Kasey Hampton
@kaseyh.bsky.social
Health care communicator for #FamiliesUSA. Post mostly about health care and the Cincinnati Bengals. Views are my own.
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KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Republicans in Congress made huge tax credits for billionaires permanent, but are refusing to do the same for tax credits that help working-class American citizens afford health care. That's what this shutdown is about.
More here from @familiesusa.bsky.social familiesusa.org/resources/wh...
More here from @familiesusa.bsky.social familiesusa.org/resources/wh...
What the Government Shutdown Debate is Really About: Health Care Tax Credits for Working Class Americans - Families USA
Republican leaders in Congress are willing to shut down the government to avoid extending this affordability assistance to the working class.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Republicans in Congress made huge tax credits for billionaires permanent, but are refusing to do the same for tax credits that help working-class American citizens afford health care. That's what this shutdown is about.
More here from @familiesusa.bsky.social familiesusa.org/resources/wh...
More here from @familiesusa.bsky.social familiesusa.org/resources/wh...
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But Trump, RFK Jr. and Republicans in Congress cheered when they slashed funding for Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion, which will have devastating impacts on kids’ access to quality health care.
September 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
But Trump, RFK Jr. and Republicans in Congress cheered when they slashed funding for Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion, which will have devastating impacts on kids’ access to quality health care.
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Medicaid covers nearly 40 million children. There is nothing in this MAHA report that will support our children’s health the way that Medicaid does.
September 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Medicaid covers nearly 40 million children. There is nothing in this MAHA report that will support our children’s health the way that Medicaid does.
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Blast from the past -- if (sadly) still relevant.
Thank you! And thanks for including me in such distinguished company. Those are some of my favorite books.
Thank you! And thanks for including me in such distinguished company. Those are some of my favorite books.
We asked Families USA staff to recommend their favorite summer reads. These books relate to the work we do amplifying the stories of people’s health care experiences, advocating for affordable health care and ensuring that health equity is at the forefront of everything we do.
September 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Blast from the past -- if (sadly) still relevant.
Thank you! And thanks for including me in such distinguished company. Those are some of my favorite books.
Thank you! And thanks for including me in such distinguished company. Those are some of my favorite books.
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here's what PA is telling those of us who currently buy insurance through Pennie [PA marketplace]:
expect an 82% increase
expect an 82% increase
September 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
here's what PA is telling those of us who currently buy insurance through Pennie [PA marketplace]:
expect an 82% increase
expect an 82% increase
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The FDA’s new COVID vaccine guidelines override the evidence-based consensus of the scientific community and will have severe consequences for Americans’ access to life-saving vaccines and harm the health of our nation’s families.
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The FDA’s new COVID vaccine guidelines override the evidence-based consensus of the scientific community and will have severe consequences for Americans’ access to life-saving vaccines and harm the health of our nation’s families.
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Math issue aside, the Trump Administration hasn’t actually cut drug prices.
August 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Math issue aside, the Trump Administration hasn’t actually cut drug prices.
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Noone voted, nor campaigned for, the shredding of our social safety net, but that's exactly what President Trump and leaders in Congress have done. They made promises to the American people that they would not touch Medicaid, while making the BIGGEST cut in Medicaid's history.
July 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Noone voted, nor campaigned for, the shredding of our social safety net, but that's exactly what President Trump and leaders in Congress have done. They made promises to the American people that they would not touch Medicaid, while making the BIGGEST cut in Medicaid's history.
It will be impossible to hide the devastation from cutting more than a trillion dollars from our health care system.
It's not just access to health care but good paying jobs gone as well.
www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...
It's not just access to health care but good paying jobs gone as well.
www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...
Rural southwest Nebraska clinic closes, blaming expected Medicaid cuts
McCook-based Community Hospital said it is shutting down its clinic in Curtis, a town of about 900 people.
www.klkntv.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It will be impossible to hide the devastation from cutting more than a trillion dollars from our health care system.
It's not just access to health care but good paying jobs gone as well.
www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...
It's not just access to health care but good paying jobs gone as well.
www.klkntv.com/rural-southw...
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TODAY: The Senate is debating the big, bad budget betrayal that will rip health care away from millions of Americans and drive up health care costs for all of us.
Resources on the bill's impacts are here: familiesusa.org/defending-me...
Follow our feeds for the latest from the Senate floor.
Resources on the bill's impacts are here: familiesusa.org/defending-me...
Follow our feeds for the latest from the Senate floor.
Defending Medicaid - Families USA
We must work together to stop devastating cuts to a critical health care program, we must defend Medicaid!
familiesusa.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
TODAY: The Senate is debating the big, bad budget betrayal that will rip health care away from millions of Americans and drive up health care costs for all of us.
Resources on the bill's impacts are here: familiesusa.org/defending-me...
Follow our feeds for the latest from the Senate floor.
Resources on the bill's impacts are here: familiesusa.org/defending-me...
Follow our feeds for the latest from the Senate floor.
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NEW: Senate begins votes on Trump's massive bill as Republicans race toward final passage
Watch this space; we'll update through vote-a-rama.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Watch this space; we'll update through vote-a-rama.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate begins votes on Trump's massive bill as Republicans race toward final passage
With Sens. Rand Paul and Thom Tillis opposed to the package, GOP leaders can only afford one more defection.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW: Senate begins votes on Trump's massive bill as Republicans race toward final passage
Watch this space; we'll update through vote-a-rama.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Watch this space; we'll update through vote-a-rama.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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NEW: Summary of the Senate version of the budget bill, including the latest Byrd violations & Senate GOP negotiations:
familiesusa.org/wp-content/u...
TL;DR - the bill will:
- TERMINATE COVERAGE for millions
- INCREASE health care COSTS for consumers & families
- FORCE CUTS to services we all need
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TL;DR - the bill will:
- TERMINATE COVERAGE for millions
- INCREASE health care COSTS for consumers & families
- FORCE CUTS to services we all need
familiesusa.org
June 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW: Summary of the Senate version of the budget bill, including the latest Byrd violations & Senate GOP negotiations:
familiesusa.org/wp-content/u...
TL;DR - the bill will:
- TERMINATE COVERAGE for millions
- INCREASE health care COSTS for consumers & families
- FORCE CUTS to services we all need
familiesusa.org/wp-content/u...
TL;DR - the bill will:
- TERMINATE COVERAGE for millions
- INCREASE health care COSTS for consumers & families
- FORCE CUTS to services we all need
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BUDGETS ARE ABT PRIORITIES
IF your #1 priority is tax breaks for wealthy people, you ✅
IF you'd rather not increase the debt by $4.5T, then you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not do largest Medicaid cut in history, you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not hike energy rates, you vote ❌
IF your #1 priority is tax breaks for wealthy people, you ✅
IF you'd rather not increase the debt by $4.5T, then you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not do largest Medicaid cut in history, you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not hike energy rates, you vote ❌
June 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
BUDGETS ARE ABT PRIORITIES
IF your #1 priority is tax breaks for wealthy people, you ✅
IF you'd rather not increase the debt by $4.5T, then you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not do largest Medicaid cut in history, you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not hike energy rates, you vote ❌
IF your #1 priority is tax breaks for wealthy people, you ✅
IF you'd rather not increase the debt by $4.5T, then you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not do largest Medicaid cut in history, you vote ❌
IF you'd rather not hike energy rates, you vote ❌
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regular reminder that fda which regulates safety of your food, drugs and medical devices, cosmetics etc. gets only about $3.5 billion in taxpayer money per year!!!
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
regular reminder that fda which regulates safety of your food, drugs and medical devices, cosmetics etc. gets only about $3.5 billion in taxpayer money per year!!!
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Might be a good time to listen to these Alaska state legislative leaders, both R and I.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...
June 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Might be a good time to listen to these Alaska state legislative leaders, both R and I.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...
Super helpful and timely thread to watch if you're following this Senate vote. Igor Bobic also has a quickly updating thread over on that other social platform.
@familiesusa.bsky.social is working to have an updated summary of health provisions in the latest text of the bill ASAP, stay tuned.
@familiesusa.bsky.social is working to have an updated summary of health provisions in the latest text of the bill ASAP, stay tuned.
HIGH DRAMA IN THE SENATE.
There are 50 no votes on proceeding to reconciliation. Murkowski, Rick Scott, Mike Lee have not voted. One more no vote stalls the bill.
Collins voted aye.
Tillis, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have voted no.
There are 50 no votes on proceeding to reconciliation. Murkowski, Rick Scott, Mike Lee have not voted. One more no vote stalls the bill.
Collins voted aye.
Tillis, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have voted no.
June 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Super helpful and timely thread to watch if you're following this Senate vote. Igor Bobic also has a quickly updating thread over on that other social platform.
@familiesusa.bsky.social is working to have an updated summary of health provisions in the latest text of the bill ASAP, stay tuned.
@familiesusa.bsky.social is working to have an updated summary of health provisions in the latest text of the bill ASAP, stay tuned.
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North Carolina is one of the 10 most-visited states in the U.S. To keep tourism growing strong, NC needs retail and service industry workers!
Nearly 15% of retail workers in NC need Medicaid for their health care. #HandsOffMedicaid
Nearly 15% of retail workers in NC need Medicaid for their health care. #HandsOffMedicaid
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
North Carolina is one of the 10 most-visited states in the U.S. To keep tourism growing strong, NC needs retail and service industry workers!
Nearly 15% of retail workers in NC need Medicaid for their health care. #HandsOffMedicaid
Nearly 15% of retail workers in NC need Medicaid for their health care. #HandsOffMedicaid
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The health care and social services industry is vital to Ohio’s economy and supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.
Nearly a quarter of the health care and social service workers in Ohio use Medicaid for their health coverage. #HandsOffMedicaid
Nearly a quarter of the health care and social service workers in Ohio use Medicaid for their health coverage. #HandsOffMedicaid
June 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The health care and social services industry is vital to Ohio’s economy and supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.
Nearly a quarter of the health care and social service workers in Ohio use Medicaid for their health coverage. #HandsOffMedicaid
Nearly a quarter of the health care and social service workers in Ohio use Medicaid for their health coverage. #HandsOffMedicaid
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BIG NEWS: The Senate parliamentarian ruled that several of the harmful provisions of Republicans’ big budget bill don’t comply with the rules. Now it's time for the Senate to stop the rush to rewrite & remake our health system over a weekend, and instead work to lower health care costs for families.
June 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
BIG NEWS: The Senate parliamentarian ruled that several of the harmful provisions of Republicans’ big budget bill don’t comply with the rules. Now it's time for the Senate to stop the rush to rewrite & remake our health system over a weekend, and instead work to lower health care costs for families.
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Logging is a key driver of Maine's economy. Maine produces 90% of our nation's lobster supply, plus other food we all need. Those fishers, loggers and farmers? Nearly a third use Medicaid for health care.
Our nation depends on Maine workers and Maine's workers depend on Medicaid. #HandsOffMedicaid
Our nation depends on Maine workers and Maine's workers depend on Medicaid. #HandsOffMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Logging is a key driver of Maine's economy. Maine produces 90% of our nation's lobster supply, plus other food we all need. Those fishers, loggers and farmers? Nearly a third use Medicaid for health care.
Our nation depends on Maine workers and Maine's workers depend on Medicaid. #HandsOffMedicaid
Our nation depends on Maine workers and Maine's workers depend on Medicaid. #HandsOffMedicaid
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Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.
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🍽️ THIS WEEK: join the #EmptyPlatesProtest to represent millions of Americans who will go hungry, lose healthcare, and pay more for basic needs if Congress passes devastating cuts in the budget bill.
Pledge to fast here protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
Pledge to fast here protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
Hungry For Justice - #EmptyPlatesProtest National Relay Fast
Join the #EmptyPlatesProtest - a national relay fast protesting budget reconciliation bill cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, Child Tax Credit. Fast for justice June 23-28, 2025.
protestfast.org
June 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🍽️ THIS WEEK: join the #EmptyPlatesProtest to represent millions of Americans who will go hungry, lose healthcare, and pay more for basic needs if Congress passes devastating cuts in the budget bill.
Pledge to fast here protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
Pledge to fast here protestfast.org
#EmptyPlatesProtest #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
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Senator Bill Cassidy cast a pivotal vote to confirm RFK Jr. while vowing to constrain him. Cassidy has clearly failed to do so, writes Nicholas Florko.
The Senator Who Failed America on Vaccines
Bill Cassidy blew it.
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June 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Senator Bill Cassidy cast a pivotal vote to confirm RFK Jr. while vowing to constrain him. Cassidy has clearly failed to do so, writes Nicholas Florko.