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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️
@charlesgaba.com
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Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark.
(Formerly @charles_gaba on 🐤)
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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · Nov 12
Welcome new followers!

I'm a healthcare policy analyst, advocate & blogger who focuses primarily on the ACA. I’ve also gained some attention for my COVID19 data analysis.

I also raise money online for Democratic candidates.

You can follow my work (& even support it!) at ACASignups.net.
ACA Signups
Healthcare policy data, analysis & snark.
ACASignups.net
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(sigh) annnnnnnd before I even published my piece (which took several hours to put together)...it looks like Trump's proposal may be moot anyway.

Which is par for the course for healthcare analysis in the Age of Trump.

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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
charlesgaba.com
📣 Trump apparently set to reverse himself on #ACA tax credits...but with several poison pills included...

acasignups.net/25/11/24/tru...
Trump set to reverse himself on tax credits...but with several poison pills included
Via Politico this morning, a mixed bag of good & bad news on the enhanced ACA tax credit saga today: The White House expects to soon unveil a health policy framework that includes a two-year extension...
acasignups.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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jeremymoss.bsky.social
I’m proud to have Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s early support in this race to represent Oakland County in Congress. During our many years of partnership, we’ve worked to deliver tax relief, protect our rights, and stand up for Michigan families. I’ll do the same in Congress.
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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haleyformi.bsky.social
Michiganders are already struggling with grocery costs, and with the holiday season approaching, they’ll be paying even more because of Mike Rogers and Donald Trump’s price-hiking agenda.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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tylermcbrien.com
Wow.

U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled Lindsey Halligan's appointment unlawful and the prosecutions against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey therefore invalid.

Both indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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thefarce.org
The lawbreaking that's been committed trying to prosecute Comey dwarfs the petty ante shit they're accusing him of.
thefarce.org 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 4h
No need to be a Comey fan to marvel at how fantastically weak and pained this case would be even if competent prosecutors were handling it. Proves my theory that Comey is the luckiest man alive.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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90for90.bsky.social
🚨‘We’re toast’: Virginia GOP regrouping

“‘Why didn’t (Peake) find all the House of Delegate candidates? It’s unforgivable…’”

Scott Pio shared this complaint in May of this year, & @mschmidtrva.bsky.social wrote about it.

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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Finally, the media worm is turning on Trump:

*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls

On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
charlesgaba.com
A couple of the conditions are just barely acceptable. The rest of them are non-starters.
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 11h
I think @proptermalone.bsky.social can declare victory on his prediction that the GOP was eager to find a way to extend ACA subsidies (even if they've gone about it in a VERY dumb way). Two year extension + following details in the White House plan.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The White House plan is expected to include new income caps for enrollees to qualify for the ACA tax credits as well as minimum premium payments, according to the two people with direct knowledge of the proposal. The planned eligibility cap would limit the subsidies to individuals with income up to 700 percent of the federal poverty line —aligning with what a bipartisan group of senators have been discussing separately, according to a fourth person granted anonymity to share knowledge of the negotiations. Enrollees would also pay a minimum premium payment — a nod to concerns from conservatives that millions of Americans pay nothing in premiums while being unaware they are enrolled in ACA insurance plans. The White House’s plan would call on Congress to appropriate funds for cost-sharing reductions, which would reduce out-of-pocket health costs for ACA plans. The administration is also set to propose an option for enrollees to receive part of their tax credit in a tax-advantaged savings account if they move down to a lower-premium health plan. Many Republicans lawmakers favor the idea as a way to provide funds directly to people, as opposed to relying on indirect subsidies to insurance companies to drive down health costs. Trump himself has publicly endorsed the concept.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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merkley.senate.gov
Absolutely horrific. ICE detained and abducted a minor—a high school student—who the family identified as a US citizen.

ICE is terrorizing our communities—I’m fighting for answers and accountability. This is just wrong.
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
Family told local news the 17-year-old is a U.S. citizen.
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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joho.bsky.social
Read all of this. This is everything and everybody we were trying to warn about.
michaelscherer.bsky.social Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social · 20h
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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cwebbonline.com
Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done.

He’s scrambling.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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WE ARE SO CLOSE, HENCE THE RELENTLESS ATTACKS

The margins are shrinking, which is why they're getting louder. Channel all of your upset and frustration into talking to voters. This race is winnable, and together, we will flip this seat on December 2nd!

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November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Genius.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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