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Evergreen reminder that the U.S. doesn't have a health care "system", b/c a system implies an intentional design. No one, left, right, or center, would ever intentionally design something as convoluted as what we have.
Jackson Hammond
@HammondOnHealth
Senior Policy Analyst @Paragon_Inst. @AAF & Hill alum. WashU. Hoosier. Rugby player. 🇺🇸🦏
"Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated." - Donald J. Trump
"Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated." - Donald J. Trump
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There were no cuts in Medicaid, only a reduction in spending growth rates. The state is free to fund its Medicaid program with *state* $ at any time. They were using every trick in the book to milk the feds for billions. Conservatives need to stop falling for hospital propaganda.
Wow, @SenThomTillis really predicted the future here.View quoted post on X
Industries most reliant on federal dollars saw gains. This is not a good thing.
Stock markets up after election results. But what is most interesting is the composition. Health and solar up, data centers and Musk-related down. Crypto up may be the one I wouldn't have expected.
And note, markets presumably had already been pricing in large Democratic gains.View quoted post on X
Will cost billions while making insurance more expensive for everyone
Medicaid wasn't cut, will cost nearly $1T
Will raise premiums
Raises drug prices & premiums
We already have the cheapest generics
Ok, good idea
Slower & won't change outcome
Costs billions
Good idea again
Medicaid wasn't cut, will cost nearly $1T
Will raise premiums
Raises drug prices & premiums
We already have the cheapest generics
Ok, good idea
Slower & won't change outcome
Costs billions
Good idea again
10 health bills Congress shld send to Trump:View quoted post on X
restore ACA subsidies
reverse Medicaid cuts
end abusive prior auth
fix surprise billing
PBM crackdown
$2 generics
ban facility fees
right to human (not AI) decision on HC claims
public option
stop hospital consolidation
This is why our paper recommends prompt pay enforcement, along with auditing and punishing noncompliant arbitration firms. The law is the law, and it won't work unless it is enforced.
One new-to-me detail we learned in the course of our reporting: when Congress wrote the No Surprises Act, it ported over many parts of federal arbitration law.View quoted post on X
It did not, however, bring over key enforcement provisions. Without an enforcement mechanism, supposedly binding arbitration decisions are being ignored.
nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/…
