Dan Meuse
@danmeuse.bsky.social
Health policy, PC Basketball, Sailing
This is a key point. If you are server making $65k after tips, you are getting a $2,500 tax break, but your insurance costs go up by $3,000. You just lost $500.
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is a key point. If you are server making $65k after tips, you are getting a $2,500 tax break, but your insurance costs go up by $3,000. You just lost $500.
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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
The implementation considerations for this is unfathomable. It takes 18-24 months to build the system. You can't start building the system until you have regulations. It takes 12-18 to regulate.
This means revised coverage estimates — maybe significantly so (read: more uninsured).
Despite not binding until 2029, work requirements made up nearly half the Medicaid savings/cuts over the 10-yr budget window ($301B of $625B). Of course, they only save money if they kick people off the program.
Despite not binding until 2029, work requirements made up nearly half the Medicaid savings/cuts over the 10-yr budget window ($301B of $625B). Of course, they only save money if they kick people off the program.
Significant: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says Republicans will revise the House bill to trigger the Medicaid work requirements earlier. Existing bill starts them in 2029. I asked him when; Scalise replied: “We don't have an exact date, but it'll be sooner than what's in the current bill.”
May 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The implementation considerations for this is unfathomable. It takes 18-24 months to build the system. You can't start building the system until you have regulations. It takes 12-18 to regulate.
Question for the economists. The Fed uses interest rates to balance our economy between inflation and recession. Lower rates spur activity but are inflationary; higher rates tamp down inflation but slow growth. What is the path when tax policy creates a recession that is also inflationary?
April 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Question for the economists. The Fed uses interest rates to balance our economy between inflation and recession. Lower rates spur activity but are inflationary; higher rates tamp down inflation but slow growth. What is the path when tax policy creates a recession that is also inflationary?
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Unseen in this memo is the attempt to starve state and local governments of badly needed resources to update their infrastructure. Justice40 was a required element of every grant proposal, so "eliminating...funding agreements...that reference Justice40" is all currently awarded projects. 1/ 🧵
Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice
www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
January 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Unseen in this memo is the attempt to starve state and local governments of badly needed resources to update their infrastructure. Justice40 was a required element of every grant proposal, so "eliminating...funding agreements...that reference Justice40" is all currently awarded projects. 1/ 🧵
State AG's hearing about the OMB funding freeze will be streamed live - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn3q...
COURTROOM HRG: CA25-39JJM State of New York, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al.
YouTube video by U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
State AG's hearing about the OMB funding freeze will be streamed live - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn3q...
Begun, the war on breakfast, has.
Coffee and egg prices: all-time highs. 🥚 ☕️
(via Kevin Gordon)
(via Kevin Gordon)
January 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Begun, the war on breakfast, has.
RI’s AG on Medicaid payment portal
This was no “glitch.” It was an irresponsible unexplained and intentional stopping of the flow of Medicaid - healthcare - funds. So plainly unconstitutional the feds didn’t want to put anything in writing. This is what we are dealing with. And why we fight.
NEW: When RI officials sought answers today about the funding freeze, US officials warned them "there would be no communication in writing," per newly filed affidavit from RI Dept of Administration Director Jonathan Womer
Document is in the new lawsuit filed by @peterneronha.bsky.social et al
Document is in the new lawsuit filed by @peterneronha.bsky.social et al
January 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
RI’s AG on Medicaid payment portal
Among the things that are now "paused": training inspectors on new building codes so new housing can be built, flood prevention projects on coastlines and rivers, small business supports to help entreprenuers start their dreams.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Among the things that are now "paused": training inspectors on new building codes so new housing can be built, flood prevention projects on coastlines and rivers, small business supports to help entreprenuers start their dreams.
Happy deductible reset day to all who celebrate. (I don’t)
January 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Happy deductible reset day to all who celebrate. (I don’t)
So, Medicare for All?
In his 2022 Senate run, Dr. Oz called for the ACA to be replaced with privately run Medicare Advantage plans for which he was once a paid spokesperson.
Now, he might become the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator.
www.notus.org/policy/oz-me...
Now, he might become the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator.
www.notus.org/policy/oz-me...
Dr. Oz Celebrated Obamacare for Years Before He Was Against It
Oz, tapped by Trump to be CMS administrator, later pushed for an expansion of private Medicare Advantage plans — which he’d previously been paid to promote — as a Senate candidate.
www.notus.org
December 24, 2024 at 6:27 PM
So, Medicare for All?
I like a lot of this. But the TPAs need to be paid not by ins cos. That would lead to the same issue of the 2008 housing crisis and credit rating agencies.
If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
December 10, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I like a lot of this. But the TPAs need to be paid not by ins cos. That would lead to the same issue of the 2008 housing crisis and credit rating agencies.
Is there a setting here in bsky where clicking a link for an article will open in the app rather than a cookie-less browser that requires constant login?
December 6, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Is there a setting here in bsky where clicking a link for an article will open in the app rather than a cookie-less browser that requires constant login?
The excitement for the cutting a tax credit that helps entrepreneurs, small businesses, and early retirees buy health insurance is mind-boggling.
"In the time since Trump signed those cuts into law, the big benefits have accrued to higher-income households. The top 1 % received about a $60,000 income tax cut, while those with lower incomes got as little as a few hundred dollars. Some people ended up paying about the same."
#TaxFairnessNOW
#TaxFairnessNOW
Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts
Republicans swept to power on Election Day and now control the House, the Senate and the White House, with plans for an ambitious 100-day agenda come January.
apnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:56 AM
The excitement for the cutting a tax credit that helps entrepreneurs, small businesses, and early retirees buy health insurance is mind-boggling.
Proud Dad Brag! My daughter got into Villanova via Early Decision yesterday! I’m so proud of her hard work and can’t wait to see how she will change the world!!
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ALT: Villanova Wildcats Wil D Cat GIF
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November 27, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Proud Dad Brag! My daughter got into Villanova via Early Decision yesterday! I’m so proud of her hard work and can’t wait to see how she will change the world!!
Noah Kahan. Fenway. Night 1.
November 11, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Noah Kahan. Fenway. Night 1.
Ok. #healthpolicy question. Any research or best practices on EMR patient portals, especially around test results. A family member had a scan and can see the results and write up in the portal. Their providers all claim they don’t have the results. And stress and worry are resulting.
November 8, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Ok. #healthpolicy question. Any research or best practices on EMR patient portals, especially around test results. A family member had a scan and can see the results and write up in the portal. Their providers all claim they don’t have the results. And stress and worry are resulting.
Just arrived here. This is Ollie.
October 7, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Just arrived here. This is Ollie.