Allison Bailey
@msallisonbailey.bsky.social
advocate & organizer for #insulin4all, #access2meds, #disabilityjustice • health care is a human right ⚕️
she(/her) who walks behind the (iowa) rows 🌽
she(/her) who walks behind the (iowa) rows 🌽
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Ninguém solta a mão de ninguém – No one let go of anyone's hand.
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On November 14, 1891, Sir Frederick Banting was born. He discovered insulin in 1921 and effectively made diabetes a treatable disease, when it was previously a death sentence. He sold the patent for insulin for $3 saying "insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world."
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
On November 14, 1891, Sir Frederick Banting was born. He discovered insulin in 1921 and effectively made diabetes a treatable disease, when it was previously a death sentence. He sold the patent for insulin for $3 saying "insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world."
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Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. In the Middle Ages, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) gave an account of diabetes mellitus in his Canon of Medicine. He described a number of clinical features relating to diabetes, most notably the sweetness of the urine produced by diabetic patients
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. In the Middle Ages, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) gave an account of diabetes mellitus in his Canon of Medicine. He described a number of clinical features relating to diabetes, most notably the sweetness of the urine produced by diabetic patients
A reminder this #WorldDiabetesDay that insulin rationing is still very much a problem in the United States, despite recent policy changes and PR moves by pharmaceutical companies. One in four patients in the U.S. still ration insulin.
Insulin Rationing Persists Despite Policy Changes, Study Shows
Yale researchers have found that despite new policies addressing insulin costs, the proportion of patients who ration insulin due to cost remains unchanged.
medicine.yale.edu
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A reminder this #WorldDiabetesDay that insulin rationing is still very much a problem in the United States, despite recent policy changes and PR moves by pharmaceutical companies. One in four patients in the U.S. still ration insulin.
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New interactive map from @CenterOnBudget showing out-of-pocket premium increases in every congressional district due to premium tax credit enhancements expiring. Explore it here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Marketplace Enrollees Across the Country Face Steep Premium Increases Unless Tax Credit Enhancements Are Extended
Annual premium increase, 60-year-old couple with income of $85,000 (401% FPL), by congressional district, 119th Congress Note: FPL = federal poverty level. Examples are based on 2026 average...
www.cbpp.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
New interactive map from @CenterOnBudget showing out-of-pocket premium increases in every congressional district due to premium tax credit enhancements expiring. Explore it here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Behold: Floof.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Behold: Floof.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
America: where “experts” with financial conflicts of interest will push tech with unproven benefits for able-bodied people while said tech is still prohibitively expensive and out of reach for many of the patients with the condition the tech was actually created for in the first place.
Some experts claim that reducing fluctuations throughout the day can help protect against heart disease, even for people who don't have diabetes.
How tracking blood sugar with continuous glucose monitoring may be helpful
Some experts claim that reducing fluctuations throughout the day can help protect against heart disease, even for people who don't have diabetes.
nbcnews.to
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
America: where “experts” with financial conflicts of interest will push tech with unproven benefits for able-bodied people while said tech is still prohibitively expensive and out of reach for many of the patients with the condition the tech was actually created for in the first place.
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If you've stopped masking in public for whatever reason, now is a really good time to start again
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you've stopped masking in public for whatever reason, now is a really good time to start again
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The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
September 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
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In most states open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance starts Nov. 1.
This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average.
At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down.
This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average.
At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down.
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In most states open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance starts Nov. 1.
This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average.
At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down.
This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average.
At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down.
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A lot of people are curious why insurers are increasing benchmark ACA premiums by an average of 26%. The publicly-available rate justifications from insurance companies typically look something like this. So, it's kind of hard to tell for sure.
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A lot of people are curious why insurers are increasing benchmark ACA premiums by an average of 26%. The publicly-available rate justifications from insurance companies typically look something like this. So, it's kind of hard to tell for sure.
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Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
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more on this important discovery today www.nature.com/articles/d41...
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
more on this important discovery today www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025.
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025.
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
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“More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.“
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.“
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Schools in South Carolina recently sent home unvaccinated kids, to stem a growing measles outbreak. Turns out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly infected their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Schools in South Carolina recently sent home unvaccinated kids, to stem a growing measles outbreak. Turns out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly infected their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
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Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
October 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
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This whole thread.
Catastrophic insurance ONLY works if you have the money to save in an HSA so that if you do have a catastrophe, you can pay the incredibly steep deductible, and also so that you can cover the cost of preventative care yourself. Otherwise it can still bankrupt you.
Catastrophic insurance ONLY works if you have the money to save in an HSA so that if you do have a catastrophe, you can pay the incredibly steep deductible, and also so that you can cover the cost of preventative care yourself. Otherwise it can still bankrupt you.
The reality is that catastrophic insurance is in fact just paying for insurance AND paying for your care out of pocket in most cases. And making people avoid preventative care because of the cost is how you end up in that catastrophe.
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This whole thread.
Catastrophic insurance ONLY works if you have the money to save in an HSA so that if you do have a catastrophe, you can pay the incredibly steep deductible, and also so that you can cover the cost of preventative care yourself. Otherwise it can still bankrupt you.
Catastrophic insurance ONLY works if you have the money to save in an HSA so that if you do have a catastrophe, you can pay the incredibly steep deductible, and also so that you can cover the cost of preventative care yourself. Otherwise it can still bankrupt you.
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Cannot stress enough that I would be dead if insurers were still able to refuse me insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Cannot stress enough that I would be dead if insurers were still able to refuse me insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
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RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
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It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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which also describes the last-mile issues getting these needed drugs to patients. Check it out! wustllawreview.org/2025/09/03/d...
Drug Dealing: Making Public Pharma Work – Washington University Law Review
The U.S. market for prescription drugs is failing many Americans. Drug prices in the United States are nearly three times higher than in comparable countries, and evidence shows that patients regularl...
wustllawreview.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
which also describes the last-mile issues getting these needed drugs to patients. Check it out! wustllawreview.org/2025/09/03/d...
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Wow - California's public insulin will be on the market in Jan! Big milestone for public pharma efforts. Could help millions of diabetics, esp if they can build a more public supply chain too. We describe why public pharma is important in this paper ... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin
Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Wow - California's public insulin will be on the market in Jan! Big milestone for public pharma efforts. Could help millions of diabetics, esp if they can build a more public supply chain too. We describe why public pharma is important in this paper ... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...