for slashing the NIH budget." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...

Study after study shows that Medicaid work requirements don't increase employment but do decrease insurance rates. GOP knows this. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

ChatGPT, so grain of salt.

For my friends not in health policy land (with other jobs and busy lives) who want to know: Where's the list of non-jargon, non-belabored, easy-to-digest ways what is happening will affect them? (Yes, I am asking for my friends! I don't have time to explain it to everyone.)

A compassionate space for federal government workers. Details at the link: www.linkedin.com/posts/afrakt...

Superb articulation of the value of VA research. Proud that it cites work by me and colleagues. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Social Security, a BFD. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... (Over half the sample had savings below $5000)

“'I’m ready to walk away if it comes to it,' she wrote to her manager... 'I get it,' the manager replied. 'Many of us are ready to walk away.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...