Susan Jaffe
@susanjaffe.bsky.social
KFF Health News Contributing Writer on health policy & aging (esp. Medicare), The Lancet's DC Correspondent, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer's former aging issues columnist/reporter. Recent stories: www.susanjaffe.org. Send tips, reax to Jaffe.KHN@gmail.com.
BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.
The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implosion was months in the making, senior officials tell @thelancet.com after they resigned in protest following the dismissal of CDC Director Susan Monarez.
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CDC is “in the ICU right now” former officials say
Senior officials say HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is eviscerating the CDC. Washington
Correspondent Susan Jaffe reports.
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September 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implosion was months in the making, senior officials tell @thelancet.com after they resigned in protest following the dismissal of CDC Director Susan Monarez.
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Especially for older adults w severe hearing loss: "These glasses translate speech to text in real time and project captions of conversations to the wearer's field of view," writes @jonkalish.
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/wife-profound-hearing-loss-xander-smart-captioning-glasses-likes-dislikes
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/wife-profound-hearing-loss-xander-smart-captioning-glasses-likes-dislikes
My Wife Has Profound Hearing Loss. What She Likes About Smart Captioning Glasses and Where They Can Improve
Xander Captioning Glasses are 'a miraculous breakthrough,' my wife concluded after a brief road test. But there are a few things to know before forking over $5,000 for a pair of your own.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Especially for older adults w severe hearing loss: "These glasses translate speech to text in real time and project captions of conversations to the wearer's field of view," writes @jonkalish.
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/wife-profound-hearing-loss-xander-smart-captioning-glasses-likes-dislikes
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/wife-profound-hearing-loss-xander-smart-captioning-glasses-likes-dislikes
"I live in #Brooklyn, where real estate is pricey even for the dead," writes @paula_span. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/health/green-natural-burials.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU8.nO07.Y4ZS4Tu74f3P&smid=nytcore-android-share
When I Go, I’m Going Green
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August 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"I live in #Brooklyn, where real estate is pricey even for the dead," writes @paula_span. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/health/green-natural-burials.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU8.nO07.Y4ZS4Tu74f3P&smid=nytcore-android-share
"There are already huge numbers of vacancies for #nursinghome workers... If the immigrants who are now filling those jobs [leave], they just won't be filled," @huntercollege.bsky.social's Dr. David Himmelstein tells @newshour.bsky.social
How Trump's immigration policies are affecting caregivers and nursing homes
More than one million immigrants work in healthcare and make up an increasing share of caregivers for elderly and disabled Americans. That includes not only medical professionals, but also workers who...
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August 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"There are already huge numbers of vacancies for #nursinghome workers... If the immigrants who are now filling those jobs [leave], they just won't be filled," @huntercollege.bsky.social's Dr. David Himmelstein tells @newshour.bsky.social
Minors’ Ability to Consent to Contraception and Abortion Services www.kff.org/1d6f093/
Minors’ Ability to Consent to Contraception and Abortion Services | KFF
This brief examines state consent requirements for minors accessing contraceptive and abortion care, processes for minors to attempt to obtain abortion without parental involvement, and trends in stat...
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August 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Minors’ Ability to Consent to Contraception and Abortion Services www.kff.org/1d6f093/
"This seismic shift in the US health-care system was opposed by nearly every major health-care provider and industry organisation." #OBBBA @thelancet.com
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Millions to lose Medicaid coverage under new law
President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes the largest cuts to Medicaid since
its creation, with doctors warning that patients will suffer. Susan Jaffe reports.
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July 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"This seismic shift in the US health-care system was opposed by nearly every major health-care provider and industry organisation." #OBBBA @thelancet.com
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July 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Micaela Camozzi writes:
"I Was Laid Off from CDC...."
"As a probationary worker, I have also remained on indefinite leave and ironically received a cash performance award even though the alleged basis of my termination was poor performance." www.milbank.org/2025/07/i-wa...
"I Was Laid Off from CDC...."
"As a probationary worker, I have also remained on indefinite leave and ironically received a cash performance award even though the alleged basis of my termination was poor performance." www.milbank.org/2025/07/i-wa...
I Was Laid Off from CDC. Here’s Why We Need to Bolster State and Local Supports to Protect Public Health | Milbank Memorial Fund
I moved to Atlanta in August 2024 to begin my dream job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After making it to the semi-finalist
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July 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Micaela Camozzi writes:
"I Was Laid Off from CDC...."
"As a probationary worker, I have also remained on indefinite leave and ironically received a cash performance award even though the alleged basis of my termination was poor performance." www.milbank.org/2025/07/i-wa...
"I Was Laid Off from CDC...."
"As a probationary worker, I have also remained on indefinite leave and ironically received a cash performance award even though the alleged basis of my termination was poor performance." www.milbank.org/2025/07/i-wa...
Nine top US pharmacy groups urge health insurance companies to continue covering #vaccines at little or no cost to patients, regardless of changes to the #CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP) news.ashp.org/news/ashp-ne...
ASHP, Pharmacy Organizations Urge Insurers to Maintain Vaccine Coverage-ASHP
This week, ASHP, along with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Hematology/Oncology Ph...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nine top US pharmacy groups urge health insurance companies to continue covering #vaccines at little or no cost to patients, regardless of changes to the #CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP) news.ashp.org/news/ashp-ne...
'You Lied': Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings via @medpagetoday.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
'You Lied': Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings
Kennedy will be responsible for 'every death' from vaccine-preventable illness, pediatrician said
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June 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
'You Lied': Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings via @medpagetoday.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Health insurers promised @HHSgov this week they'll streamline prior authorization, reducing delays and red tape. Does that mean #medicareadvantage and employer-sponsored plans will increase spending on medical care? Not likely, financial analysts tell Modern Healthcare. tinyurl.com/4uawpm52
Prior authorization pledge seen as negligible to insurer finances
Modern Healthcare – Tuesday, June 24, 2025 By Nona Tepper The health insurance industry’s promise to cut red tape for providers and patients isn’t likely to cost them very much, […]
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June 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Health insurers promised @HHSgov this week they'll streamline prior authorization, reducing delays and red tape. Does that mean #medicareadvantage and employer-sponsored plans will increase spending on medical care? Not likely, financial analysts tell Modern Healthcare. tinyurl.com/4uawpm52
Need a good reason to get the shingles vaccine? #PaulaSSpan has one that may surprise you.
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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Need a good reason to get the shingles vaccine? #PaulaSSpan has one that may surprise you.
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Deadline 7/18 for full-time & freelance reporters to apply for
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@geronsociety.bsky.social fellowship includes $1,500 stipend + expenses to attend Boston conference. Info, projects & past recipients (includg moi!) at tinyurl.com/yc5c33jn #AgingIssues background not required @lizseegert.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Deadline 7/18 for full-time & freelance reporters to apply for
@geronsociety.bsky.social fellowship includes $1,500 stipend + expenses to attend Boston conference. Info, projects & past recipients (includg moi!) at tinyurl.com/yc5c33jn #AgingIssues background not required @lizseegert.bsky.social
@geronsociety.bsky.social fellowship includes $1,500 stipend + expenses to attend Boston conference. Info, projects & past recipients (includg moi!) at tinyurl.com/yc5c33jn #AgingIssues background not required @lizseegert.bsky.social
From today's @AmerMedicalAssn meeting: "I'm terrified for my patients," says #OBGYN @AllieConry re: elimination of abortions from required emergency medical care (#EMTALA). "People will die because of this..." @joycefr.bsky.social & @medpagetoday.bsky.social
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AMA Urged to Speak Out Against EMTALA Guidelines Withdrawal
'People will die because of this, and our AMA needs to be on the right side'
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June 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
From today's @AmerMedicalAssn meeting: "I'm terrified for my patients," says #OBGYN @AllieConry re: elimination of abortions from required emergency medical care (#EMTALA). "People will die because of this..." @joycefr.bsky.social & @medpagetoday.bsky.social
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"...Since the legislation’s inception five years ago, more than $72 million has been infused into the local community media ecosystem." #LocalNews #independentjournalism
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/05/nyc-policy-directs-72-million-to-community-media-over-five-years-new-report-finds/
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/05/nyc-policy-directs-72-million-to-community-media-over-five-years-new-report-finds/
NYC Policy Directs $72 Million to Community Media Over Five Years, New Report Finds - Newmark J-School
A new report spotlights the transformative impact of New York City’s groundbreaking legislation supporting community media outlets.
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May 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"...Since the legislation’s inception five years ago, more than $72 million has been infused into the local community media ecosystem." #LocalNews #independentjournalism
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/05/nyc-policy-directs-72-million-to-community-media-over-five-years-new-report-finds/
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Reposted by Susan Jaffe
Medicaid work requirements don’t hold corporations accountable—they punish low-wage workers. It’s upside-down policy.
❌ They stigmatize people trying to survive
✔️ While protecting corporate bottom lines
Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare, plain and simple.
❌ They stigmatize people trying to survive
✔️ While protecting corporate bottom lines
Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare, plain and simple.
May 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Medicaid work requirements don’t hold corporations accountable—they punish low-wage workers. It’s upside-down policy.
❌ They stigmatize people trying to survive
✔️ While protecting corporate bottom lines
Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare, plain and simple.
❌ They stigmatize people trying to survive
✔️ While protecting corporate bottom lines
Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare, plain and simple.
If the Trump Administration imposes tariffs on #imported #drugs and/or their active ingredients, can companies here produce enough products to meet the demand? How long would it take to boost production? via @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Trump works towards US tariffs on drug imports
Observers warn of the negative health consequences if US President Donald Trump follows
through on his promise to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Susan Jaffe reports.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If the Trump Administration imposes tariffs on #imported #drugs and/or their active ingredients, can companies here produce enough products to meet the demand? How long would it take to boost production? via @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancet.bsky.social editorial April 25, 2025: “The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
April 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@thelancet.bsky.social editorial April 25, 2025: “The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Daughters of an 82-year-old woman w/memory problems put a camera in their mother's assisted living apartment. It told them what their mother couldn't, writes @paula_span. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/h...
Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities (Gift Article)
Roughly 20 states now have laws permitting families to place cameras in the rooms of loved ones. Facility operators are often opposed.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Daughters of an 82-year-old woman w/memory problems put a camera in their mother's assisted living apartment. It told them what their mother couldn't, writes @paula_span. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/h...
Disability Advocates Sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to Stop Unlawful Cuts to Social Security Services justiceinaging.org/ssa-doge-law...
Disability Advocates Sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to Stop Unlawful Cuts to Social Security Services - Justice in Aging
The lawsuit alleges that recent mass staffing reductions, policies requiring individuals to seek services in person at field offices, and the elimination of critical offices within the SSA unlawfully ...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Disability Advocates Sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to Stop Unlawful Cuts to Social Security Services justiceinaging.org/ssa-doge-law...
Your risk of #AlzheimersDisease might be LESS than you think, writes @paula_span for @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/h...
Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why. (Gift Article)
The number of cases will increase, but the rates seem to be declining with every birth cohort that reaches advanced ages, researchers said.
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March 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Your risk of #AlzheimersDisease might be LESS than you think, writes @paula_span for @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/h...