@mirandadz.bsky.social
Health policy nerd. Data geek. Union member and supporter. California baby.
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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The skyrocketing cost of #ACA marketplace health care premiums are at the center of the #GovernmentShutdown.
Are your @coveredca.bsky.social costs rising in 2026? ❤️🩹 Tell us your story NOW: secure.everyaction.com/SDZFaMRQjEG1...
Are your @coveredca.bsky.social costs rising in 2026? ❤️🩹 Tell us your story NOW: secure.everyaction.com/SDZFaMRQjEG1...
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The skyrocketing cost of #ACA marketplace health care premiums are at the center of the #GovernmentShutdown.
Are your @coveredca.bsky.social costs rising in 2026? ❤️🩹 Tell us your story NOW: secure.everyaction.com/SDZFaMRQjEG1...
Are your @coveredca.bsky.social costs rising in 2026? ❤️🩹 Tell us your story NOW: secure.everyaction.com/SDZFaMRQjEG1...
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We’re at the annual Health Care conference hosted by @capitolweekly.bsky.social. Our @thewallner.bsky.social joined @jodihicks.bsky.social of @ppactionca.bsky.social, @mirandadz.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, & more to discuss the devastating impact of H.R. 1 on our health care access.
October 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We’re at the annual Health Care conference hosted by @capitolweekly.bsky.social. Our @thewallner.bsky.social joined @jodihicks.bsky.social of @ppactionca.bsky.social, @mirandadz.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, & more to discuss the devastating impact of H.R. 1 on our health care access.
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Come hear Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Gates talk about fearless organizing. This should be insightful and inspiring! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/stacy-...
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates speaking on unapologetically bold worker and community organizing
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates will offer her reflections on how decades of unapologetically bold worker and community organizing in Chicago have led to a unique moment of possibil...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
August 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Come hear Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Gates talk about fearless organizing. This should be insightful and inspiring! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/stacy-...
Covered California premiums (what folks pay after subsidies) will DOUBLE on average for 2026–unless the feds extend the enhanced tax credits that folks have access to today. Some folks will go uninsured and even those who stay covered will be spending twice what they are now.
August 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Covered California premiums (what folks pay after subsidies) will DOUBLE on average for 2026–unless the feds extend the enhanced tax credits that folks have access to today. Some folks will go uninsured and even those who stay covered will be spending twice what they are now.
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64% of Valadao’s constituents enrolled in Medicaid and, staggeringly, almost 90% of children in his district:
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr...
@ezralevin.bsky.social
#CA22
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@ezralevin.bsky.social
#CA22
July 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
64% of Valadao’s constituents enrolled in Medicaid and, staggeringly, almost 90% of children in his district:
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr...
@ezralevin.bsky.social
#CA22
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr...
@ezralevin.bsky.social
#CA22
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Congratulations to Laurel Lucia, a 15-year Labor Center veteran, who completed her first day as deputy executive director of programs!
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laurel-lucia...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laurel-lucia...
Laurel Lucia Promoted to be the Labor Center’s First Deputy Executive Director of Programs - UC Berkeley Labor Center
Laurel Lucia transitions from her position as the director of the Labor Center’s Health Care Program to the new role of deputy executive director of programs.
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
July 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Congratulations to Laurel Lucia, a 15-year Labor Center veteran, who completed her first day as deputy executive director of programs!
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laurel-lucia...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laurel-lucia...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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⚡ KFF’s @cynthiaccox.bsky.social explains how millions of people are expected to lose health insurance coverage over the next decade with cuts to Medicaid and the ACA in the reconciliation bill, as well as other ACA changes not in the bill. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3GrJ9V5
July 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
⚡ KFF’s @cynthiaccox.bsky.social explains how millions of people are expected to lose health insurance coverage over the next decade with cuts to Medicaid and the ACA in the reconciliation bill, as well as other ACA changes not in the bill. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3GrJ9V5
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Scott amendment eliminating 90% matching rate for #Medicaid expansion is being described as just about changing federal financing. It's effectively repeal! Amendment language is nearly identical to that in a section labeled "Repeal of Medicaid Expansion" in the 2017 House-passed ACA repeal bill!
June 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Scott amendment eliminating 90% matching rate for #Medicaid expansion is being described as just about changing federal financing. It's effectively repeal! Amendment language is nearly identical to that in a section labeled "Repeal of Medicaid Expansion" in the 2017 House-passed ACA repeal bill!
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To give sense of how much harsher Senate bill's #Medicaid cuts are than House-passed bill's draconian cuts, new CBO scores show Senate has $1.02T/10 yrs in gross Medicaid/CHIP cuts (before interactions) compared to House bill's $863.4B in gross cuts (before interactions). www.cbo.gov/publication/...
June 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
To give sense of how much harsher Senate bill's #Medicaid cuts are than House-passed bill's draconian cuts, new CBO scores show Senate has $1.02T/10 yrs in gross Medicaid/CHIP cuts (before interactions) compared to House bill's $863.4B in gross cuts (before interactions). www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach during the "No Kings" protests in San Francisco on Saturday. The protest is among nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump.
📸: Santiago Mejia
📸: Santiago Mejia
June 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach during the "No Kings" protests in San Francisco on Saturday. The protest is among nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump.
📸: Santiago Mejia
📸: Santiago Mejia
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A person with measles visited Boston. We're working with local partners to notify those who may have been exposed to measles. Unvaccinated individuals who have been exposed should contact their healthcare provider immediately.
Learn more at boston.gov/measles.
Learn more at boston.gov/measles.
June 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A person with measles visited Boston. We're working with local partners to notify those who may have been exposed to measles. Unvaccinated individuals who have been exposed should contact their healthcare provider immediately.
Learn more at boston.gov/measles.
Learn more at boston.gov/measles.
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My @familiesusa.bsky.social statement on the horrible House vote to make massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA, forcing millions off coverage and raising costs for millions more in both public and private plans.
This fight for the future or our health care is not over, but health, consumer and community advocates and the millions of Americans we represent will remember this vote.
Read the full statement from @awright2care.bsky.social here: familiesusa.org/press-releas...
Read the full statement from @awright2care.bsky.social here: familiesusa.org/press-releas...
May 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My @familiesusa.bsky.social statement on the horrible House vote to make massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA, forcing millions off coverage and raising costs for millions more in both public and private plans.
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Latest House bill text includes another blow to the ACA, ending “silver loading.” That would increase premiums by $350 for a hypothetical family. Here’s why: www.brookings.edu/articles/und...
Understanding Marketplace "Silver Loading"
Christen Linke Young explains a new proposal regarding cost-sharing reductions and how it could impact families who get coverage through the ACA.
www.brookings.edu
May 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Latest House bill text includes another blow to the ACA, ending “silver loading.” That would increase premiums by $350 for a hypothetical family. Here’s why: www.brookings.edu/articles/und...
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New brief: California’s historic expansion of health coverage to undocumented individuals is at risk due to a new state budget proposal that would curtail Medi-Cal benefits for certain immigrants, including some with legal status. What are the consequences? laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
The Importance of Comprehensive Health Benefits for All Low-Income Californians - UC Berkeley Labor Center
California’s historic expansion of coverage to undocumented individuals has not only brought the state closer to universal coverage, but has also reduced racial disparities in health coverage. However...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
May 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New brief: California’s historic expansion of health coverage to undocumented individuals is at risk due to a new state budget proposal that would curtail Medi-Cal benefits for certain immigrants, including some with legal status. What are the consequences? laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
Gaaaaaah!!!!
Prohibition on #Medicaid coverage of gender affirming care extended from youth under age 18 to all beneficiaries (4/x)
May 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Gaaaaaah!!!!
Bad Health Policy Proposals, CA edition: California's May Revise budget proposes benefit cuts and premiums of $100 per month (!) for 2m Ca immigrant Medi-Cal enrollees, & a freeze on new enrollment for undoc adults.
Result: 1m more uninsured
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
Result: 1m more uninsured
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
The Importance of Comprehensive Health Benefits for All Low-Income Californians - UC Berkeley Labor Center
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
May 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Bad Health Policy Proposals, CA edition: California's May Revise budget proposes benefit cuts and premiums of $100 per month (!) for 2m Ca immigrant Medi-Cal enrollees, & a freeze on new enrollment for undoc adults.
Result: 1m more uninsured
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
Result: 1m more uninsured
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...
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Thread. 33 of 40 #Medicaid expansion states (+DC) will now face a 10 point cut in their expansion match rate under House GOP reconciliation bill. Latest language penalizes not only states using own funds to cover undocumented kids but also states covering legal immigrant kids/pregnant women (1/x)
May 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thread. 33 of 40 #Medicaid expansion states (+DC) will now face a 10 point cut in their expansion match rate under House GOP reconciliation bill. Latest language penalizes not only states using own funds to cover undocumented kids but also states covering legal immigrant kids/pregnant women (1/x)
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The #OneBigBeautifulBill with the biggest cut to #Medicaid in history:
* Bill introed Sun 10pm
* Bill debated in E&C Committee starting at Wed 1am
* Bill passed Budget Committee Sun 10pm
* Bill scheduled in Rules Committee Wed 1am
They're rushing this, after dark, without hearings, for a reason.
* Bill introed Sun 10pm
* Bill debated in E&C Committee starting at Wed 1am
* Bill passed Budget Committee Sun 10pm
* Bill scheduled in Rules Committee Wed 1am
They're rushing this, after dark, without hearings, for a reason.
May 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The #OneBigBeautifulBill with the biggest cut to #Medicaid in history:
* Bill introed Sun 10pm
* Bill debated in E&C Committee starting at Wed 1am
* Bill passed Budget Committee Sun 10pm
* Bill scheduled in Rules Committee Wed 1am
They're rushing this, after dark, without hearings, for a reason.
* Bill introed Sun 10pm
* Bill debated in E&C Committee starting at Wed 1am
* Bill passed Budget Committee Sun 10pm
* Bill scheduled in Rules Committee Wed 1am
They're rushing this, after dark, without hearings, for a reason.
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Congress is currently considering major cuts to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California. Our researchers have analyzed the potential impacts of the cuts to CA and the importance of Medi-Cal to our state. View this work here: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-center...
Labor Center Research on the Impacts of Federal Medicaid Cuts on California - UC Berkeley Labor Center
UC Berkeley Labor Center researchers Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Alexis Manzanilla, and Nari Rhee have analyzed the potential impacts of Medicaid cuts on California and the importance of the Medi-Cal...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
May 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Congress is currently considering major cuts to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California. Our researchers have analyzed the potential impacts of the cuts to CA and the importance of Medi-Cal to our state. View this work here: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-center...
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After 26.5 hour markup, House Energy and Commerce Committee reports out budget reconciliation bill including $625 billion in draconian #Medicaid cuts that would cut Medicaid enrollment by 10.3 million and increase the number of uninsured by 7.6 million.
May 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
After 26.5 hour markup, House Energy and Commerce Committee reports out budget reconciliation bill including $625 billion in draconian #Medicaid cuts that would cut Medicaid enrollment by 10.3 million and increase the number of uninsured by 7.6 million.
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🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
Save Medicaid
Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.
OcasioCortez.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.
MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.
Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid
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My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
May 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
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It's nuts that this GOP #Budget proposal, dropped after dark late on Mother's Day, is going to be voted on in a committee starting just 40 hours later, and is not going to have a single hearing on any of the provisions that its backers admit are big and consequential..
I know this is very much small potatoes considering that we just got hit with a bill that will rip coverage away from millions of people...but I'm pretty mad that the GOP ruined my (and everyone's) Mother's Day evening!
May 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It's nuts that this GOP #Budget proposal, dropped after dark late on Mother's Day, is going to be voted on in a committee starting just 40 hours later, and is not going to have a single hearing on any of the provisions that its backers admit are big and consequential..