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HealthBegins
@healthbegins.bsky.social
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A mission-driven consulting & training firm dedicated to improving the social & structural drivers of health equity. #upstream #SDOH #healthequity #healthcare
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Just as reproductive health advocates warned for years

Abortion Bans Can Hinder Life-Saving Care for Pregnant Patients with Lung Disease or Medical Crises rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/31/a... by @allisonburtka.bsky.social @rewirenewsgroup.com CC @hauschildt.bsky.social @lauraandreson4tn.bsky.social
Abortion Bans Can Hinder Life-Saving Care for Pregnant Patients with Lung Disease or Medical Crises—Study
Pulmonologists, critical care doctors, even rheumatologists are struggling to adequately treat pregnant patients in states that restrict reproductive rights, new research reveals.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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#Webinar: Efforts to improve #healthequity are facing headwinds. Join to learn what practices advocates can use to advance their mission. CC @emoryrollins.bsky.social @cedarssinaicancer.bsky.social

Strategies to Sustain Health Equity Investments Against Headwinds us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The only outcome of these cruel policies is poor health and more lives lost.

Red tape and budget constraints: How the White House is undercutting public health abcnews.go.com/Health/red-t... by @@amymaxmen.bsky.social via @kffhealthnews.org CC: @bbkogan.bsky.social @mblawrence.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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These cuts to #SNAP will not only increase #foodinsecurity but also drive poor health outcomes for vulnerable communities.

Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out www.thenation.com/article/soci... by @joelsberg.bsky.social via @thenation.com CC: @hungerfreeamerica.bsky.social
Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out
I warned that Trump and congressional Republicans could use a shutdown to deny SNAP benefits, but was told there was no way our political system would allow that to occur.
www.thenation.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Health insurance has never been affordable and it's only getting worse. Until we address this issue, we will continue to have access issues in the long-term. #healthequity

Why are my health insurance premiums going up so much? www.vox.com/health/46645... by @dylanlscott.bsky.social via @vox.com
Why are my health insurance premiums going up so much?
One of the Democrats’ best political issues is to defend to Affordable Care Act. Is it worth defending?
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"Tardiness is no excuse to continue denying millions of Americans more affordable health care."

Better Late than Never: Restoring Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Would Lower Health Care Costs for Millions www.americanprogress.org/article/bett... by @emily-gee.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social
Better Late Than Never: Restoring Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Would Lower Health Care Costs for Millions
While Congress has stalled on re-upping enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, a clean extension would still offer Americans relief on premium costs for 2026.
www.americanprogress.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Health care’s mission remains unchanged: Health care is for everyone.

Check out these cards to learn how your healthcare institution can respond to the threat of aggressive immigration enforcement and ICE raids in your community.

Available for download: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Despite government denial, evidence always shows #racism impacts health.

Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s... by @aniloza.bsky.social via @statnews.com CC: @crrogersphd.bsky.social @zinzinator.bsky.social
Amid attacks on such work, NIH-led research links structural racism to increased heart disease
NIH-led research on structural racism was published Friday, even as the Trump administration has cancelled and discredited such work.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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‘A shutout for parents’: Looming SNAP, WIC, and Head Start cutoffs threaten children’s health, advocates say www.healthbeat.org/atlanta/2025... by @rgrapevine.bsky.social via @healthbeat.org CC: @mbinderman.bsky.social @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social @thetattooedjew.com
‘A shutout for parents’: Thousands of Georgia families could lose food aid and child care as shutdown drags on
Georgia’s most vulnerable families could see the food aid and Head Start programs they rely on cut off this weekend.
www.healthbeat.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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#Webinar: Efforts to improve #healthequity are facing headwinds. Join to learn what practices advocates can use to advance their mission. CC @emoryrollins.bsky.social @cedarssinaicancer.bsky.social

Strategies to Sustain Health Equity Investments Against Headwinds us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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It's heartbreaking how many communities will be exposed to #foodinsecurity because of these shortsighted policy decisions.

Who receives SNAP? Food aid for 1 in 8 Americans is threatened in November. wapo.st/4nEIH5o by @alyssafowers.bsky.social via @washingtonpost.com CC: @katiebergh.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Increased rates mean less people covered, which will result in worse health outcomes in our country in the longterm

Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h... by @reedabelson.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social via @nytimes.com CC: @salinas.house.gov
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases
The government website now shows consumers how much their health insurance costs will increase next year, as Congress remains at an impasse over the plans’ subsidies.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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HealthBegins is now a featured content provider on the @amaedhub.bsky.social with 6 modules focusing on “Core Competencies for Upstreamists.” #upstream #healthequity

Learn more: buff.ly/49aYcvL
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net kffhealthnews.org/MjEwNjQwMQ by @celinegounder.com via @kffhealthnews.org CC: @marthajbailey.bsky.social @whitneysrice.bsky.social @rachelfey.bsky.social @bthomas520.bsky.social @megankavanaugh.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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We already had a #foodinsecurity crisis and the shutdown will only drive more people to hunger and poverty.

A hunger cliff is days away. Women, children and food banks will feel it first. 19thnews.org/2025/10/food... by @bcrodriguez.bsky.social via @19thnews.org CC: @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social
A hunger cliff is days away. Women, children and food banks will feel it first.
Food banks will face logistical and financial challenges in providing the resources currently offered by the SNAP and WIC programs that are set to lose funding.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Part 2 of our post on the mechanisms of #accountability needed for #healthequity, focusing on Redress and Restitution and what that looks like in practice.

Why Health Care Systems Can’t Advance Health Equity Without First Reckoning with Their Past buff.ly/3Fd8Bu3
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Private equity values profits over anything else—allowing them into healthcare will only result is worse outcomes for patients.

5 Consequences of Private Equity’s Expansion in Health Care Services www.americanprogress.org/article/5-co... CC @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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We should do everything we can to ensure language is not a barrier to health outcomes. #healthequity

An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... by @lynettemartins.bsky.social @fabioethics.bsky.social
An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs Forefront
Language services are essential for health equity and good patient health outcomes, but recent executive actions threaten to undermine this vital resource.
www.healthaffairs.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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#Webinar: Efforts to improve #healthequity are facing headwinds. Join to learn what practices advocates can use to advance their mission. CC @emoryrollins.bsky.social @cedarssinaicancer.bsky.social

Strategies to Sustain Health Equity Investments Against Headwinds us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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This joint statement from HealthBegins and @healthleads.bsky.social, HECC, School-Based Health Alliance, and @firstfocus.bsky.social shares actions we can take to stay creative and collaborative around how we fill gaps left by SNAP cuts from this administration.

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November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Black communities suffer the worst impacts of both #climatechange and #maternalhealth outcomes and this crucial service addresses both. Kudos to these doulas.

The birth of the climate doula 19thnews.org/2025/10/doul... by @jkutzie.bsky.social via @19thnews.org CC: @drcherylholder.bsky.social
The birth of the climate doula
In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis.
19thnews.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"This creates a spiral of health & economic hardship that has ensnared tens of millions of Americans: Medical debt begets more #medicaldebt." @jmargetta.bsky.social via @tcfdotorg.bsky.social

The U.S. already has a medical debt crisis. Republicans are making it worse. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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With over 100 people enrolled in the first week, we’re humbled and excited by the response to the Blended Value for Health Equity Course!

Curious what the course covers? Watch the video below to learn more about this course.

Learn more and enroll here: healthbegins.thinkific.com/courses/blen...
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The government continues to make decisions that harm vulnerable populations. #foodinsecurity

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n... by @jenniferludden.bsky.social via @npr.org CC: @joelsberg.bsky.social @katiebergh.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Vaccine access was always a challenge for vulnerable communities and these barriers will only make things worse. #healthequity

12 ways RFK Jr. has undercut vaccine confidence as health secretary www.pbs.org/newshour/hea... by @laurasanthanam.bsky.social via @pbsnews.org CC: @mtosterholm.bsky.social
12 ways RFK Jr. has undercut vaccine confidence as health secretary
As the country’s chief health advocate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields major influence over the public health of Americans. Critics argue that Kennedy’s collective efforts have sown confusion and are…
www.pbs.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM