Sarah Hooper
@sarahhoops.bsky.social
Executive Director and Professor of Practice, UCSF-UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy
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As Trump and the GOP move to take health care away from 11.5 million of us today, I’ll be thinking about the elderly people we serve and wondering where they will go when their Medicaid is cut and their hospitals and nursing facilities close. Front lawn of the White House?
July 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As Trump and the GOP move to take health care away from 11.5 million of us today, I’ll be thinking about the elderly people we serve and wondering where they will go when their Medicaid is cut and their hospitals and nursing facilities close. Front lawn of the White House?
Reposted by Sarah Hooper
A federal judge ruled in favor of dozens of states Thursday by finding that President Donald Trump’s massive federal funding freeze in late January encroached upon Congress’s power of the purse.
Trump's Funding Freeze Violated Separation of Powers, Judge Rules
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www.democracydocket.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A federal judge ruled in favor of dozens of states Thursday by finding that President Donald Trump’s massive federal funding freeze in late January encroached upon Congress’s power of the purse.
They are afraid of the grandmothers who ask simple questions about Medicaid, Social Security, and the future safety of their grandchildren. Too bad for them- grandmas know how to internet too and they got time.
Republicans are moving their town hall events online, where they can pre-select questions — and many are backing away from these events altogether.
Mike Johnson Baselessly Claims Constituents Challenging Republicans at Town Halls Are “Paid Actors”
Several videos of Republican lawmakers being confronted by angry voters have gone viral online.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
They are afraid of the grandmothers who ask simple questions about Medicaid, Social Security, and the future safety of their grandchildren. Too bad for them- grandmas know how to internet too and they got time.
An elderly veteran in our clinic did everything right: she planned, she saved. But she spent all her savings on her care and now relies on Medicaid to live in her home. This week the Republicans voted to cut Medicaid, her lifeline and that of 13 million older adults in our families and communities.
February 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
An elderly veteran in our clinic did everything right: she planned, she saved. But she spent all her savings on her care and now relies on Medicaid to live in her home. This week the Republicans voted to cut Medicaid, her lifeline and that of 13 million older adults in our families and communities.