Chris T
@publichealthguy.bsky.social
Pharmacist interested in health outcomes, cardiology pharmacotherapy, and public health policy. @rxchristall on Instagram.
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the white house is trying to destabilize the ACA markets by wrecking the risk pools. the end result is vulnerable people die
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
the white house is trying to destabilize the ACA markets by wrecking the risk pools. the end result is vulnerable people die
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"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
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Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
We finally know what “concepts of a plan” looks like – and it’s not good.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Republicans have talked about having the concept of a healthcare plan to replace the ACA for a decade, but sure, this time they *really really* mean it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Republicans have talked about having the concept of a healthcare plan to replace the ACA for a decade, but sure, this time they *really really* mean it.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Fun bit of news: I am a contestant on Netflix’s next season of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2. There are a lot of great personalities on this season, so tune in starting November 4th to see me and the rest of the cast.
#squidgame #netflix #squidgamechallenge #squidgamethechallenge
#squidgame #netflix #squidgamechallenge #squidgamethechallenge
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fun bit of news: I am a contestant on Netflix’s next season of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2. There are a lot of great personalities on this season, so tune in starting November 4th to see me and the rest of the cast.
#squidgame #netflix #squidgamechallenge #squidgamethechallenge
#squidgame #netflix #squidgamechallenge #squidgamethechallenge
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A health insurance ‘death spiral’ looms if young people drop out as prices spike : Shots - Health News
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Why the ACA needs young people — and the looming 'death spiral' for health insurance
Young and healthy people who get Affordable Care Act health insurance are thinking about dropping coverage next year, as the government remains shutdown over health care tax credits.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A health insurance ‘death spiral’ looms if young people drop out as prices spike : Shots - Health News
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Opinion: Corporate support cannot make up for threats to the NIH budget www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/n...
Corporate support cannot make up for threats to the NIH budget
The privatization of medical research can’t replace what the NIH has provided.
www.statnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Opinion: Corporate support cannot make up for threats to the NIH budget www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/n...
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Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 6% in 2025, Nearing $27,000, with Workers Paying $6,850 Toward Premiums Out of Their Paychecks www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 6% in 2025, Nearing $27,000, with Workers Paying $6,850 Toward Premiums Out of Their Paychecks | KFF
Family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance reached an average of $26,993 this year, KFF’s annual benchmark health benefits survey of large and smaller employers finds. On average, workers...
www.kff.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 6% in 2025, Nearing $27,000, with Workers Paying $6,850 Toward Premiums Out of Their Paychecks www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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The Consequences of Selective Defunding of Health-Relevant Research Areas url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Consequences of Selective Defunding of Health-Relevant Research Areas
Research has long been dependent on the generosity of the benefactors who fund it. In the Medieval Period, in presixteenth century Europe, early scholarship was principally supported by the Church. Mo...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Consequences of Selective Defunding of Health-Relevant Research Areas url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
(Published August)
(Published August)
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
(Published August)
(Published August)
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Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
I can’t help but think of the absolute cowardice of the private sector, pharma and biotech in particular, who for decades have profited off of relationships with the public sector. Now that civil servants like those at the CDC are being fired en masse, the private sector is no where to be found.
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I can’t help but think of the absolute cowardice of the private sector, pharma and biotech in particular, who for decades have profited off of relationships with the public sector. Now that civil servants like those at the CDC are being fired en masse, the private sector is no where to be found.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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it’s less than 90 days until bills are due for the first month of coverage
SHERMAN: Who will own the political impact if health insurance does go up 200 percent?
MIKE JOHNSON: That's putting the cart like a mile in front of the horse.
MIKE JOHNSON: That's putting the cart like a mile in front of the horse.
October 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
it’s less than 90 days until bills are due for the first month of coverage
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RFK Jr. also falsely claims that with the government shutdown:
“Democrats want to hurt hospitals and clinics in vulnerable communities by repeal of $50B in rural health care funding”.
He omits the fact that the “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts $187B and that rural health clinics are already closing.
“Democrats want to hurt hospitals and clinics in vulnerable communities by repeal of $50B in rural health care funding”.
He omits the fact that the “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts $187B and that rural health clinics are already closing.
October 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
RFK Jr. also falsely claims that with the government shutdown:
“Democrats want to hurt hospitals and clinics in vulnerable communities by repeal of $50B in rural health care funding”.
He omits the fact that the “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts $187B and that rural health clinics are already closing.
“Democrats want to hurt hospitals and clinics in vulnerable communities by repeal of $50B in rural health care funding”.
He omits the fact that the “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts $187B and that rural health clinics are already closing.
This is alarming. Resources for dementia patients and caregivers are already stretched and expected to reach crisis level by 2030.
COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults
Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.
Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.
COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults
Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is alarming. Resources for dementia patients and caregivers are already stretched and expected to reach crisis level by 2030.
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marrazzo is one of the most respected and accomplished physician scientists/public health experts in the world
“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”
Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
marrazzo is one of the most respected and accomplished physician scientists/public health experts in the world
There is always a grift with the current administration and those adjacent to it.
New from @abbierichards.bsky.social, based in part on research I provided:
TikTok Shop is now selling supplements from a company co-founded by "Plandemic" conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis.
The company claims the supplements “bulletproof your immune system,” likely in violation of TikTok rules.
TikTok Shop is now selling supplements from a company co-founded by "Plandemic" conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis.
The company claims the supplements “bulletproof your immune system,” likely in violation of TikTok rules.
TikTok Shop is selling supplements made by Plandemic filmmaker
www.mediamatters.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There is always a grift with the current administration and those adjacent to it.
Mental health care services in the United States cannot be dependent on for-profit organizations to survive. Private equity and for-profit companies will strip them for cash and leave the communities they serve with nothing when it’s all said and done.
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For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. — ProPublica
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Mental health care services in the United States cannot be dependent on for-profit organizations to survive. Private equity and for-profit companies will strip them for cash and leave the communities they serve with nothing when it’s all said and done.
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The label of a drug is close to a sacrosanct document. It represents the trust between the government and the user of the drug that the drug is safe and effective and that all risks and benefits are accurately outlined. Changing it to suit a political agenda is imo an earthshaking matter
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The label of a drug is close to a sacrosanct document. It represents the trust between the government and the user of the drug that the drug is safe and effective and that all risks and benefits are accurately outlined. Changing it to suit a political agenda is imo an earthshaking matter
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Even before Trump, preterm births and low birthweight births are more prevalent under GOP presidencies than Dem presidencies.
The negative association between Republican presidencies & infant health is especially pronounced for Black babies.
Torche & Rauf 2021 using 1971-2018 state-level data.
The negative association between Republican presidencies & infant health is especially pronounced for Black babies.
Torche & Rauf 2021 using 1971-2018 state-level data.
September 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Even before Trump, preterm births and low birthweight births are more prevalent under GOP presidencies than Dem presidencies.
The negative association between Republican presidencies & infant health is especially pronounced for Black babies.
Torche & Rauf 2021 using 1971-2018 state-level data.
The negative association between Republican presidencies & infant health is especially pronounced for Black babies.
Torche & Rauf 2021 using 1971-2018 state-level data.
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Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.