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Barack Obama
8 months ago
We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
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Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-department-of-war-defense.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jk8.kPfi.nM3BKxkCttg8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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Break glass moment is here
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
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New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/health/cdc-monarez-kennedy-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hk8.1H6W.dHDaPbtTr18j&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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JFC—outside the
#nmaahc
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8 months ago
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Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs
www.cbsnews.com/news/staff-c...
@cbsnews.com
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Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs
The workforce of a federal agency that oversees billions in grants for primary health care, AIDS/HIV, maternal and child health services, and workforce training has been slashed, sparking fears of wha...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/staff-cuts-federal-agency-health-programs/
9 months ago
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The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
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The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.
https://wapo.st/3IRXIlK
9 months ago
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Harris Will Not Run for California Governor
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Harris Will Not Run for California Governor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/harris-california-governor-race.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aU8.qE02.yg1EKizGThLJ&smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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"Only 4% of participants given a vaccine that exposed this part of the viral surface produced antibodies that could block infection; that jumped to 80% when this region wasn’t visible to the immune system."
www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m...
via
@statnews.com
@jonathanwosen.bsky.social
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Using mRNA, scientists overcome a key challenge to HIV vaccines
Scientists used a mRNA-based vaccine to reliably trigger antibodies that block HIV infection in people and monkeys
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/mrna-hiv-vaccine-study-science-translational-medicine/
9 months ago
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This is insane. | Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment
www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/m...
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@statnews.com
@levfacher.bsky.social
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Trump nominee for top HHS post pushed to ban methadone treatment
HHS general counsel nominee Mike Stuart’s position on methadone puts him far outside the mainstream in American politics.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/mike-stuart-hhs-general-counsel-nominee-methadone-treatment-ban-west-virginia/
9 months ago
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Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards
www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...
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Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards
The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/trump-administration-omb-blocks-nih-grant-awards/
9 months ago
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Good news. Need to keep this trend going | Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds
www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/m...
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@statnews.com
@levfacher.bsky.social
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Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds
Americans are binge drinking and smoking tobacco less but consuming marijuana significantly more, according to a new federal survey on drug use and mental health.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/marijuana-tobacco-binge-drinking-federal-report/
9 months ago
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@washingtonpost.com
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Trump denies Maryland’s request for FEMA aid after devastating floods
The Trump administration turned down Gov. Wes Moore’s request for $15.8 million in disaster relief for Western Maryland’s flooding in May.
https://wapo.st/4lLfENt
9 months ago
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Russ Vought bills CFPB $5 million for his security detail
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Russ Vought bills CFPB $5M for his security detail
The expense comes as the consumer-protection agency's budget is slashed nearly in half.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/07/russ-vought-bills-cfpb-5m-his-security-detail/406928/
9 months ago
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He's out of the prison, but now back in Venezuela and under the same threats that forced him to seek (and receive) refuge in the United States
@advocate.com
@cwnewser.bsky.social
www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
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Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador
He called it "an encounter with torture and death."
https://www.advocate.com/news/andry-hernandez-romero-cecot-torture
9 months ago
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State Dept. & USAID ordered
@outrightintl.bsky.social
to cut grants to 120 orgs across 42 countries, ending funding for LGBTQ veterans’ medical support in Ukraine, an LGBTQ domestic violence shelter in Malawi, & legal services for torture victims in Myanmar
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/u...
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The U.S. Is Abandoning the Global Fight for Equality
Washington is increasingly playing a central role in the backlash against LGBTQ people.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/us-funding-cuts-state-department-rubio-trump-lgbtq-rights/
9 months ago
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@wsj.com
apple.news/A3o_MLmPfST6...
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Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files — The Wall Street Journal
Bondi also told president at the meeting that Justice decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims
https://apple.news/A3o_MLmPfST6rFJW_KVeJRQ
9 months ago
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@paleofuture.bsky.social
@gizmodo.com
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FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report
The AI, dubbed Elsa, is supposed to be making employees better at their jobs.
https://gizmodo.com/fdas-new-drug-approval-ai-is-generating-fake-studies-report-2000633153?utm_source=gizmodo.com&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share
9 months ago
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“She wants her children “to learn that even in the face of uncertainty & devastation that feels like it is beyond our control, this is how we take control of our lives. By speaking out and advocating for ourselves and our fellow Americans,””
@oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
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Their parents are fired feds. They want senators to listen to them.
For months, federal workers have tried making their voices heard on Capitol Hill. Now, some are bringing their children to “Camp Democracy.”
https://wapo.st/450EMsp
9 months ago
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Sounds wonky, but withholding billions of dollars that Congress has already spent (impoundment)--on things like clean school buses & Head Start--does real harm. We decided the president shouldn't be king with Nixon. GAO is in the crosshairs
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
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White House Leads Push to Block Watchdog’s Inquiries Into Spending Cuts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-spending-government-accountability-office.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.A1nO.jdXBMG-YAB9U&smid=url-share
9 months ago
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White House aide on skipping budget plan: It ‘wasn’t in our interest’
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@washingtonpost.com
@jeffstein.bsky.social
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White House aide on skipping budget plan: It ‘wasn’t in our interest’
OMB chief Russell Vought expressed excitement that Congress appeared to be on the verge of codifying into law roughly $9 billion in cuts.
https://wapo.st/4f4lsiE
9 months ago
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Today is the 3rd anniversary of @988Lifeline "39% of LGBTQ 13-24 year-olds in the U.S. said they had seriously considered suicide over the past year, including 46% of transgender & nonbinary youth."
@thehill.com
@bmigdon.bsky.social
@trevorproject.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5402940-lgbtq-lifeline-988-hotline-closure-the-trevor-project-suicide-mental-health-trump-cuts/
9 months ago
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Federal workers tell their DOGE stories in new audio series
@fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...
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DOGE-impacted federal workers tell their stories in new audio series
The testimonials are from people who've worked inside agencies responsible for the health and safety of millions of Americans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/16/doge-irs-faa-federal-workers
9 months ago
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NYT on Navy Yard's Italian outpost Ama “People who have come to work at H.H.S. or U.S.D.A. are talking about no additives, better grains, seed oils — even if they don’t believe it & are eating Doritos in their cars”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/d...
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Is This Restaurant the Only Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/dining/ama-restaurant-washington-dc-maha.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08._NcM.TfYhihLP0M1W&smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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"In April, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns & Children was shut down following an EO signed by President Trump to eliminate “unnecessary” federal functions... The committee guides states on which diseases to screen for at birth."
@endpts.com
endpoints.news/the-trump-ad...
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The Trump administration disbanded a newborn screening panel. Advocates now face a harder path
atient groups face a harder and unpredictable path going state-by-state to boost screening for rare but treatable conditions after the Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory committee on ne...
https://endpoints.news/the-trump-administration-disbanded-a-federal-newborn-screening-panel-advocates-now-face-a-harder-path/
9 months ago
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OBBBA includes big Medicare cuts too. "PAYGO is triggered when budgets over 5- and 10-year periods add to deficits. Medicare is not [exempt from sequester]. And it faces a whopping $533 billion in cuts over the next decade."
newrepublic.com/article/1979...
@newrepublic.com
@normornstein.bsky.social
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Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too.
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197992/republican-trump-budget-bill-cuts-medicare-too
9 months ago
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And a very good excuse to plug his guest judge appearance on Revry’s King of Drag w/ Murray Hill!
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9 months ago
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The growing influence of vaccine skeptics inside HHS
www.statnews.com/2025/07/14/a...
via
@statnews.com
@chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social
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The growing influence of vaccine skeptics inside HHS
The growing influence of vaccine critics inside RFK Jr.'s health department is alarming public health experts.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/14/antivaccine-influence-inside-hhs-public-health-experts-alarmed-rfk-jr-hires-vaccine-skeptics/
9 months ago
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“Known as the constrained total energy expenditure model, it says that our brains and bodies closely monitor our total energy expenditure, keeping it within a narrow range.”
@washingtonpost.com
@gretchenxreynolds.bsky.social
(gift link)
wapo.st/4eN2IDX
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What causes obesity? A major new study is upending common wisdom.
Many people assume obesity is caused by inactivity and burning fewer calories. But our diets — and excess calorie intake — may actually be the cause.
https://wapo.st/4eN2IDX
9 months ago
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This is what it looks like to repeal Obamacare without calling it that (gift link)
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At least 17 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump plan
GOP legislation would set back years of progress in expanding health care coverage, unwinding key parts of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
https://wapo.st/44yyXlN
10 months ago
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"The government is spending >$7 million a month to keep us on payroll while preventing us from doing our jobs & denying the public essential education services. That means >$21 million has been spent to silence us & strip people of the aid they rely on."
@postopinions.bsky.social
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Opinion | The Education Department is paying us millions not to work
Education staff are eager to serve the public. The Trump administration’s layoffs put us in a legal limbo that helps nobody.
https://wapo.st/4ehb7zt
10 months ago
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Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/health/hiv-fda-lenacapavir.html?smid=bs-share
10 months ago
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Saw it on Saturday and this is too real.
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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"The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that was passed by House Republicans and is currently being discussed by the U.S. Senate is viewed unfavorably by a majority of adults (64%), including large majorities of independents and Democrats."
@kff.org
www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Views of the One Big Beautiful Bill | KFF
This poll finds two-thirds of the public view the "One Big Beautiful Bill" legislation unfavorably, and its favorability erodes further when people hear about its potential health impacts. As Congress...
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-views-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/
10 months ago
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www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/16/l...
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New LGBTQ+ Archive to save scrubbed federal resources
Trump’s anti-DEI crusade seeks to erase entire communities
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/16/lgbtq-archive-save-scrubbed-federal-resources/
10 months ago
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Full statement from the American Pharmacists Association on
#ACIP
& why they’re withholding their endorsement of ACIP’s unwise decision to no longer recommend pregnant people get the COVID-19 vaccine “APhA withholds endorsement of ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule”
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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APhA withholds endorsement of ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule
/PRNewswire/ -- APhA is the only pharmacy representative among several professional organizations that reviews and evaluates the ACIP Adult Immunization...
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apha-withholds-endorsement-of-acip-adult-immunization-schedule-302476857.html
11 months ago
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Check out the WorldPride DC Welcome/Visual Arts Center! It’s FREE, open until 8 PM daily, has huge panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a merch store and so much more! 737 7th Street NW 🏳️🌈🪡🏳️⚧️
#fabricoffreedom
#worldpridedc
@interpride.bsky.social
@worldpridedc.bsky.social
@capitalpridedc.bsky.social
11 months ago
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11 years married to this incredible man! 👨🏽❤️💋👨🏼🏳️🌈💍
#gay
#gaymarried
#husbands
11 months ago
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"D.C. Budget Fix Stalls in the House as Conservative Republicans Balk" (gift link)
@mayacmiller.bsky.social
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...
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D.C. Budget Fix Stalls in the House as Conservative Republicans Balk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/washington-dc-budget-house-johnson.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.w5sX.vq88-7iTZ8Dw&smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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New recession indicator just dropped: "The budget supports of creation of MAHA food boxes that would be filled with commodities sourced from domestic farmers and given directly to American households."
12 months ago
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Great to hear from
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
and
@mcbride.house.gov
at
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social
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12 months ago
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This budget slashes HHS funding by $40 billion. Eliminating HeadStart, 40% cut to NIH, 44% cut to CDC. A stunning retreat from the mission of protecting Americans’ health & wellbeing. “Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts”
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Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
https://wapo.st/42gLz0Z
about 1 year ago
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Robert Gordon
about 1 year ago
Important story that includes some thoughts from me. DOGE is now a superagency, managing processes deep within agencies but core to their missions. And DOGE can now impound funds by refusing to allow grant postings. Next question: Will DOGE begin to approve individual grant awards?
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“Trump health nominee called for ‘corrective care’ for trans youth”
@washingtonpost.com
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Trump health nominee called for ‘corrective care’ for trans youth
Brian Christine, an Alabama urologist, also has repeated conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic.
https://wapo.st/4cvObLY
about 1 year ago
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"Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million"
@kffhealthnews.org
@arthurallen202.bsky.social
Peoplehttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/aspe-hhs-federal-poverty-guidelines-level-team-fired-medicaid-snap-wic/
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Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People - KFF Health News
Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/aspe-hhs-federal-poverty-guidelines-level-team-fired-medicaid-snap-wic/
about 1 year ago
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Springtime in DC 😌🌸💖
about 1 year ago
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"RFK Jr. says he’s ‘not familiar’ with $11b cuts to state and local health departments"
@thehill.com
@nateweixel.bsky.social
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5240663-health-human-services-secretary-cuts-grants/
about 1 year ago
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“Trump admin won't let Medicare cover anti-obesity drugs”
www.axios.com/2025/04/04/t...
@axios.com
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Trump admin won't let Medicare cover anti-obesity drugs
President Trump's Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services, at least at this point, is declining to embrace a politically popular idea that could also threaten the finances of the system.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/trump-medicare-weight-loss-drugs-plan-scrapped
about 1 year ago
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NEW: A public letter from over 200 former HHS appointees decrying the ongoing firings across the Department.
jeffnesbit.medium.com/thank-you-47...
about 1 year ago
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Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius worries over ‘devastating’ cuts to research funding
thehill.com/policy/healt...
@thehill.com
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5216617-former-hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-worries-over-devastating-cuts-to-research-funding/
about 1 year ago
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www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...
@wyden.senate.gov
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Wyden Statement on Mass Layoffs and Restructuring at Department of Health and Human Services | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Statement on Mass Layoffs and Restructuring at Department of Health and Human Services
https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-statement-on-mass-layoffs-and-restructuring-at-department-of-health-and-human-services
about 1 year ago
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