Tim Broderick
@timbroderick.bsky.social
Data and viz, Modern Healthcare, but views here are mine and don't reflect MH. Anyway, I don’t post much. You’re welcome.
Photo of fox on neighbor’s garage roof (really!) by me
Photo of fox on neighbor’s garage roof (really!) by me
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Starting the day
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Starting the day
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You could say Republicans are at the spaghetti-on-the-wall stage with attempts to find a counter to letting enhanced ACA subsidies. Proving to be a real headache. Walking the halls of Congress, you could hear vitriol at insurance companies, lots about HSAs, and tons of proposals for ACA changes.
Republicans eye HSAs, ACA overhaul as enhanced subsidies near end
Under pressure to respond to skyrocketing health insurance exchange premiums, the GOP is scrambling for an elusive healthcare plan.
www.modernhealthcare.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You could say Republicans are at the spaghetti-on-the-wall stage with attempts to find a counter to letting enhanced ACA subsidies. Proving to be a real headache. Walking the halls of Congress, you could hear vitriol at insurance companies, lots about HSAs, and tons of proposals for ACA changes.
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Hospitals are not increasing revenue fast enough to keep up with two factors entirely out of their control — inflation and the graying of America.
Read my latest data dive with @timbroderick.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4o6czrr via @modernhealthcare.bsky.social
Read my latest data dive with @timbroderick.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4o6czrr via @modernhealthcare.bsky.social
Hospital revenue stagnates amid inflation, sicker patients
Hospitals aim to diversify and increase revenue to offset inflation and higher operating costs.
www.modernhealthcare.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hospitals are not increasing revenue fast enough to keep up with two factors entirely out of their control — inflation and the graying of America.
Read my latest data dive with @timbroderick.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4o6czrr via @modernhealthcare.bsky.social
Read my latest data dive with @timbroderick.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4o6czrr via @modernhealthcare.bsky.social
Went looking for a bit of history on Chicago’s head tax and found this good read by the @thetriibe.com
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Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money • The TRiiBE
Proponents say former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s removal of the corporate head tax left a hole in the city's budget that was never replaced; they want the rich to pay their fair share.
thetriibe.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Went looking for a bit of history on Chicago’s head tax and found this good read by the @thetriibe.com
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
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Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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I have lost count of the number of times that Ellis has said the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have lost count of the number of times that Ellis has said the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
We have the hot block this year
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We have the hot block this year
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I'm not talented at self-promotion, so I feel almost certain that a big selling point will be that we have a chat thread where we post pictures of mushrooms. Oh, also, brand new material set in Seraphina's world, available nowhere else:
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Creating Fake Folktales
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October 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I'm not talented at self-promotion, so I feel almost certain that a big selling point will be that we have a chat thread where we post pictures of mushrooms. Oh, also, brand new material set in Seraphina's world, available nowhere else:
patreon.com/u3437010?utm...
patreon.com/u3437010?utm...
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Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."
That's it. Thanks again for following.
That's it. Thanks again for following.
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."
That's it. Thanks again for following.
That's it. Thanks again for following.
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Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social
Judge to Decide Whether to Block National Guard Deployment as Trump Sends California Troops to Illinois
Lawyers for the Department of Justice told U.S. District Court Judge April Perry the president deployed the National Guard because “levels of violence against federal law enforcement executing their l...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Mike Johnson: Democrats "have made a decision that they would rather give taxpayer funded benefits to illegal aliens than to keep the doors open for the American people."
to be clear, this has been fact-checked repeatedly, and federal dollars do not fund benefits for the undocumented.
to be clear, this has been fact-checked repeatedly, and federal dollars do not fund benefits for the undocumented.
FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'
This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.
apnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Mike Johnson: Democrats "have made a decision that they would rather give taxpayer funded benefits to illegal aliens than to keep the doors open for the American people."
to be clear, this has been fact-checked repeatedly, and federal dollars do not fund benefits for the undocumented.
to be clear, this has been fact-checked repeatedly, and federal dollars do not fund benefits for the undocumented.
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Who in healthcare do you not want to be right now? Start with telehealth. But the bite from the shutdown could be really long-lasting and painful for community health centers, small rural hospitals. They're already planning for HR 1, and now losing key funding streams to support current operations
Here’s where the shutdown pain is most acute in healthcare
Medicare-funded remote services are cut off, hospital pay boosts are on hold and community health center funding lapses
www.modernhealthcare.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Who in healthcare do you not want to be right now? Start with telehealth. But the bite from the shutdown could be really long-lasting and painful for community health centers, small rural hospitals. They're already planning for HR 1, and now losing key funding streams to support current operations
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Why do economists care about inequality in incomes and wealth?
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Why do economists care about inequality in incomes and wealth?
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
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Some post-acute providers are walking away from Medicare Advantage insurers they say often deny or delay care.
Post-acute providers draw battle lines over prior authorizations
www.modernhealthcare.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Some post-acute providers are walking away from Medicare Advantage insurers they say often deny or delay care.
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World health officials counter President Trump's unproven claim of link between Tylenol and autism.
World health officials counter Trump's unproven claim of link between Tylenol and autism
Authorities from Australia to Europe moved swiftly Tuesday to respond to the U.S. announcement and affirm the safety of the drug during pregnancy.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
World health officials counter President Trump's unproven claim of link between Tylenol and autism.
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WSJ - Federal economists and researchers responsible for measuring hunger in America are placed on indefinite paid leave. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u...
Exclusive | USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave
The move comes days after the Trump administration abruptly canceled an annual Agriculture Department report that measures hunger in America.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
WSJ - Federal economists and researchers responsible for measuring hunger in America are placed on indefinite paid leave. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u...
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Coming soon: Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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My first job was with his Southtown Economist, at the printing plant at 60th and Harlem. Same plant that printed the New York Times. Saw the first color photo on the NYT front page roll off the presses.
Bruce Sagan, the longtime owner and publisher of the Hyde Park Herald and arts leader who served on the WFMT Radio Committee for more than two decades, has died at the age of 96.
Longtime Chicago Publisher, Arts Leader Bruce Sagan Dies at 96
The former journalist, who was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Joe Biden in 2024 for his contributions as an arts leader in Chicago, died at his home Sunday following a brief battle wi...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My first job was with his Southtown Economist, at the printing plant at 60th and Harlem. Same plant that printed the New York Times. Saw the first color photo on the NYT front page roll off the presses.
Pretty surreal watching All The President’s Men last night and following the news at the same time
September 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Pretty surreal watching All The President’s Men last night and following the news at the same time
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I am begging national media not to recycle this narrative and pay attention to the local reporting on the ground like @thetriibe.com
There’s video. There’s pictures. This was no riot.
There’s video. There’s pictures. This was no riot.
Fuck you. We’re from Chicago. This is complete bullshit. But we take insults from fascists as compliments, wear them as badges of honor..
Violent Rioters Assault Law Enforcement at ICE Broadview Processing Center, Police under JB Pritzker’s Sanctuary Jurisdiction Refuse to Answer Calls to Help Stop Assaults | Homeland Security
Early this morning, over a hundred rioters surrounded the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview Processing Center— rioters assaulted law enforcement, threw tear gas cans, slashed ti...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I am begging national media not to recycle this narrative and pay attention to the local reporting on the ground like @thetriibe.com
There’s video. There’s pictures. This was no riot.
There’s video. There’s pictures. This was no riot.
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It's not just government funding at stake in this showdown.
It's also telehealth and hospital-at-home.
If Congress can't cut some sort of deal over the next week, thousands of people with telehealth appoints on Oct. 1 or remote hospital services will be out of luck.
It's also telehealth and hospital-at-home.
If Congress can't cut some sort of deal over the next week, thousands of people with telehealth appoints on Oct. 1 or remote hospital services will be out of luck.
Key health programs face cliff as government funding bill falls
Congress is taking a break after failing to extend health programs and prevent a government shutdown that would start in 12 days.
www.modernhealthcare.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's not just government funding at stake in this showdown.
It's also telehealth and hospital-at-home.
If Congress can't cut some sort of deal over the next week, thousands of people with telehealth appoints on Oct. 1 or remote hospital services will be out of luck.
It's also telehealth and hospital-at-home.
If Congress can't cut some sort of deal over the next week, thousands of people with telehealth appoints on Oct. 1 or remote hospital services will be out of luck.
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Wanna Get Away? Come escape with us to #FridayNightZillow, back for tonight, hopefully to bring a smile to your face and a break from doomscrolling.
September 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Wanna Get Away? Come escape with us to #FridayNightZillow, back for tonight, hopefully to bring a smile to your face and a break from doomscrolling.