Martha Simmons MD PhD
@marsim52.bsky.social
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A reminder for the virtual event this Sunday on medical misinformation hosted by Indivisible TriValley.
[https://mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6](mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6). Listen and learn with those in our local communities.
[https://mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6](mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6). Listen and learn with those in our local communities.
Understanding Medical Misinformation Through a Scientific Lens · Indivisible Tri-Valley
## Event Description
Join us on **November 9th from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM PT on Zoom** for a discussion on **medical misinformation** and its impact on public trust and public health. The event will beg...
mobilize.us
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A reminder for the virtual event this Sunday on medical misinformation hosted by Indivisible TriValley.
[https://mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6](mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6). Listen and learn with those in our local communities.
[https://mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6](mobilize.us/s/NWu4s6). Listen and learn with those in our local communities.
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
If Republicans let healthcare tax credits expire, families across Washington will see their costs increase. I'm working to ensure that doesn't happen.
Share your story about how these price hikes will impact you here:
schrier.house.gov/countdown-hu...
Share your story about how these price hikes will impact you here:
schrier.house.gov/countdown-hu...
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If Republicans let healthcare tax credits expire, families across Washington will see their costs increase. I'm working to ensure that doesn't happen.
Share your story about how these price hikes will impact you here:
schrier.house.gov/countdown-hu...
Share your story about how these price hikes will impact you here:
schrier.house.gov/countdown-hu...
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
August 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
July 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
The Republican budget is going to wreck health care for 2 MILLION Californians. It will spike Covered California premiums by an average of 66% next year and drown many families in red tape. Republicans must admit they were WRONG and fix this before lives are upended.
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
GOP budget bill will increase California health insurance costs
The changes Congress made will hit Covered California and likely drive up health insurance costs for 2 million Californians.
calmatters.org
July 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Republican budget is going to wreck health care for 2 MILLION Californians. It will spike Covered California premiums by an average of 66% next year and drown many families in red tape. Republicans must admit they were WRONG and fix this before lives are upended.
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
“ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows”
“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”
“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”
ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows
A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows”
“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”
“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”
Nice data visualization!
Check to see how temperatures in your region have changed.
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Check to see how temperatures in your region have changed.
showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
June 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Nice data visualization!
Check to see how temperatures in your region have changed.
showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...
Check to see how temperatures in your region have changed.
showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...
Wendell Potter’s insights about the insurance industry are always interesting. open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
Big Insurance Bet on the Wrong Horse
Data reveals health insurers overwhelmingly donated to Harris, Democrats in 2024.
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Wendell Potter’s insights about the insurance industry are always interesting. open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
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Big pharma vs the wellness industry, which is more profitable?
Collab with @niniandthebrain.bsky.social.
Collab with @niniandthebrain.bsky.social.
May 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Big pharma vs the wellness industry, which is more profitable?
Collab with @niniandthebrain.bsky.social.
Collab with @niniandthebrain.bsky.social.
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The same exact drug, with no improvements or modifications, was priced at $47. Every time the company had a bad financial period, they raised the price on it to subsidize the rest of the company. Now it costs $892 per pill. It’s the same exact pill!
May 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The same exact drug, with no improvements or modifications, was priced at $47. Every time the company had a bad financial period, they raised the price on it to subsidize the rest of the company. Now it costs $892 per pill. It’s the same exact pill!
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
These fixers, officially known as caseworkers, unraveled complex and arcane health insurance rules to solve people’s coverage issues. They worked in a little-known federal department with which most consumers never interact — until they need help. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
The Ranks of Obamacare ‘Fixers’ Axed in Trump’s Reduction of Health Agency Workforce - KFF Health News
These fixers, officially known as caseworkers, unraveled complex and arcane health insurance rules to solve people’s coverage issues. They worked in a little-known federal department with which most c...
kffhealthnews.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
These fixers, officially known as caseworkers, unraveled complex and arcane health insurance rules to solve people’s coverage issues. They worked in a little-known federal department with which most consumers never interact — until they need help. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
Think you don't use Medicaid? Think again! The cuts proposed by Congress may directly affect you, because Medicaid is known by different names in every state. BadgerCare? That's Medicaid. SoonerCare? That's Medicaid too. All so that billionaires can get a giant tax break. Pass it on.
Think You Don’t Use Medicaid? Think Again!
You may not even realize that the Medicaid cuts proposed by Congress are going to directly affect you, because Medicaid is known by different names in every state. BadgerCare? That's Medicaid. SoonerCare? That's Medicaid too. All so that billionaires can get a giant tax break. Watch Maura Quint from @TaxWarRoom explain more on how health care and taxes intersect: https://youtube.com/live/PZ1tsT0LVe4 #taxes #budgetreconciliation #medicaid
youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Think you don't use Medicaid? Think again! The cuts proposed by Congress may directly affect you, because Medicaid is known by different names in every state. BadgerCare? That's Medicaid. SoonerCare? That's Medicaid too. All so that billionaires can get a giant tax break. Pass it on.
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This!!
How does that work? Someone can’t hand out water for those in line to vote but Elon can pay off the vote?
March 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This!!
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Studies terminated at NIH:
-On reducing asthma from mold
-On prenatal risks & screening
-On statins influence on dementia
-On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care
-On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities
-On improving HIV care
-Training programs for the next generation of scientists
-On reducing asthma from mold
-On prenatal risks & screening
-On statins influence on dementia
-On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care
-On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities
-On improving HIV care
-Training programs for the next generation of scientists
taggs.hhs.gov
March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Studies terminated at NIH:
-On reducing asthma from mold
-On prenatal risks & screening
-On statins influence on dementia
-On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care
-On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities
-On improving HIV care
-Training programs for the next generation of scientists
-On reducing asthma from mold
-On prenatal risks & screening
-On statins influence on dementia
-On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care
-On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities
-On improving HIV care
-Training programs for the next generation of scientists
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
Loved this lab coat that I spotted in Raleigh
March 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Loved this lab coat that I spotted in Raleigh
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
Thread below on my experience serving on nacmcf during GWB administration. Was a productive government industry collaboration. Big loss foodsafetytech.com/news_article...
March 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Thread below on my experience serving on nacmcf during GWB administration. Was a productive government industry collaboration. Big loss foodsafetytech.com/news_article...
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
Thanks Fieldhouse & Mertens (2024) for help with my rally sign. #standupforscience2025
March 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thanks Fieldhouse & Mertens (2024) for help with my rally sign. #standupforscience2025
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
72 million Americans get health coverage through Medicaid. Newborn babies, kids, low income parents, seniors, people with disabilities, folks living in nursing homes and more, and their coverage is at risk.
Watch w/ @aorris.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFU...
Watch w/ @aorris.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFU...
Who Does Medicaid Cover? It's Not Who You Think
YouTube video by Health Care Voices
youtube.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
72 million Americans get health coverage through Medicaid. Newborn babies, kids, low income parents, seniors, people with disabilities, folks living in nursing homes and more, and their coverage is at risk.
Watch w/ @aorris.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFU...
Watch w/ @aorris.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFU...
Reposted by Martha Simmons MD PhD
Little known, recently discovered fact:
Measles wipes out immune protections OTHER diseases: many who recover actually face big future risk.
Earlier measles may be implicated in HALF OF ALL LATER CHILDHOOD DEATHS from ALL infectious diseases before vaccines.
Gift🔗👉
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Measles wipes out immune protections OTHER diseases: many who recover actually face big future risk.
Earlier measles may be implicated in HALF OF ALL LATER CHILDHOOD DEATHS from ALL infectious diseases before vaccines.
Gift🔗👉
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Little known, recently discovered fact:
Measles wipes out immune protections OTHER diseases: many who recover actually face big future risk.
Earlier measles may be implicated in HALF OF ALL LATER CHILDHOOD DEATHS from ALL infectious diseases before vaccines.
Gift🔗👉
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Measles wipes out immune protections OTHER diseases: many who recover actually face big future risk.
Earlier measles may be implicated in HALF OF ALL LATER CHILDHOOD DEATHS from ALL infectious diseases before vaccines.
Gift🔗👉
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...