Mark Hobraczk
@mhobraczk.bsky.social
Ai Arthritis Director of Public Policy based in Tampa Bay. Soccer dad and patient living with ankylosing spondylitis. University of Denver, JD. George Washington, MPA. Rutgers, BA. Opinions my own.
Nearly 27% of adults said they experienced foregone care due to cost or cost burden over four years.https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/equity-in-medicine/119147
More Americans Experience Troublesome Healthcare Costs Than Previously Thought
Findings of nationally representative survey suggest need for 'abolishing price tags'
www.medpagetoday.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nearly 27% of adults said they experienced foregone care due to cost or cost burden over four years.https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/equity-in-medicine/119147
Health access on the line: How Trump’s proposed public charge rule hurts all of us and weakens our health care system www.familiesusa.org/resources/he...
Health access on the line: How Trump’s proposed public charge rule hurts all of us and weakens our health care system - Families USA
Last week, Families USA submitted a comment on a proposed rule from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) titled Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility. This proposed rule would undo the current public charge protections that were finalized on December 23, 2022 (“2022 Final Rule”). If adopted, the proposed […]
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December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Health access on the line: How Trump’s proposed public charge rule hurts all of us and weakens our health care system www.familiesusa.org/resources/he...
FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices. www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices, Watchdog Report Finds
Lawmakers requested the report after a 2023 ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation revealed that the FDA had received hundreds of complaints over many years about defective breathing mac...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices. www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
In a first, a nonprofit wins FDA approval for rare disease gene therapy www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/n... via @statnews.com
In a first, a nonprofit wins FDA approval for rare disease gene therapy
The FDA has granted approval to a new gene therapy for a rare immune disorder, the maker of which is notably not a drug company, but an Italian charity.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In a first, a nonprofit wins FDA approval for rare disease gene therapy www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/n... via @statnews.com
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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Insurers not fully complying with price transparency rules, via Becker's buff.ly/BiFWx7N #healthcare #healthecon #healthpolicy
Insurers not fully complying with price transparency rules: Study - Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News
Insurers are publishing incomplete price transparency data, with hospital inpatient information particularly sparse, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care in…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Insurers not fully complying with price transparency rules, via Becker's buff.ly/BiFWx7N #healthcare #healthecon #healthpolicy
Congress created the #340B Program to extend federal resources and improve patient care, including providing charity care to low-income patients.
What’s particularly striking is that charity care continues to decline year after year.
Learn more at youtu.be/7uqGTHT7Zx4
What’s particularly striking is that charity care continues to decline year after year.
Learn more at youtu.be/7uqGTHT7Zx4
Is the 340B program the next 'Too Big To Fail?' - Charity Care 60-Second Commercial
YouTube video by ADAP Advocacy
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December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Congress created the #340B Program to extend federal resources and improve patient care, including providing charity care to low-income patients.
What’s particularly striking is that charity care continues to decline year after year.
Learn more at youtu.be/7uqGTHT7Zx4
What’s particularly striking is that charity care continues to decline year after year.
Learn more at youtu.be/7uqGTHT7Zx4
ACA Marketplace enrollment outpacing last year's record total despite premium subsidy uncertainty. apnews.com/article/affo...
Affordable Care Act enrollment is slightly ahead of last year so far, despite expiring subsidies
Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
ACA Marketplace enrollment outpacing last year's record total despite premium subsidy uncertainty. apnews.com/article/affo...
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via @drugchannels.bsky.social ugChannels - Follow the 340B Dollar: Senator Cassidy Exposes How CVS Health and Walgreens Profit as 340B Contract Pharmacies (rerun)
www.drugchannels.net/2025/12/foll...
www.drugchannels.net/2025/12/foll...
Follow the 340B Dollar: Senator Cassidy Exposes How CVS Health and Walgreens Profit as 340B Contract Pharmacies (rerun)
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December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
via @drugchannels.bsky.social ugChannels - Follow the 340B Dollar: Senator Cassidy Exposes How CVS Health and Walgreens Profit as 340B Contract Pharmacies (rerun)
www.drugchannels.net/2025/12/foll...
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Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...
[2025-12-08] Download: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act | The United States Senate Committee on Finance | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
[2025-12-08] Download: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
www.finance.senate.gov
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...
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PrairieStar Health Center, a nonprofit community health center in Kansas, has filed at least 1,000 lawsuits against patients since 2020 for unpaid medical bills. Many patients PrairieStar sued were uninsured and made so little money they qualified for discounted care. @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
PrairieStar Health Center, a nonprofit community health center in Kansas, has filed at least 1,000 lawsuits against patients since 2020 for unpaid medical bills. Many patients PrairieStar sued were uninsured and made so little money they qualified for discounted care. @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills. www.propublica.org/article/fede...
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As for the benchmark SILVER plan, for this hypothetical couple, the cost would jump from $599/month in 2025 to $6,186/month.
That's over 10.3x as much, and would cost 88% of their GROSS income in premiums alone.
DO. NOT. PASSIVELY. AUTORENEW. NEXT. YEAR.
SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND.
That's over 10.3x as much, and would cost 88% of their GROSS income in premiums alone.
DO. NOT. PASSIVELY. AUTORENEW. NEXT. YEAR.
SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
As for the benchmark SILVER plan, for this hypothetical couple, the cost would jump from $599/month in 2025 to $6,186/month.
That's over 10.3x as much, and would cost 88% of their GROSS income in premiums alone.
DO. NOT. PASSIVELY. AUTORENEW. NEXT. YEAR.
SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND.
That's over 10.3x as much, and would cost 88% of their GROSS income in premiums alone.
DO. NOT. PASSIVELY. AUTORENEW. NEXT. YEAR.
SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND. SHOP. AROUND.
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The state price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending.
How Medicaid became such a drag on Colorado’s state budget
The state price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending
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December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The state price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending.
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
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Never underestimate the power of greed...
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"AHA sues to block 340B drug rebates pilot program" www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-reg...
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"AHA sues to block 340B drug rebates pilot program" www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-reg...
AHA sues to block 340B drug rebates pilot program
The 340B Drug Pricing Program rebates initiative is slated to launch in January.
www.modernhealthcare.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Never underestimate the power of greed...
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"AHA sues to block 340B drug rebates pilot program" www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-reg...
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"AHA sues to block 340B drug rebates pilot program" www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-reg...
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In case you missed our latest blog, "Why the 340B ACCESS Act Prioritizes Patients" https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/11/why-340b-access-act-prioritizes-patients.html #340B #Patients1st #340BWhatAboutMe #340BTooBigToFail
Why the 340B ACCESS Act Prioritizes Patients
By: Marucs J. Hopkins , ADAP 340B Consultant In September 2025, Representatives Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Diana Harshberger (R-TN) i...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In case you missed our latest blog, "Why the 340B ACCESS Act Prioritizes Patients" https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/11/why-340b-access-act-prioritizes-patients.html #340B #Patients1st #340BWhatAboutMe #340BTooBigToFail
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The GAO released a report last week on health savings accounts (HSAs) reaffirming that HSAs do little to help people with low and moderate incomes – who would be hurt the most if Congress lets premium tax credit enhancements expire.
GAO-25-107480, HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS: Information on Features and Use,
and Characteristics of Account Holders
files.gao.gov
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The GAO released a report last week on health savings accounts (HSAs) reaffirming that HSAs do little to help people with low and moderate incomes – who would be hurt the most if Congress lets premium tax credit enhancements expire.
New Hampshire moves one step closer to imposing stricter work reporting requirements for Medicaid expansion recipients than the fed govt is proposing. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH one step closer to imposing work requirements for Medicaid expansion recipients
A legislative committee met this week with health department officials over the state’s plan to meet the new federal work requirement mandate passed earlier this year.
www.nhpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New Hampshire moves one step closer to imposing stricter work reporting requirements for Medicaid expansion recipients than the fed govt is proposing. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
CNBC highlights how #alternativefundingprograms are forcing patients to take illegally imported medications--and getting away with it. cnb.cx/3LILBbX
Cheaper medicines, free beach trips: U.S. health plans tap prescriptions that feds say are illegal
AFPs promise to connect patients with more-affordable options for accessing specialty medications that often come at very high costs. There's a major catch.
cnb.cx
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
CNBC highlights how #alternativefundingprograms are forcing patients to take illegally imported medications--and getting away with it. cnb.cx/3LILBbX
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Patients and advocates are rallying behind Senate Bill 207, calling for a ban on copay accumulator programs that threaten access to life-saving medications.
Learn more here!
#OH #CitizenPortal #HealthcareAccess #PatientAssistance #InsuranceReform
Learn more here!
#OH #CitizenPortal #HealthcareAccess #PatientAssistance #InsuranceReform
Patients, Cancer and Arthritis Groups Urge Ban on Copay Accumulator Adjustments
Patient advocates, the Arthritis Foundation, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and other witnesses urged the Senate committee to pass Senate Bill 207 to ban copay accumulator adjustment programs and protect manufacturer and charitable assistance from being excluded from deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.
citizenportal.ai
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Patients and advocates are rallying behind Senate Bill 207, calling for a ban on copay accumulator programs that threaten access to life-saving medications.
Learn more here!
#OH #CitizenPortal #HealthcareAccess #PatientAssistance #InsuranceReform
Learn more here!
#OH #CitizenPortal #HealthcareAccess #PatientAssistance #InsuranceReform
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Watch our new 60-second ad calling out excessive 340B-eligible hospital CEO pay: youtu.be/Q8zaGIZqDp4
Is the 340B program the next 'Too Big To Fail?' - Exec Comp 60-Second Commercial
YouTube video by ADAP Advocacy
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November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Watch our new 60-second ad calling out excessive 340B-eligible hospital CEO pay: youtu.be/Q8zaGIZqDp4
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ACA marketplace premium hikes can be higher or lower depending on a person’s state, income and how much help they receive. For some, the loss of subsidies can amount to triple-digit increases. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Obamacare sticker shock is more shocking in some states than others
The premium hikes can be higher or lower depending on a person’s state, income and how much help they receive. For some, the loss of subsidies can amount to triple-digit increases.
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
ACA marketplace premium hikes can be higher or lower depending on a person’s state, income and how much help they receive. For some, the loss of subsidies can amount to triple-digit increases. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Amgen sues Colorado again now that PDAB price cap causes actual injury. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
Amgen Sues Colorado Again as State Adopts Pay Cap on Enbrel (1)
Amgen Inc. filed a second lawsuit against a Colorado drug affordability panel for placing a state payment cap on its blockbuster drug Enbrel, challenging an action that it says will cause injuries tha...
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Amgen sues Colorado again now that PDAB price cap causes actual injury. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
Bausch Health leaves Medicaid and 340B programs as drugmakers face changing calculus on pricing www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com
Bausch Health leaves Medicaid and 340B programs as drugmakers face changing calculus on pricing
Bausch Health has exited Medicaid and a federal government drug discount scheme known as 340B, a step that suggests more drugmakers may do the same.
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bausch Health leaves Medicaid and 340B programs as drugmakers face changing calculus on pricing www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com