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22 Jul, 4 tweets, 4 min read
NEW: Many states getting hit hard by the Delta variant have recently banned their own local officials, health depts and schools from requiring masks, vaccines or social distancing. As hospitalizations spike, they're not backing down. politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
with @DanCGoldberg
@DanCGoldberg .@ASTHO and other health groups are sounding the alarm, warning the new laws will not only hamper the Covid response but prevent basic public health efforts to stop foodborne illnesses, promote regular childhood vaccines & more.
politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
@DanCGoldberg @ASTHO Only a few areas of the country, like LA, have been able or willing to reimpose mask mandates as cases spike.

@tedlieu: “It’s really dumb to say local communities can’t try to do more to protect residents from getting sick.”

politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
@DanCGoldberg @ASTHO @tedlieu The list of states banning local action against Covid is long and growing: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, Texas, Utah... politico.com/news/2021/07/2…

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Biden opens his primetime speech on the anniversary of the pandemic by slamming the Trump admin (not by name) for meeting the virus at first with "silence" and then allowing it to spread wildly.

"Photos from 2019 feel like they're from another era," he observes.
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"It's wrong, it's un-American and it must stop."
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11 Mar
BREAKING: Biden's speech later tonight will outline plans to get the country "closer to normal" by July 4 via a vaccination campaign open to everyone in the country by May 1.
To achieve this, the admin will ramp up distribution through pharmacies, FEMA-run mega sites, community health centers and mobile clinics. They're also deploying thousands more military members and allowing dentists, midwives, med students & others to help administer the shots.
Also by May 1, the admin will create a federal vaccine signup website and call center to help people find appointments.

Biden will stress the July 4 date will not be a total return to normal but small gatherings will be possible.
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11 Mar
.@SenSchumer tees up procedural vote on @XavierBecerra, who is set to be confirmed next week along party lines.

"I'm perplexed that none of my Republican colleagues would vote for him," he said.
@SenSchumer @XavierBecerra Schumer touts the Senate's success in confirming Cabinet members -- 16 so far, not including Haaland and Becerra, who are up next. More on the pace of confirmations from @marianne_levine: politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
@SenSchumer @XavierBecerra @marianne_levine McConnell scorches Becerra ahead of the procedural vote, citing his record on abortion rights and urging his colleagues to vote against him so that Biden would be forced to pick another nominee.
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10 Mar
BREAKING: A state court is allowing Texas to kick Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program, meaning about 8,000 patients can no longer go to @PPFA clinics for care. Texas has been attempting to do this for several years, as have other conservative states.
@PPFA The judge wrote that she did not make the decision "lightly" and that the underlying facts of the case gave her "great pause," particularly when it comes to access to health care for low income people in the middle of a pandemic. She said the issue is now in federal courts' hands
@PPFA Federal appeals courts have split on whether states can bar people on Medicaid from going to Planned Parenthood for care, meaning the Supreme Court may ultimately decide the issue.
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2 Mar
NEW: The Senate parliamentarian just ruled that COBRA subsidies to cover the private health insurance premiums of laid off workers can stay in the Covid bill.

@RonWyden: "Workers who have been laid off need affordable health care for their families now more than ever."
@RonWyden Some labor groups, including @unitehere, are lobbying the Senate to increase the subsidies from 85% to 100% of premiums, arguing that even 15% of the cost of these expensive plans is more than unemployed people can afford.
@RonWyden @unitehere Progressive lawmakers have argued that instead of using COBRA to subsidize private insurance, the bill could have instead auto-enrolled laid off people in Medicare or Medicaid for much, much less. But they're still supporting this bill.
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1 Mar
BREAKING: Medical groups including @acog @AmerMedicalAssn write to Biden urging him to allow telemedicine abortions during the pandemic and to reverse the Trump admin rules requiring people to pick up the pills in person. drive.google.com/file/d/1y2aMB0…
@acog @AmerMedicalAssn Progressive lawmakers have also been pushing the admin to loosen the regulations. With a legal case pending in federal court over the FDA's rules for abortion pills, the Biden admin will soon be forced to take a position.
politico.com/news/2021/02/0…
@acog @AmerMedicalAssn Mifepristone has been approved by the FDA for decades, and people can take the pills at home. But they're still required to *pick them up* in person from a medical provider, even during the pandemic when the FDA has allowed dispensing by mail for most other drugs.
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