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29 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Pricing transparency is one of the few healthcare-related actual policies Trump has supported which makes sense, though it could ironically make the problem worse depending on the details.
#FunFact: One of the 3 judges who made the ruling is...Merrick Garland.
This analysis of the new hospital price transparency rule from @Health_Affairs explains how this could actually result in some services *increasing* prices and *accelerating* consolidation.

healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl…
Having said that, it's almost impossible to be able to create an All-Payer Rate Setting standard when you don't even know WTF the rates are in the first place.

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Charles #GetCovered-ba Profile picture
28 Dec
Every one of these people should be removed from office (if they aren't actually resigning, which it sounds like they just did) and arrested for sedition.
"They were just trying to make a point!"
1. I presume at least some of them are deadly serious.
2. If they *aren't* serious, tough shit. They aren't just some asshole at the bar shooting their mouths off; they're duly-elected State Representatives, and this is a formal document.
This isn't a fucking game.

New Hampshire's official state motto is literally "Live Free or Die."

They've already actually murdered people in the name of Trumpism, and he's already pardoned some of them.
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27 Dec
⚠️ I know it's a holiday weekend, but the Trump Admin is trying to cram through some terrible #ACA policies on their way out the door which the Biden Admin may or may not be able to stop. YOU can help stop this, but you only have 3 days to do so! 1/
acasignups.net/20/12/27/call-…
Every year, CMS publishes a long, wonky list of proposed changes/updates to how the #ACA is actually implemented. Some are minor, some are significant. Some are good ideas, some are bad, some are terrible. ALL are subject to a PUBLIC COMMENT period. 2/
You may assume the Trump Admin won't give a crap about these public comments, but a) the staffers actually *reviewing* them are mostly dedicated public servants who want the ACA to work; b) the comments could play a major role in *lawsuits* over policy changes later on... 3/
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Charles #GetCovered-ba Profile picture
26 Dec
📣 Weekly Update: Which *COUNTIES*have the highest per capita rates of #COVID19 cases & deaths? 1/
acasignups.net/20/12/26/weekl…
Counties w/highest #COVID19 cases per capita:
1. Crowley County, CO
2. Norton County, KS
3. Lincoln County, SD
4. Bon Homme County, SD
5. Dewey County, SD
6. Buffalo County, SD
7. Chattahoochee County, GA
8. Lake County, TN
9. Trousdale County, TN
10. Buena Vista County, IA
2/
27% of Crowley County, CO has tested positive for #COVID19.

There's now 7 counties where at least 20% have tested positive, and 243 counties where at least 10% have.

86 of the top 100 voted for Trump this year.
3/
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Charles #GetCovered-ba Profile picture
26 Dec
Un Fucking Believable.
Forgiving even $10K would help millions of low-income people, and Biden never promised more than that to begin with. It’d be NICE if he went higher but $10K isn’t nothing.
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According to this, there’s a total of 42M Americans holding $1.6T in student debt, 92% of which is federal. So that’s $1.47T total for around 38.6M people.

$10K each would wipe out $387B in debt at once.

marketplace.org/2020/11/23/wou…
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Charles #GetCovered-ba Profile picture
25 Dec
📣 #MerryChristmas to those who celebrate!

Over 11.3 million people have enrolled in #ACA policies so far. The actual number is likely over 11.7 million, and could potentially break 12 million for the first time since the 2017 Open Enrollment Period.

acasignups.net/20/12/25/graph…
The most obvious reason for the increase in #ACA enrollment this year: The #COVID19 pandemic. Millions of people who lost their employer-based health insurance were able to either shift to subsidized ACA policies *or* became eligible for Medicaid thanks to ACA expansion.
While total #ACA *exchange* enrollment will likely end up "only" increasing by a several hundred thousand, *Medicaid expansion* enrollment is up several million, as my colleague @xpostfactoid notes: xpostfactoid.blogspot.com/2020/12/at-pan…
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24 Dec
📣 Tonight is Christmas Eve, so here's a thread about a so-called "Christian Health Sharing Ministry" which dives into Inception-level surreality. 1/
"Health Sharing Ministries" (usually offered by "Christian" organizations but occasionally via non-Christian groups) are promoted as an alternative to actual health insurance policies. They've become much more popular since the #ACA became law because they're less expensive. 2/
HOWEVER, there's some REASONS why they're less expensive than #ACA-compliant policies:

"Although HCSMs are not insurance & DO NOT GUARANTEE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, their features closely mimic traditional insurance products, possibly confusing consumers." 3/

commonwealthfund.org/publications/f…
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