WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.
But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.
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The percentage of people dying before age 70 is an honest accounting of whether our health systems are working. For the United States, that number tells us we’re failing nearly one in four people.
Since last year, more calls to Georgia’s 988 mental health crisis line have been rerouted out of state. Many callers hang up or disconnect before reaching a counselor.
They're not the only state struggling with disconnected or rerouted 988 calls.
@rgrapevine.bsky.social and Andy Miller report ⤵️
Georgia resident Tracy says that rising monthly health care costs would “most likely mean sacrificing essentials, groceries, gas, other basic necessities that I rely on.”
The proposed public charge changes will increase fear, worsen health outcomes, and destabilize communities — impacts DHS itself has acknowledged.
We urge DHS to withdraw this proposal. Health care access should not come with fear. Read our full statement here >> https://pulse.ly/w0uqd8ree0
CMS is saying they can do this because this care is not "healthcare" and thus they aren't regulating practice of medicine... seems like a slippery slope? what stops them from next saying abortion isn't healthcare?
Tracy, 57, from GA, received this notice showing her #ACA marketplace premium rising from $82 to $1,616/month if premium tax credit enhancements expire — nearly a $19k increase next year. For her, that means choosing between coverage and essentials.
21 days stand between real people and devastating premium increases for the ACA marketplace coverage. People like Tracy are facing impossible choices. Congress still has time to pass a clean extension that would solve this problem.
We actually just wrote a blog about this. Cash subsidies sound simple — but the impact is severe.
Younger, healthier people would flock to low-quality “junk” plans or drop coverage altogether.
Who’s left? Older & sicker people, skyrocketing premiums, and a real threat to the ACA.
Read more👇
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children
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On Dec. 7, we’re taking you to Albany, Georgia, and telling a story as we never have before.
In a new 5-part series, ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues one question: “Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?”
Today is World AIDS Day, a day to honor the lives of those affected by HIV. This year we're urging people to honor World AIDS Day by telling Congress to pass a funding bill which ensures access to critical and affordable HIV care. TAKE ACTION: bit.ly/GE_WAD
Reports that the White House is working on a proposal to extend premium tax credit enhancements shows the Administration is acknowledging the urgent need to address premium spikes for millions of marketplace enrollees. But big questions remain.🧵
People have to sign up for ACA marketplace coverage by December 15 to have health insurance January 1. Even if Congress passed an extension with tweaks to the premium tax credits, computer systems could not be reprogrammed immediately.
Losing $5.4 billion in federal supplemental payments for providers amounts to unsustainable pressure for our healthcare system and leaves the state to pick up the tab: bit.ly/4pljtKE
An important pragmatic point as Trump, Dr. Oz, and others claim to want to reform the subsidy scheme for 2026: It's too late for that.
Insurers modeled premiums with and without enhanced subsidies; they *didn't* estimate rates accounting for some quarter-baked scheme to issue some subsidy as cash.
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
In all the years I have worked in health policy GOP/conservative proposals always boil down to the same ideas: block grant/cap #Medicaid, Medicare premium support, unregulated individual health insurance markets and tax-favored accounts like Health Savings Accounts. So we’re back to HSAs this week.
The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/magazin...
#OpenEnrollment for 2026 marketplace plans started Nov 1 in most states. B/c Congressional Rs haven’t extended PTC enhancements, ppl are seeing higher costs as they review their options. If you’re in need of marketplace coverage, here are some key dates to keep in mind during this uncertain time:
How concerned are people about rising health insurance premiums? With premium tax credit enhancements about to expire and ACA marketplace open enrollment underway, search volumes for terms like “health premium increase” are (almost) off the charts.
There are two different KFF numbers about the ACA out there. Both are accurate, but mean different things.
114%: The average increase in out-of-pocket premiums if enhanced tax credits expire.
26%: The average increase in what insurers are charging for benchmark ACA plans.
This is good news.
"The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will begin publishing “public health alerts” in the coming month, CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm announced at the IDWeek conference on Sunday."
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When is the point of no return for extending ACA tax credits?
They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date.
Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.
At @nationalacademies.org annual meeting. An award recipient (92 years old, born in Slovakia) just reminded us, in her acceptance speech,
“Science always survives - it even made it through Stalin.
Don’t let your curiosity be diminished.”
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You can also see how costs could rise in your area using this calculator: calculator.americanscovered.org
Then, contact your Member of Congress and encourage them to keep healthcare affordable for Georgia families: secure.everyaction.com/UMfZvzKL9UC3...
#CareNotCuts
