Myra Batchelder
@myrabatchelder.bsky.social
Policy. Advocacy. Public Health.
Health Equity. SRHRJ. COVID-19.
New Yorker. Midwesterner.
She/her.
Health Equity. SRHRJ. COVID-19.
New Yorker. Midwesterner.
She/her.
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Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment
A husband who won a $500,000 scratch-off ticket in Ohio, and said he planned to pay off his wife's medical debt for her cancer treatment.
www.freep.com
"Husband wins Ohio lottery scratch-off, plans to cover wife's cancer treatment"
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and should provide universal healthcare.
No one should have to win the lottery to afford cancer treatment.
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Breaking a little news tonight: Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov, speaking tonight at Progressive Maryland's annual gala, just announced he will be sponsoring Medicare for All legislation in the US Senate. This is his first time sponsoring 👀👀👀
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Breaking a little news tonight: Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov, speaking tonight at Progressive Maryland's annual gala, just announced he will be sponsoring Medicare for All legislation in the US Senate. This is his first time sponsoring 👀👀👀
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Karen Pittman might be an actress, but her past experience with food insecurity is real.
She opens up about the challenges she faced applying for SNAP and why she believes sharing her story can help others find strength through vulnerability.
She opens up about the challenges she faced applying for SNAP and why she believes sharing her story can help others find strength through vulnerability.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Karen Pittman might be an actress, but her past experience with food insecurity is real.
She opens up about the challenges she faced applying for SNAP and why she believes sharing her story can help others find strength through vulnerability.
She opens up about the challenges she faced applying for SNAP and why she believes sharing her story can help others find strength through vulnerability.
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The Trump administration directed visa officers to consider obesity — and other chronic health conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes — as reasons to deny foreigners visas to the U.S.
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Trump administration directed visa officers to consider obesity — and other chronic health conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes — as reasons to deny foreigners visas to the U.S.
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
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Starbucks employees have long fought against consistently unpredictable schedules, short staffing, low pay, and unfair labor practices.
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Starbucks employees have long fought against consistently unpredictable schedules, short staffing, low pay, and unfair labor practices.
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
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Just posted on NYT website, and a big, fat ‘I told you’ to those who caved.
It’s such a gut punch.
#DemVoice1
#Pinks 🌸
It’s such a gut punch.
#DemVoice1
#Pinks 🌸
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Just posted on NYT website, and a big, fat ‘I told you’ to those who caved.
It’s such a gut punch.
#DemVoice1
#Pinks 🌸
It’s such a gut punch.
#DemVoice1
#Pinks 🌸
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The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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I think about this all of the time and about every topic.
In general it's useful to think about what the GOP would have done today if the shoe was on the other foot.
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I think about this all of the time and about every topic.
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is encouraging people to host community events all around the city on the 15th to hand out whistles and know-your-rights info, and to generally establish more community connections. Get involved! www.handsoffnyc.com/nov15
Whistles: An extremely low-tech community tool that could prove invaluable over the coming months. I'd like to see a well-funded organization mass produce these and encourage people to hand them out liberally, to friends and neighbors, as party favors, for free at checkout counters, etc.
To stand up to ICE agents, some Chicagoans are arming themselves with whistles
The plastic whistles have become a way to loudly resist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and warn those who may be in danger.
www.wbez.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is encouraging people to host community events all around the city on the 15th to hand out whistles and know-your-rights info, and to generally establish more community connections. Get involved! www.handsoffnyc.com/nov15
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This Saturday, November 15th, join your neighbors for a local event as part of the 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
Plug into an event near you: www.handsoffnyc.com/nov15 #HandsOffNYC
Plug into an event near you: www.handsoffnyc.com/nov15 #HandsOffNYC
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This Saturday, November 15th, join your neighbors for a local event as part of the 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
Plug into an event near you: www.handsoffnyc.com/nov15 #HandsOffNYC
Plug into an event near you: www.handsoffnyc.com/nov15 #HandsOffNYC
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But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
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Birth control is health care. It’s safety, opportunity, and choice—and it’s under attack. This #ThxBirthControl Day, we’re fighting against misinformation and uplifting the truth: contraception changes lives!
📷: @powertodecide.bsky.social
📷: @powertodecide.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Birth control is health care. It’s safety, opportunity, and choice—and it’s under attack. This #ThxBirthControl Day, we’re fighting against misinformation and uplifting the truth: contraception changes lives!
📷: @powertodecide.bsky.social
📷: @powertodecide.bsky.social
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The same voices opposing abortion are ALSO targeting birth control access. But we are NOT backing down. Use #ThxBirthControl Day to share your stories and remind everyone why access is so essential 🙌
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The same voices opposing abortion are ALSO targeting birth control access. But we are NOT backing down. Use #ThxBirthControl Day to share your stories and remind everyone why access is so essential 🙌
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Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
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Brian Allen
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez just delivered one of the most powerful lines of the night:
“I am a cancer survivor. If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act, I would not be able to get insurance.”
That’s not politics, that’s life and death.
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez just delivered one of the most powerful lines of the night:
“I am a cancer survivor. If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act, I would not be able to get insurance.”
That’s not politics, that’s life and death.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Brian Allen
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez just delivered one of the most powerful lines of the night:
“I am a cancer survivor. If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act, I would not be able to get insurance.”
That’s not politics, that’s life and death.
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez just delivered one of the most powerful lines of the night:
“I am a cancer survivor. If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act, I would not be able to get insurance.”
That’s not politics, that’s life and death.
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Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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"Here’s the kicker: We even got them to agree not to pass the healthcare subsidies that we’ve been working for. You know, the ones average Americans rely on. Here’s how we did it: We asked, then they said, 'No way,' and then we said, 'Okay.' That’s how you win."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
“Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government sh...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Here’s the kicker: We even got them to agree not to pass the healthcare subsidies that we’ve been working for. You know, the ones average Americans rely on. Here’s how we did it: We asked, then they said, 'No way,' and then we said, 'Okay.' That’s how you win."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
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In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
Something to keep in mind with ACA health insurance purchased on the Marketplace is there is a limited timeframe for when you can buy it - Nov 1 to Jan 15. www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/...
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
When can you get health insurance?
If you haven’t applied for insurance on HealthCare.gov before, here's what you need to know about the Health Insurance Marketplace®.
To get ready for Open Enrollment, sign up for emails to get deadlin...
www.healthcare.gov
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Something to keep in mind with ACA health insurance purchased on the Marketplace is there is a limited timeframe for when you can buy it - Nov 1 to Jan 15. www.healthcare.gov/quick-guide/...
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.
People are going to have to decide about whether to purchase health insurance by January.