KVRhodes
@kvrhodes.bsky.social
Proud mother and grandmother. HSR/Health Policy wonk. Working upstream & downstream (after years of practicing emergency medicine) to shore up the healthcare safety net #HRSN #SDOH #access_to_care #mental_health #PC #BHI #health_equity #rural_health
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Rural Health
The Commonwealth is working with local communities, providers, doctors, nurses, and leaders to improve rural health care, keep hospitals strong, and make care more affordable.
www.pa.gov
Pennsylvania Releases our Rural Health Transformation Plan! www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs...
I’m so honored to receive the Rural Health Impact Award - but I’m just translating the vision of the PA Health Hub Secretaries, inspired by a large number of regional rural health summit organizers and work group leaders - they are the future of rural healthcare in Pennsylvania!!
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m so honored to receive the Rural Health Impact Award - but I’m just translating the vision of the PA Health Hub Secretaries, inspired by a large number of regional rural health summit organizers and work group leaders - they are the future of rural healthcare in Pennsylvania!!
Pennsylvania Releases our Rural Health Transformation Plan! www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs...
Rural Health
The Commonwealth is working with local communities, providers, doctors, nurses, and leaders to improve rural health care, keep hospitals strong, and make care more affordable.
www.pa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pennsylvania Releases our Rural Health Transformation Plan! www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs...
Enjoying Rural Health Day at IUP IRMC Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Enjoying Rural Health Day at IUP IRMC Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference
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How did food stamps get so politicized?
“Food is A Fundamental Human Right”: U.S. Hunger Expert Decries Trump Withholding Food Assistance
The government shutdown has brought attention to food insecurity in the United States, as it disrupted the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about 42 million people acr...
www.democracynow.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How did food stamps get so politicized?
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Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently
Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently
Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently
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Today, and every day, we honor America’s veterans. This means more than words. It means action— to stand firmly against attempts to dismantle or defund the care they’ve earned and the services they deserve. When we fight for science, we stand up for our vets and for the VA. #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today, and every day, we honor America’s veterans. This means more than words. It means action— to stand firmly against attempts to dismantle or defund the care they’ve earned and the services they deserve. When we fight for science, we stand up for our vets and for the VA. #VeteransDay
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Standing with veterans goes beyond just one day in November. It means fighting for year-round support and full funding at the VA for critical research to improve future care.
Yet, the VA under Trump is crumbling. Our vets deserve more than a gutted system, long waits, and shuttered clinics.
Yet, the VA under Trump is crumbling. Our vets deserve more than a gutted system, long waits, and shuttered clinics.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Standing with veterans goes beyond just one day in November. It means fighting for year-round support and full funding at the VA for critical research to improve future care.
Yet, the VA under Trump is crumbling. Our vets deserve more than a gutted system, long waits, and shuttered clinics.
Yet, the VA under Trump is crumbling. Our vets deserve more than a gutted system, long waits, and shuttered clinics.
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Timely (grim) new NBER working paper: Households screened out of SNAP "suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores."
www.nber.org/papers/w34434
www.nber.org/papers/w34434
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Timely (grim) new NBER working paper: Households screened out of SNAP "suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores."
www.nber.org/papers/w34434
www.nber.org/papers/w34434
Great article on the importance of integrity in scientific decision-making www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
What Could Be Wrong with "Gold Standard Science"? | Milbank Memorial Fund
If repetition is the mother of learning, then I am learning that the second Trump administration likes to use the term "gold standard science." It is the
www.milbank.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great article on the importance of integrity in scientific decision-making www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Some sweet baby elephant joy! substack.com/@911revision...
9/11 Revisionist (@911revision)
Hope this puts a smile on your face today.
substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Some sweet baby elephant joy! substack.com/@911revision...
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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🧪 science saves lives
July 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
🧪 science saves lives
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Having incapacitating rage at the gap between the cures and hope our amazing US healthcare is able to do for some and the pittance it will (in the context of other broken social systems) actually provide for others
So unfair, and so much unnecessary suffering.
So unfair, and so much unnecessary suffering.
July 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Having incapacitating rage at the gap between the cures and hope our amazing US healthcare is able to do for some and the pittance it will (in the context of other broken social systems) actually provide for others
So unfair, and so much unnecessary suffering.
So unfair, and so much unnecessary suffering.
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He continues, “there is a playbook in reverse, where prodemocracy actors and brave people on the front lines pierce the veil of invincibility, they get wins.”
July 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
He continues, “there is a playbook in reverse, where prodemocracy actors and brave people on the front lines pierce the veil of invincibility, they get wins.”
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For more on how the pro-democracy strategy can reverse the vicious cycle of authoritarian power, read our briefing. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...
July 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For more on how the pro-democracy strategy can reverse the vicious cycle of authoritarian power, read our briefing. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-...
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs. If you’re hit with high unaffordable medical bills- first negotiate with the hospital or health system. Bills can be reduced and payment plans arranged - to avoid defaulting +\- receiving a bad credit rating
July 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs. If you’re hit with high unaffordable medical bills- first negotiate with the hospital or health system. Bills can be reduced and payment plans arranged - to avoid defaulting +\- receiving a bad credit rating
“States can’t fill the gap left by these cuts… Weather doesn’t respect state borders” — Dr. Henry Jacoby, MIT
#weneedgoodgovt
#weneedgoodgovt
6. Everyone deserves clean air and clean water. Everyone deserves good roads and bridges that don't fall down. Everyone deserves a functioning power grid and open hospitals and good schools and a government who can be counted on when disaster strikes to keep everyone safe.
July 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“States can’t fill the gap left by these cuts… Weather doesn’t respect state borders” — Dr. Henry Jacoby, MIT
#weneedgoodgovt
#weneedgoodgovt
In light of the flooding in Texas, some think it is inappropriate to point out that Trump is gutting NOAA, The National Weather Service & wants to eliminate FEMA. Accidents & unforeseen events happen but nobody should die due to government neglect so rich people can get tax cuts.
July 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"One word has been used more than any during this natural disaster: Prayer" - Texas Governor Abbott
Nothing against prayer- but please combine it with early warning systems and resilient Emergency Response Services #weneedgoodgovt
Nothing against prayer- but please combine it with early warning systems and resilient Emergency Response Services #weneedgoodgovt
Lack of a weather warning system and coordination with emergency response services is a serious problem. #weneedgoodgovt
Live Updates: Desperate Search for Missing in Texas Floods as Death Toll Passes 50
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"One word has been used more than any during this natural disaster: Prayer" - Texas Governor Abbott
Nothing against prayer- but please combine it with early warning systems and resilient Emergency Response Services #weneedgoodgovt
Nothing against prayer- but please combine it with early warning systems and resilient Emergency Response Services #weneedgoodgovt
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas “the warning coordination meteorologist left on April 30, after taking the early retirement package the Trump administration used to reduce the number of federal employees” #weneedgoodgovt
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas “the warning coordination meteorologist left on April 30, after taking the early retirement package the Trump administration used to reduce the number of federal employees” #weneedgoodgovt
Lack of a weather warning system and coordination with emergency response services is a serious problem. #weneedgoodgovt
Live Updates: Desperate Search for Missing in Texas Floods as Death Toll Passes 50
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Lack of a weather warning system and coordination with emergency response services is a serious problem. #weneedgoodgovt
How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...