Sara Messelt
@smesselt.bsky.social
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We’ve got a friend in Wisconsin who said she wasn’t worried about potential cuts to Medicaid because she and her 3 kids don’t need it - they’re on BadgerCare. She was stunned when I told her they were all on Medicaid.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Why haven't we seen more backlash against the GOP's proposed cuts to Medicaid? One reason is that people may not know they're on Medicaid, because Medicaid has different names in different states (see 🧵). Another is that some people may not realize that they (or their kids) could qualify.
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
February 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We’ve got a friend in Wisconsin who said she wasn’t worried about potential cuts to Medicaid because she and her 3 kids don’t need it - they’re on BadgerCare. She was stunned when I told her they were all on Medicaid.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Reposted by Sara Messelt
Correct
Like Tim Walz said, “You don't win elections to bank political capital — you win elections to burn political capital and improve lives.”
March 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Speaker Mike Johnson is SHAMELESS!
He denied a pregnant lawmaker proxy voting under the guise of constitutionality despite having voted by proxy himself nearly 40 TIMES for CONVENIENCE!!
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
He denied a pregnant lawmaker proxy voting under the guise of constitutionality despite having voted by proxy himself nearly 40 TIMES for CONVENIENCE!!
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
'Can't make this up': Mike Johnson slammed for denying pregnant lawmaker a proxy vote
This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) denied a request by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) to pass her bipartisan resolution to allow pregnant congresswomen to have other members cast their votes...
www.rawstory.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is SHAMELESS!
He denied a pregnant lawmaker proxy voting under the guise of constitutionality despite having voted by proxy himself nearly 40 TIMES for CONVENIENCE!!
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
He denied a pregnant lawmaker proxy voting under the guise of constitutionality despite having voted by proxy himself nearly 40 TIMES for CONVENIENCE!!
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
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The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
December 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.