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Julie Rovner
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Chief Washington Correspondent KFF Health News, Host "What the Health?" podcast/horseperson/corgimomx2/unapologetic Michigan fan.

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Julie Rovner is an American journalist and author. Currently the Chief Washington Correspondent for Kaiser Health News (KHN) and host of its podcast, "What the Health", Rovner previously reported for National Public Radio, National Journal's Congress Daily, Congressional Quarterly, and The Lancet. .. more

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 3d
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 3d
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 5d
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RFK Jr. wanted to endorse the Danish vaccine schedule. He was forced to pull back.
Legal and political concerns prompted the health department to cancel a planned announcement on Friday, officials said.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d
At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars.

Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 7d
on our last #WTHealth podcast for 2025: the latest on the ACA fight on Capitol Hill; vaccine news; and a special wrap of 2025 in health policy. With @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, and Tami Luhby:
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Time’s Up for Expanded ACA Tax Credits - KFF Health News
A last-minute push from Democrats and four moderate Republicans will force a House vote on renewing enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans, but not until January. That means millio...
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 10d
NEW: Mike Johnson says he WON'T call a House vote on extending ACA funding this week

Weekend talks with centrist Republicans on a health care amendment collapsed.

Enhanced tax credits will expire, raising costs in 2026.

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House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Republicans worked on the issue throughout the weekend but could not come to an agreement with a group of members who want the funds extended.
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Josh Goldstein @joshisimmigration.bsky.social · 10d
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 10d
ICYMI, @julierovner.bsky.social on the ACA deadline and the politics over extending subsidies:
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The Latest Battle Over the Fate of the ACA | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
KFF Health News' Julie Rovner discusses the latest over the battle in Congress over the fate of the Affordable Care Act.
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BNO News @bnonews.com · 12d
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney

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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 13d
Wally earned his Rally Master title this am!

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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 13d
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: The latest on the fight over ACA subsidies and changes to vaccine policy. With @annaedney.bsky.social, @maya-goldman.bsky.social, and our newest panelist, @sherylnyt.bsky.social.
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Crunch Time for ACA Tax Credits - KFF Health News
Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans that begin Jan. 1, and Congress remains at odds over letting expanded tax credits for the plans’ premiums expire and increasing the cos...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15d
This seems rather, uh, dictatorial.

I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 16d
UCLA's Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy just unveiled a fantastic hub for folks interested in the intersection of history and litigation -- "History in Reproductive Rights Cases."

Their new collection of amicus briefs, scholarship, and cases is here:

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History in Reproductive Rights Cases: A Post-Dobbs Resource Hub
This Hub provides resources – case summaries, amicus briefs and expert reports, and scholarship – that demonstrate the progressive role a critical approach to history can play in informing legal argum...
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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 17d
Sooner or later, most journalists will face a moment when someone in power makes them the story, writes Poynter’s senior vice president and ethics chair Kelly McBride.

How should journalists respond to personal attacks from powerful people? Here are some tips: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
When powerful people bully the press, they’re really trying to silence the public - Poynter
What looks like a personal attack is often an intimidation tactic aimed at the entire press and the people it serves
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Brian Keyser @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social · 17d
Don't be fooled: Health Savings Accounts aren't insurance and can't replace enhanced premium tax credits. CAP Health explains @nzmurphy.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social
Senate Republicans’ HSA Plan Can’t Replace the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits
The Senate Republican response to the looming expiration of the ACA’s enhanced tax credits is a patchwork of policies that will shift costs onto patients and weaken insurance markets.
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 17d
Wind me up and I talk about health care! Thanks for having me.
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Healthcare Is Expensive. It’s About To Get Worse.
Does Trump care enough about the affordability crisis to intervene?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17d
New, from me: by embracing unitary executive theory, the Supreme Court is moving towards making all public employees fireable at the will of the President.

This will not just hurt government competence, it will aid democratic backsliding. 🧵
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At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 17d
My latest for @thenation.com: "Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender"
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
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Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender
It's time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 18d
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 21d
On this week's #WTHealth podcast: @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social, and @paigecunningham.bsky.social on the GOP scramble to find a health plan; vaccine uproar at CDC and FDA, and SCOTUS hears another abortion (related) case...
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The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan - KFF Health News
Senate Democrats were promised a vote by mid-December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can’t decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or ...
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 21d
The White House will submit its plans for Trump's ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission this month, the chair of the panel just said in public hearing.

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Ashley Kirzinger @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social · 22d
A key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
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2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey | KFF
This survey explores how ACA Marketplace enrollees expect to respond if their premium payments doubled as expected in 2026 when enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire. About a third would very...
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 22d
Chairman of Senate’s health committee with his sharpest words yet as CDC’s vaccine advisers meeting gets underway.

The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. ™ A @SenBillCassidy X.com Aaron Siri is a trial attorney who makes his living suing vaccine manufacturers. He is presenting as if an expert on childhood vaccines. The ACIP is totally discredited. They are not protecting children. cdc.gov/acip/downloads...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 22d
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22d
Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 22d
Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children

www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 22d
Remember: The average American cannot afford an unexpected $1,000 medical expense. In a country with notably expensive health care, fronting medical expenses because of bad insurance policies and then waiting to do a big tax deduction is not going to be an option for the vast majority of people.
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Hawley is pitching his colleagues — and Trump — on a new health care plan that would allow all tax payers to deduct up to $25K/person in medical expenses.

Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley pitches new health care tax plan
The Missouri Republican is proposing making it easier for more tax payers to deduct medical expenses — and has pitched Donald Trump on the idea.
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Politico @politico.com · 23d
Hawley is pitching his colleagues — and Trump — on a new health care plan that would allow all tax payers to deduct up to $25K/person in medical expenses.

Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley pitches new health care tax plan
The Missouri Republican is proposing making it easier for more tax payers to deduct medical expenses — and has pitched Donald Trump on the idea.
www.politico.com