Caroline
@ctbrunton.bsky.social
I work at the intersection of public health and the law.
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🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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In addition to the fact that Medicaid coverage losses will disproportionate impact rural communities which will be devastating to rural communities and providers, the new rural health transformation fund does little for rural hospitals as my colleague @edwincpark.bsky.social explains in this thread.
Thread on highly inadequate and flawed "rural health transformation" fund intended to prevent rural hospitals from closing or cutting services/staff in face of draconian #Medicaid cuts in Senate reconciliation bill. Details from @punchbowlnews.bsky.social here (1/x): punchbowl.news/rural-health...
Rural Health Transformation Program - Punchbowl News
punchbowl.news
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In addition to the fact that Medicaid coverage losses will disproportionate impact rural communities which will be devastating to rural communities and providers, the new rural health transformation fund does little for rural hospitals as my colleague @edwincpark.bsky.social explains in this thread.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform.
Yet the program has cost taxpayers more than $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled only 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Yet the program has cost taxpayers more than $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled only 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform.
Yet the program has cost taxpayers more than $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled only 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Yet the program has cost taxpayers more than $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled only 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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The ACA's #Medicaid expansion in 40 states and D.C. helps over 20M people get care. Proposed cuts would take coverage away or make it worse by harming parents, children, and people with disabilities many policymakers say they want to protect. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
House Republicans Won’t Let Go of Repealing ACA; Decimating Its Medicaid Expansion Would Harm Millions of Parents, Children, Disabled People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Taking coverage away from some or all of the 20 million people benefiting from expansion would roll back progress in the 40 states and the District of Columbia that have expanded Medicaid. Enrollment ...
www.cbpp.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The ACA's #Medicaid expansion in 40 states and D.C. helps over 20M people get care. Proposed cuts would take coverage away or make it worse by harming parents, children, and people with disabilities many policymakers say they want to protect. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Pay attention to what people do, not just what they say.
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Pay attention to what people do, not just what they say.
This. Work reporting requirements have never been about work. They’re about making it as hard as possible for kids and families to get access to services they need so that they can’t use them.
Imposing or expanding harsh work requirements won’t boost employment; most people who can work already do. But it could take health care & food away from millions of people who get health coverage through #Medicaid & food assistance through #SNAP: www.cbpp.org/blog/taking-...
February 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This. Work reporting requirements have never been about work. They’re about making it as hard as possible for kids and families to get access to services they need so that they can’t use them.
I started as a fed through PMF and got so much exposure and so many opportunities because of the people involved and its network. This isn’t just a butts in seats loss. This is a capacity and leadership loss.
Trump ends federal leadership program, cutting off key talent pipeline
The decades-old Presidential Management Fellows Program, which has served as a pipeline to recruit public service leaders, was axed as part of Trump’s workforce purge.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I started as a fed through PMF and got so much exposure and so many opportunities because of the people involved and its network. This isn’t just a butts in seats loss. This is a capacity and leadership loss.
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NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform.
Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
propub.li
February 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform.
Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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GOV. HOCHUL: “.. the alleged conduct at City Hall that has been reported over the past two weeks .. cannot be ignored. Tomorrow, I have asked key leaders to meet me at my Manhattan office for a conversation about the path forward, with the goal of ensuring stability for the City of New York.”
February 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Who do I need to talk to about becoming the referee for the puppy bowl? This seems like a dream job.
February 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Who do I need to talk to about becoming the referee for the puppy bowl? This seems like a dream job.
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A coalition of professors, diversity officers & restaurant worker advocates represented by Democracy Forward filed suit today to block Trump’s unlawful anti-DEIA actions. We'll continue using the power of the courts to challenge unlawful policies & fight to uphold decades of legal precedent. (1/3)
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A coalition of professors, diversity officers & restaurant worker advocates represented by Democracy Forward filed suit today to block Trump’s unlawful anti-DEIA actions. We'll continue using the power of the courts to challenge unlawful policies & fight to uphold decades of legal precedent. (1/3)
I spent 13 years in federal civil service and it was some of the most rewarding time of my career. What’s happening now is appalling.
As @skyeperryman.bsky.social said on @msnbc.com, we rely on a professional civil service to make sure our food & water are clean, our country is safe, our medicines are effective, & so much more. Watch here: (1/2) www.youtube.com/shorts/AtgzO...
Public servants keep us safe--threats to fire them put everyone at risk.
YouTube video by Democracy Forward
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I spent 13 years in federal civil service and it was some of the most rewarding time of my career. What’s happening now is appalling.
In a week full of shocking nonsense, this might have been the thing that makes my jaw hit the floor…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed that Americans should receive vaccines on different schedules based on their race.
“Now we know that, you know, we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to Whites, because their immune system is better than ours,” Kennedy said.
“Now we know that, you know, we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to Whites, because their immune system is better than ours,” Kennedy said.
January 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In a week full of shocking nonsense, this might have been the thing that makes my jaw hit the floor…
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This is the future. The history of Trump is illegal order pulled back followed by slightly less illegal but still illegal order followed by still illegal but constitutionally plausible order eventually rubber stamped by his Supreme Court.
If history is a guide, Spending Freeze 1.0, now dead, will be followed by Spending Freeze 2.0 and maybe Spending Freeze 3.0, each of which will be better written and lawyered than the one before.
JUST IN: The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a Trump administration directive pausing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, a White House official said reut.rs/4hruGWg
January 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the future. The history of Trump is illegal order pulled back followed by slightly less illegal but still illegal order followed by still illegal but constitutionally plausible order eventually rubber stamped by his Supreme Court.
Academic legal theory is crucial and should absolutely not be overlooked in this moment.
I’m starting to gather Law Reviews on Bluesky. So, let me know who is here that I’m missing! go.bsky.app/Hpe5x3f
January 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Academic legal theory is crucial and should absolutely not be overlooked in this moment.
I really could go my entire life without hearing another public health buzzword….
January 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I really could go my entire life without hearing another public health buzzword….
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Great 🧵. One thing I'm watching/concerned about is that when SCOTUS inevitably rules against some of the crazier/nuttier Trump stuff people will revert back to judicial supremacy & "courts will save us" tropes.
THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. For more: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawles...
THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. For more: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawles...
January 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great 🧵. One thing I'm watching/concerned about is that when SCOTUS inevitably rules against some of the crazier/nuttier Trump stuff people will revert back to judicial supremacy & "courts will save us" tropes.
THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. For more: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawles...
THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. For more: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawles...
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Next Tuesday January 28th at 2p ET we will hold the 3rd in our series of Medicaid Policy Institute webinars open to all. This one is "The Truth about Fraud Against Medicaid."
You can register here:
georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
You can register here:
georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Truth about Fraud Against Medicaid. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families invites you to a special session of our new Child Medicaid Policy Institute (CMPI) on Tuesday, January 28 at 2pm ET. This webinar is free and...
georgetown.zoom.us
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Next Tuesday January 28th at 2p ET we will hold the 3rd in our series of Medicaid Policy Institute webinars open to all. This one is "The Truth about Fraud Against Medicaid."
You can register here:
georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
You can register here:
georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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As Congress considers debilitating cuts to Medicaid, our new
@georgetownccf.bsky.social report finds that families in rural areas are more likely to rely on #Medicaid for their coverage than in metro areas.
The report and data for your state are here: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
@georgetownccf.bsky.social report finds that families in rural areas are more likely to rely on #Medicaid for their coverage than in metro areas.
The report and data for your state are here: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
Medicaid’s Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas
Key Findings Non-elderly adults and children in small towns and rural areas are more likely than those living in metro areas to rely on Medicaid/CHIP for their health insurance. As a consequence, r…
ccf.georgetown.edu
January 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As Congress considers debilitating cuts to Medicaid, our new
@georgetownccf.bsky.social report finds that families in rural areas are more likely to rely on #Medicaid for their coverage than in metro areas.
The report and data for your state are here: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
@georgetownccf.bsky.social report finds that families in rural areas are more likely to rely on #Medicaid for their coverage than in metro areas.
The report and data for your state are here: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
One of the most important books I read last year…
"'Patriot' sometimes reads like a thriller in which the narrative opens with 'If you’re reading this, I’m already dead.'" And so he is, but he speaks from beyond the grave, and we should listen.
Navalny's posthumous memoir:
Navalny's posthumous memoir:
Even in Death, Navalny Still Threatens the Putin Regime
The opposition leader’s posthumous memoir is a chronicle of a death foretold.
www.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
One of the most important books I read last year…
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Oh man just saw news of Sam Moore passing the other day….RIP to the original Soul Man 😢🙏
January 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Oh man just saw news of Sam Moore passing the other day….RIP to the original Soul Man 😢🙏
He may not know it, but @elienyc.bsky.social’s commentary is one of the reasons I made it through law school with my sanity somewhat intact. I will read anything he writes.
On March 25, my new book comes out. It's called "Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America"
This is my Bill of Wrongs.
Instead of saying "orange man bad," I drilled down on 10 laws most people like that are actually destroying us.
You can preorder below:
www.amazon.com/Bad-Law-Popu...
This is my Bill of Wrongs.
Instead of saying "orange man bad," I drilled down on 10 laws most people like that are actually destroying us.
You can preorder below:
www.amazon.com/Bad-Law-Popu...
January 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
He may not know it, but @elienyc.bsky.social’s commentary is one of the reasons I made it through law school with my sanity somewhat intact. I will read anything he writes.
This is just wholesome as heck.
You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
December 24, 2024 at 4:11 AM
This is just wholesome as heck.