Myra Batchelder
@myrabatchelder.bsky.social
Policy. Advocacy. Public Health.
Health Equity. SRHRJ. COVID-19.
New Yorker. Midwesterner.
She/her.
Health Equity. SRHRJ. COVID-19.
New Yorker. Midwesterner.
She/her.
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Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment
A husband who won a $500,000 scratch-off ticket in Ohio, and said he planned to pay off his wife's medical debt for her cancer treatment.
www.freep.com
"Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment"
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
Something to keep in mind with ACA health insurance purchased on the Marketplace is there is a limited timeframe for when you can buy it - Nov 1 to Jan 15. www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/...
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
When can you get health insurance?
If you haven’t applied for insurance on HealthCare.gov before, here's what you need to know about the Health Insurance Marketplace®.
To get ready for Open Enrollment, sign up for emails to get deadlin...
www.healthcare.gov
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Something to keep in mind with ACA health insurance purchased on the Marketplace is there is a limited timeframe for when you can buy it - Nov 1 to Jan 15. www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/...
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
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NEW: “Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/s...
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
NEW: “Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/s...
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Almost 270,000 votes cast and the margin for Seattle mayor is 91 votes lmao
Your vote absolutely matters!
Your vote absolutely matters!
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Almost 270,000 votes cast and the margin for Seattle mayor is 91 votes lmao
Your vote absolutely matters!
Your vote absolutely matters!
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"Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment"
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment
A husband who won a $500,000 scratch-off ticket in Ohio, and said he planned to pay off his wife's medical debt for her cancer treatment.
www.freep.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment"
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠
For @motherjones.com:
For @motherjones.com:
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠
For @motherjones.com:
For @motherjones.com:
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Tim Kaine is probably the most prominent elected official talking about the very real threat and struggle of long COVID and he just consigned millions to being screwed with ACA subsidies expiring.
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Tim Kaine is probably the most prominent elected official talking about the very real threat and struggle of long COVID and he just consigned millions to being screwed with ACA subsidies expiring.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
I had to double-check this wasn't a parody.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I had to double-check this wasn't a parody.
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Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
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this is genuinely the most infuriating part of this. we had people willing to sacrifice, people who didn't have much to begin with, but that didn't matter to the centrist squishes, millionaires all
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
this is genuinely the most infuriating part of this. we had people willing to sacrifice, people who didn't have much to begin with, but that didn't matter to the centrist squishes, millionaires all
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
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I think all Democratic eight senators who caved to the GOP should have to read this to truly understand who they've hurt.
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think all Democratic eight senators who caved to the GOP should have to read this to truly understand who they've hurt.
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The Whip, the number 2 guy on the Dem side whose very job is to get people to vote the way leadership wants, voted Yes. That says it all.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Whip, the number 2 guy on the Dem side whose very job is to get people to vote the way leadership wants, voted Yes. That says it all.
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I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
So incredibly shameful.
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So incredibly shameful.
Healthcare is a human right.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Healthcare is a human right.
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Individual members of the conference may recommended changes to the Rules as the need arises... and may bring that proposal directly to the Conference for its consideration w/ 1 week notice. A self-executing rule change could provide for removal and require only a majority of conference vote.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Individual members of the conference may recommended changes to the Rules as the need arises... and may bring that proposal directly to the Conference for its consideration w/ 1 week notice. A self-executing rule change could provide for removal and require only a majority of conference vote.
Schumer should no longer be Senate Minority Leader.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Schumer should no longer be Senate Minority Leader.