Michele Kimball
@michelehk.bsky.social
Advocate & big fan of universal healthcare, democracy, women’s rights, cosy bookshops, fab art & architecture, sunny days & people who make a difference.
Last night’s election wins were more than they appear…collectively they were a win for decency, inclusion, fairness, safety, love of neighbor and democracy. Now let’s end this shutdown, pay our government workers, feed our kids and make sure everyone has affordable healthcare. LFG.
a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom
Alt: a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Last night’s election wins were more than they appear…collectively they were a win for decency, inclusion, fairness, safety, love of neighbor and democracy. Now let’s end this shutdown, pay our government workers, feed our kids and make sure everyone has affordable healthcare. LFG.
Got that felt good! Democracy may be hanging by a thread, but it’s still here. Please vote!!
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Got that felt good! Democracy may be hanging by a thread, but it’s still here. Please vote!!
Expand Medicare to all and we can solve this problem tomorrow…
Stark warning from Mississippi's Republican Insurance Commissioner: “I don’t know where America’s headed, but we've got to redefine how we address health insurance and health care in this country. If not, we will not have health care in the state of Mississippi in some areas, especially the Delta.”
Health Costs Will Soar for Many in Mississippi Without Action
About 331,000 Mississippians who rely on the Affordable Care Act could see their health insurance premiums jump by 37% on average unless Congress acts to extend COVID-19-era tax credits.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Expand Medicare to all and we can solve this problem tomorrow…
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…and at the exact time the price of food is climbing. Beyond cruel…
The Trump administration has cancelled 4,304 deliveries to food banks so far this year, refusing to deliver 94 million pounds of contracted-for food. Food banks simply can’t feed people enough anymore. Millions of Americans are going hungry as a result.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
…and at the exact time the price of food is climbing. Beyond cruel…
"St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will close its labor and delivery unit next month...
"The closure is one of Georgia's first casualties of the GOP budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the 'big beautiful bill'...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rura...
"The closure is one of Georgia's first casualties of the GOP budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the 'big beautiful bill'...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rura...
Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts
St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will discontinue its maternal health services next month as its parent company moves to consolidate OB/GYN services to one location, the hos...
www.newsfromthestates.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Reposted by Michele Kimball
This undersells what insurance exchange policyholders will feel if Congress doesn't act. The 18 percent increase is on the raw cost of insurance. But many will also lose enhanced subsidies that expire at the end of December. Those people will feel an average increase of *more than 75%.*
September 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This undersells what insurance exchange policyholders will feel if Congress doesn't act. The 18 percent increase is on the raw cost of insurance. But many will also lose enhanced subsidies that expire at the end of December. Those people will feel an average increase of *more than 75%.*
These are the best of the best…
HAPPENING NOW: CDC staff members are greeted by supporters as they stage a walkout at their headquarters in Atlanta in protest against the damage being done to the agency by conspiracy theorist RFK Jr.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
These are the best of the best…
And this is just Ohio. So far, Congress has failed to act. They have 4 months. Clock is ticking…
Experts are warning that more than 500,000 Ohioans are poised to lose insurance subsidies starting next year. In many cases, the increased costs they’ll face will be so big that more than 100,000 will lose their coverage, they warn. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/h...
Huge numbers of Ohioans to see big increases in insurance costs • Ohio Capital Journal
A federal program is about to expire that could cost more than 100,000 Ohioans health insurance. The state's U.S. senators won't comment.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
And this is just Ohio. So far, Congress has failed to act. They have 4 months. Clock is ticking…
Yes, yes it should… #UniversalHealthCare
AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"
July 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yes, yes it should… #UniversalHealthCare
This is how you do healthcare…
Now do universal coverage, Governor.
Now do universal coverage, Governor.
We're putting affordability for working families at the top of our agenda — that starts with lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
We're also putting a stop to PBMs gaming the system and offering direct support to small independent pharmacies.
We're also putting a stop to PBMs gaming the system and offering direct support to small independent pharmacies.
Pritzker signs health care legislation
Pritzker signs bills to regulate pharmacy benefit managers and expand insurance for mental health and rural care.
capitolnewsillinois.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is how you do healthcare…
Now do universal coverage, Governor.
Now do universal coverage, Governor.
Healthcare is a basic human right.
July 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Healthcare is a basic human right.
July 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Every single health system in every single state will be impacted…it’s just a matter of degrees.
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Every single health system in every single state will be impacted…it’s just a matter of degrees.
Spent years working to improve #healthcare at both state & federal levels. In 1 vote, Senate will deny care to 11 million people & strip $1.1 trillion from Medicaid, Medicare & Obamacare. Progress gone. What follows if people can’t access care? Death & disability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Spent years working to improve #healthcare at both state & federal levels. In 1 vote, Senate will deny care to 11 million people & strip $1.1 trillion from Medicaid, Medicare & Obamacare. Progress gone. What follows if people can’t access care? Death & disability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
The only saving grace in a plethora of bad rulings: For the fourth time, Affordable Care Act survives far-right Supreme Court challenge
June 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The only saving grace in a plethora of bad rulings: For the fourth time, Affordable Care Act survives far-right Supreme Court challenge
Reposted by Michele Kimball
"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor
June 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor
Reposted by Michele Kimball
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
Gotta love the Byrd Rule…😏
Brutal setbacks today for Senate Republicans on their Medicaid plans as the Parliamentarian has found many of the GOP savings plans run afoul of the Byrd Rule, and must be stripped from the Big Beautiful Bill. Makes it even more difficult to lash this bill together and get it done by next week.
June 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Gotta love the Byrd Rule…😏
June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We have fallen so far…
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We have fallen so far…
No notes…
Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
June 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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We all want universal #healthcare. 73 other countries - representing 69% of the world’s population - have some form of it. How can US lead without it? Well, we can’t. Simple solution: Expand Medicare to all. With Part C - it’s a hybrid public/private choice…and it works. 😏
Kristi Noem doesn't need your prayers. She's got the super duper healthcare coverage that wealthy Americans hoard for themselves.
To be clear, the Americans who don't have healthcare don't need your prayers either. They need universal healthcare.
To be clear, the Americans who don't have healthcare don't need your prayers either. They need universal healthcare.
June 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We all want universal #healthcare. 73 other countries - representing 69% of the world’s population - have some form of it. How can US lead without it? Well, we can’t. Simple solution: Expand Medicare to all. With Part C - it’s a hybrid public/private choice…and it works. 😏
Mad respect & the very definition of kickass…
I wrote on the appointment of a new MI6 chief, Blaise Metreweli, who joined the service in 1999 as a case officer. Not just the first woman. She's the first chief to have joined well after the end of the cold war. And well regarded in the tech community. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
MI6’s new “C” used to be “Q”. And she’s good with the gadgets
Blaise Metreweli is the first female head of Britain’s spy service, too
www.economist.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mad respect & the very definition of kickass…