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Timothy McBride
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Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Co-Director Center for Advancing Health Services Policy and Economics Research.
https://source.washu.edu/experts/timothy-mcbride/
Substack: https://timothymcbride.substack.com/
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Economics 37%
Public Health 34%

Senator Kelly, whose Senator wife was shot in the head and nearly died, complains about Trump rhetoric that "incites others"

Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.com

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Reposted by Timothy D. McBride

God, these Medicare Advantage advertisements are annoying.
I blame Newt Gingrich for inflicting these on us.

The U.S. Economy Is Hooked on AI Spending pdst.fm/e/traffic.me...
pdst.fm

You might have this deadly disease — and not even know it www.vox.com/health/47027...
You might have this deadly disease — and not even know it
But there’s good news: You can treat it.
www.vox.com

How Donald Trump and the CEO of the world’s biggest company became BFFs www.vox.com/podcasts/470...
How Donald Trump and the CEO of the world’s biggest company became BFFs
Why has Jensen Huang, co-founder of Nvidia, the hardware of the AI boom, buddied up with Trump?
www.vox.com

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced the planned investment into engaging voters of color and rural voters Tuesday, a sign that national Democrats see an opening to combat Republicans’ 2024 gains with both groups
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Democrats spending big to expand coalition in midterms
A new DCCC program will pour eight figures into engaging some demographic groups that swung to the right in 2024.
www.politico.com

‘Warehoused in jails’: State accused of denying mental health services to incarcerated Missourians missouriindependent.com/2025/11/25/w...
‘Warehoused in jails’: State accused of denying mental health services to incarcerated Missourians • Missouri Independent
The lawsuit alleges a lack of reasonable action by the state to provide services has turned jails into ‘de facto mental health wards.’
missouriindependent.com

Attorneys battle over future of taxpayer-funded private school vouchers in Missouri missouriindependent.com/2025/11/25/a...
Attorneys battle over future of taxpayer-funded private school vouchers in Missouri • Missouri Independent
A trial in Cole County Circuit Court questions whether the state's funding of private school vouchers is constitutional.
missouriindependent.com

"President Donald Trump appeared ready to roll out a health care proposal intended to address an imminent Obamacare subsidy cliff — a sign the White House is eager to avoid the political blowback that would likely result from a sharp rise in health care premiums."
punchbowl.news/archive/1125...
Trump’s perilous path on health care
Happy Tuesday morning.
punchbowl.news

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner

Trump was going to roll out a health care plan to extend Obamacare subsidies.

Then Republicans weighed in.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump was going to roll out a health care plan. Then Republicans weighed in.
Lawmakers just have a few weeks left to reach a deal to avoid a massive premium spike for ACA enrollees.
www.politico.com

MAGA heads explode
Trump to push new Republican plan on Obamacare subsidies www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
Trump to push new Republican plan on Obamacare subsidies
The plan calls for a short-term extension of the subsidies in exchange for new eligibility limits.
www.axios.com

While President Trump attacked the Ukrainians, Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Geneva to seize control of negotiations that were going off the rails.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
www.nytimes.com

This slap in the face to rural America is a chance to turn it blue
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This slap in the face to rural America is a chance to turn it blue
Democrats should be the party of aspiration — and talk like normal human beings.
www.washingtonpost.com

Russia strikes Kyiv after U.S., Ukraine report progress on Trump peace plan
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/r...
Russia strikes Kyiv after U.S., Ukraine report progress on Trump peace plan
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says the deadly rocket attacks set buildings ablaze and damaged infrastructure in the city.
www.axios.com

Even the @wsj.com

The Gang That Couldn’t Indict Straight

Trump’s revenge lawfare on James Comey and Letitia James gets thrown out of court.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Gang That Couldn’t Indict Straight
Trump’s revenge lawfare on James Comey and Letitia James gets thrown out of court.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner

Where does your Turkey come from?