Troy Tassier
@troytassier.bsky.social
Public health, health equity, economic inequality, complex systems, social networks
Economist at Fordham
Author: The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks (JHU Press)
Book webpage: troytassier.com
Economist at Fordham
Author: The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks (JHU Press)
Book webpage: troytassier.com
From $480/ month to over $1,900 and forced to drop vision and dental care.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
From $480/ month to over $1,900 and forced to drop vision and dental care.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
GOP called the projected effect of DOGE’s elimination of USAID and other foreign aid hyperbole.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
GOP called the projected effect of DOGE’s elimination of USAID and other foreign aid hyperbole.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
Almost 3/4 of people without health insurance have at least one full time worker in their home. The biggest reason these people don’t have health insurance is the cost. And that cost is going up dramatically for millions of hard working Americans who depend on the ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Almost 3/4 of people without health insurance have at least one full time worker in their home. The biggest reason these people don’t have health insurance is the cost. And that cost is going up dramatically for millions of hard working Americans who depend on the ACA.
The next GOP lie will be, the ACA is a failure, and then they will act to repeal it.
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The next GOP lie will be, the ACA is a failure, and then they will act to repeal it.
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
I don’t care whether Tesla gives Musk $1T or $100T. I do care that insanely rich people like Musk & Trump use their $$$ to accumulate power & use that power to kill kids. USAID may have had some flaws. But it was cheap($24/person) & effective. Its dismantling has already cost 600k lives-400k kids.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I don’t care whether Tesla gives Musk $1T or $100T. I do care that insanely rich people like Musk & Trump use their $$$ to accumulate power & use that power to kill kids. USAID may have had some flaws. But it was cheap($24/person) & effective. Its dismantling has already cost 600k lives-400k kids.
Today in Manhattan.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today in Manhattan.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
For all the folks still claiming the ACA is a failure. Would it be better if nearly 1 in 5 people didn't have health insurance? That's certainly a way to help some families' budgets, right? At least until they can't afford out of pocket medical care bc of an unexpected illness or accident.
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For all the folks still claiming the ACA is a failure. Would it be better if nearly 1 in 5 people didn't have health insurance? That's certainly a way to help some families' budgets, right? At least until they can't afford out of pocket medical care bc of an unexpected illness or accident.
Seeing lots of folks on the right claiming “ghetto” (their word) people need to get jobs and get off snap benefits, as if poverty was primarily an urban unemployment issue. Short response, it isn’t. A couple of educational graphs below.
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Seeing lots of folks on the right claiming “ghetto” (their word) people need to get jobs and get off snap benefits, as if poverty was primarily an urban unemployment issue. Short response, it isn’t. A couple of educational graphs below.
All these companies and rich cats have enough loose change to fund a gaudy ballroom…
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
All these companies and rich cats have enough loose change to fund a gaudy ballroom…
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
Why does it seem so difficult to get ahead when AVG income goes up and AVG inflation seems to have slowed?
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Why does it seem so difficult to get ahead when AVG income goes up and AVG inflation seems to have slowed?
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
The 19th century NYC tenement acts made the city safer from infectious disease. Areas w/ older non-compliant tenements had the most infectious disease deaths per capita. Areas w/ newer tenements were some of the safest in the city despite having most pop density. 1/2
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The 19th century NYC tenement acts made the city safer from infectious disease. Areas w/ older non-compliant tenements had the most infectious disease deaths per capita. Areas w/ newer tenements were some of the safest in the city despite having most pop density. 1/2
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
When will the GOP finally look to other countries for guidance on health care. Our market based health care system is clearly failing us. Only fools fail by doing the same thing over and over without looking for a better way.
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When will the GOP finally look to other countries for guidance on health care. Our market based health care system is clearly failing us. Only fools fail by doing the same thing over and over without looking for a better way.
Skipped the day they covered percentages in middle school.
Drug prices to drop by 100% to 500%!
Would be quite the feat to have drug companies paying us to take meds!
Drug prices to drop by 100% to 500%!
Would be quite the feat to have drug companies paying us to take meds!
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Skipped the day they covered percentages in middle school.
Drug prices to drop by 100% to 500%!
Would be quite the feat to have drug companies paying us to take meds!
Drug prices to drop by 100% to 500%!
Would be quite the feat to have drug companies paying us to take meds!
Scrolling through my posts today. I couldn’t have put two more opposite people next to each other. Evil and goodness personified.
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Scrolling through my posts today. I couldn’t have put two more opposite people next to each other. Evil and goodness personified.
We reject dictatorship disguised as patriotism. We celebrate community over chaos, people over power, and truth over tyranny.
October 18th.
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October 18th.
Visit NoKings.org for a location near you: www.nokings.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We reject dictatorship disguised as patriotism. We celebrate community over chaos, people over power, and truth over tyranny.
October 18th.
Visit NoKings.org for a location near you: www.nokings.org
October 18th.
Visit NoKings.org for a location near you: www.nokings.org
Three other examples in pic.
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Three other examples in pic.
ACA subsidies=one of the things Dems are fighting for this week. Ex from KFF.
55 year old couple making $85k will lose their $13k tax credit via BigUglyBill. $13k + expected inflation of premiums=their health insurance will go up $17k in one year! They will lose 20% of before tax inc overnight!
55 year old couple making $85k will lose their $13k tax credit via BigUglyBill. $13k + expected inflation of premiums=their health insurance will go up $17k in one year! They will lose 20% of before tax inc overnight!
September 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
ACA subsidies=one of the things Dems are fighting for this week. Ex from KFF.
55 year old couple making $85k will lose their $13k tax credit via BigUglyBill. $13k + expected inflation of premiums=their health insurance will go up $17k in one year! They will lose 20% of before tax inc overnight!
55 year old couple making $85k will lose their $13k tax credit via BigUglyBill. $13k + expected inflation of premiums=their health insurance will go up $17k in one year! They will lose 20% of before tax inc overnight!
31x increase in measles cases in 2025 compared to 2024. Can, Mex, and US doing the heavy lifting here. Of course the vast majority are unvaxed. Full report in first comment.
September 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
31x increase in measles cases in 2025 compared to 2024. Can, Mex, and US doing the heavy lifting here. Of course the vast majority are unvaxed. Full report in first comment.
wtf is @cnn.com doing? They have Kasie Hunt’s show with a discussion panel, and next to it on the screen is a side conversation over text with a separate panel! Doesn’t that just say, this first panel sucks so much that they can’t hold your attention or say something important?!
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
wtf is @cnn.com doing? They have Kasie Hunt’s show with a discussion panel, and next to it on the screen is a side conversation over text with a separate panel! Doesn’t that just say, this first panel sucks so much that they can’t hold your attention or say something important?!
Many of our econ troubles are in this graph. It's not all abt ⬇️ union membership (tho that's part of the problem) it's the big gap between productivity and compensation. And, outside of this graph, a need for a broader social safety net as homes, health and education become unaffordable for many.
September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Many of our econ troubles are in this graph. It's not all abt ⬇️ union membership (tho that's part of the problem) it's the big gap between productivity and compensation. And, outside of this graph, a need for a broader social safety net as homes, health and education become unaffordable for many.
From @pkrugman.bsky.social below.I think there is a larger point. The right sees almost all things as zero-sum. Jobs held by an immigrants, gains in foreign GDP, $s earned by rival firms, etc are all things taken from them. They don't see benefits of cooperation or concessions as mutually beneficial
September 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
From @pkrugman.bsky.social below.I think there is a larger point. The right sees almost all things as zero-sum. Jobs held by an immigrants, gains in foreign GDP, $s earned by rival firms, etc are all things taken from them. They don't see benefits of cooperation or concessions as mutually beneficial