This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.

Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer.  So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals

Vaccines are how we protect children. They are fundamental to a world in which graveyards aren’t lined with the tombstones of babies. They are crucial to a world in which children grow up, survive and thrive. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Ironic to be calling the "Aetna National Medical Excellence Unit" ... to plead with them because they are denying the CellCept and tacrolimus (rejection meds) for my husband's transplanted liver. We have been calling for days and his meds run out tomorrow morning. @aetnahealthcare.bsky.social

Prior authorization for Albuterol is mind-numbingly stupid

Tobin Novasio used to tell teachers he was going home for lunch, but he actually didn't have enough to eat. Now, he's a superintendent, in support of a bill from Rep. Romano to pay for school meals that can land parents in collections. @keilaszpaller.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/03/20/b...

“Silence is not an option right now,” said one advisory board member, Daniel Dawes, a health policy expert… “I try to use the term unprecedented sparingly, but I believe this is an unprecedented moment. There will be dire consequences if they do not restore this information”

EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex" Biological reality:

Health insurance claim denied? See what insurers said behind the scenes. Published May 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social

🧵Growing outbreaks of vaccine preventable, severe disease in kids: A grim thread “As of Nov 9, which marks the latest data available from the CDC, there were more than 23,500 cases of whooping cough reported so far this year. That’s far and above the roughly 5,000 cases confirmed in all of 2023”

Montana is the only state in which expanded Medicaid is slated to end in 2025 -- unless the legislature takes action. If it ends, around 85,000 eligible adults would lose coverage. But what does it mean for kids? #pedsky #medsky #mtnews montanafreepress.org/2024/10/31/c...