Caroline Catherman
@cecatherman.bsky.social
Morning Brew Inc’s Healthcare Brew business reporter, focusing on payers and policy | Past: Orlando Sentinel, CNN, Northwestern's Medill School + Emory University Grad
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"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect
The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top regulator of drugs, has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using his regulatory authority to inflict financial harm on a former business associate, STAT has learned.
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FDA’s top drug regulator placed on leave amid investigation
George Tidmarsh, the FDA's top drug regulator, has been placed on leave after being accused of abusing his regulatory authority, STAT has learned.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top regulator of drugs, has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using his regulatory authority to inflict financial harm on a former business associate, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
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The FDA's top drug regulator claims retaliation:
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Resigns, and Is Sued by Drug Company
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The FDA's top drug regulator claims retaliation:
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned after officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct."
Tidmarsh claimed a "toxic environment" at the FDA and said the review was retaliation for warnings about politics trumping science.
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“These kids just sit in foster care,” a family law attorney said, “because mom and dad are working at Subway and can’t afford a four-bedroom house.”
With @wabe.org
(Published April 2024)
With @wabe.org
(Published April 2024)
When the Number of Bedrooms in a Home Keeps Parents From Getting Their Kids Back
Even after resolving other safety concerns, parents in Georgia can wait for months to be reunited with their children, often because of what advocates say are stringent requirements sought by the stat...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“These kids just sit in foster care,” a family law attorney said, “because mom and dad are working at Subway and can’t afford a four-bedroom house.”
With @wabe.org
(Published April 2024)
With @wabe.org
(Published April 2024)
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New: Trump officials unveiled a tool intended to help millions of Medicare patients pick their plans, as open enrollment begins today.
But the tool — a directory that was intended to match providers with their plans — was rife with errors, The Post found.
More here w/Akilah Johnson
But the tool — a directory that was intended to match providers with their plans — was rife with errors, The Post found.
More here w/Akilah Johnson
Medicare doctor directory, a Trump team priority, launches with errors
The directory, intended to help older Americans navigate Medicare Advantage open enrollment, produces conflicting responses about which providers are covered by health plans.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New: Trump officials unveiled a tool intended to help millions of Medicare patients pick their plans, as open enrollment begins today.
But the tool — a directory that was intended to match providers with their plans — was rife with errors, The Post found.
More here w/Akilah Johnson
But the tool — a directory that was intended to match providers with their plans — was rife with errors, The Post found.
More here w/Akilah Johnson
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Florida is violating federal law for children covered by CHIP and thousands are losing coverage. The Trump Adminstrarion is not enforcing the law.
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More than 43,000 children dropped from KidCare program for nonpayment, report shows
A state agency may have underestimated the number of children removed from subsidized health insurance in Florida, according to a report by the Florida Phoenix.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Florida is violating federal law for children covered by CHIP and thousands are losing coverage. The Trump Adminstrarion is not enforcing the law.
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Latest from Florida - as the # of uninsured kids rises in FL, the bipartisan CHIP expansion continues to be stalled by the Governor.
State reveals how many kids lost health coverage after being unable to do so in Senate committee floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/07/s...
State reveals how many kids lost health coverage after being unable to do so in Senate committee floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/07/s...
State reveals how many kids lost health coverage after being unable to do so in Senate committee • Florida Phoenix
Florida’s top Medicaid official came before the Legislature Tuesday to update state senators on a pending legal battle with the federal government over expansion of the popular children’s health insur...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Latest from Florida - as the # of uninsured kids rises in FL, the bipartisan CHIP expansion continues to be stalled by the Governor.
State reveals how many kids lost health coverage after being unable to do so in Senate committee floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/07/s...
State reveals how many kids lost health coverage after being unable to do so in Senate committee floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/07/s...
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I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
August 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
“Given the number of people in need of a transplant and the better health and quality of life outcomes associated with a transplant, we need to find ways to improve the status quo.” -LaVarne Burton, president and CEO
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CMS’s kidney transplant overhaul has begun
Could financial incentive be the secret ingredient to solving the kidney crisis?
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July 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Given the number of people in need of a transplant and the better health and quality of life outcomes associated with a transplant, we need to find ways to improve the status quo.” -LaVarne Burton, president and CEO
@kidneyfund.bsky.social
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@kidneyfund.bsky.social
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The passage of President Trump's signature tax cut bill shows how the health care industry's influence is waning.
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How Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts
The passage of President Trump's signature tax cut bill shows how the health care industry's influence is waning.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The passage of President Trump's signature tax cut bill shows how the health care industry's influence is waning.
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Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian www.statnews.com/2025/06/28/s... Great weekend work via John Wilkerson and @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com
Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian
Late Friday, Senate GOP unveiled changes to health care policies in tax legislation in a bid to win over Republican holdouts and pass muster with budget rules.
www.statnews.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian www.statnews.com/2025/06/28/s... Great weekend work via John Wilkerson and @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com
A unique FL law makes it effectively impossible to sue if medical malpractice kills a person aged 25+, unmarried, and without kids. (That's a lot of us, including me.) An attempt to overturn the law was recently vetoed. Read about potential industry impacts:
www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
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The future of Florida’s unique ‘free kill’ malpractice law
Under the current law, people over 25 years old without a legal spouse or kids under 25 are out of luck in the state.
www.healthcare-brew.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A unique FL law makes it effectively impossible to sue if medical malpractice kills a person aged 25+, unmarried, and without kids. (That's a lot of us, including me.) An attempt to overturn the law was recently vetoed. Read about potential industry impacts:
www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
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babe are you ok you've barely touched your unread books
May 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
babe are you ok you've barely touched your unread books
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Very exciting news: The Onion has started a creative agency.
We've been doing this quietly for months, so if you've seen a funny ad somewhere, it may be us. But now it is a whole-ass company.
Anyway, we have killed Don Draper for a second time and revived his drunk ghost. Contact me to access him.
We've been doing this quietly for months, so if you've seen a funny ad somewhere, it may be us. But now it is a whole-ass company.
Anyway, we have killed Don Draper for a second time and revived his drunk ghost. Contact me to access him.
Exclusive: The Onion has opened a creative agency
America’s Finest Creative Agency is “like a writer’s room and like a strategic and conceptual laser in your pocket,” The Onion’s CMO Leila Brillson said.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Very exciting news: The Onion has started a creative agency.
We've been doing this quietly for months, so if you've seen a funny ad somewhere, it may be us. But now it is a whole-ass company.
Anyway, we have killed Don Draper for a second time and revived his drunk ghost. Contact me to access him.
We've been doing this quietly for months, so if you've seen a funny ad somewhere, it may be us. But now it is a whole-ass company.
Anyway, we have killed Don Draper for a second time and revived his drunk ghost. Contact me to access him.
Remember CRISPR? I checked in with some leading researchers, doctors, and bioethicists on how it's being used today and what its future holds. www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
CRISPR’s new era: Hope, hype, and hard truths
It’s cutting-edge medicine—literally.
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May 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Remember CRISPR? I checked in with some leading researchers, doctors, and bioethicists on how it's being used today and what its future holds. www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
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HHS insists legally-required programs are still running. Workers on those programs tell us otherwise.
“The idea that you can have a program with no people in it and no money in it, and that somehow, then you have not eliminated it — that’s just smoke and mirrors”
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“The idea that you can have a program with no people in it and no money in it, and that somehow, then you have not eliminated it — that’s just smoke and mirrors”
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RFK Jr., DOGE gutted legally required offices. Courts may undo it all.
Federal workers, Democratic lawmakers, state officials and independent legal experts say keeping offices afloat in name only – with minimal or no staff – is an unconstitutional power grab.
www.politico.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
HHS insists legally-required programs are still running. Workers on those programs tell us otherwise.
“The idea that you can have a program with no people in it and no money in it, and that somehow, then you have not eliminated it — that’s just smoke and mirrors”
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
“The idea that you can have a program with no people in it and no money in it, and that somehow, then you have not eliminated it — that’s just smoke and mirrors”
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...