Mark DeBofsky
@debof.bsky.social
Employee benefits and healthcare lawyer
This is obscene. It isn't capitalism and is today's equivalent of the giant "trusts" that were broken up by Teddy Roosevelt with antitrust laws. It is well past time for government action.
How Big Insurance Got So Big
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How Big Insurance Got So Big
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How Big Insurance Got So Big
Since 2014, the seven largest for-profit insurers have taken in over $10 trillion in revenue — much of it from taxpayer-funded programs and health care businesses they now own outright.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is obscene. It isn't capitalism and is today's equivalent of the giant "trusts" that were broken up by Teddy Roosevelt with antitrust laws. It is well past time for government action.
How Big Insurance Got So Big
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How Big Insurance Got So Big
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October 25, 2025
Trump’s refusal to use $8 billion in SNAP funding reserves is another FU to those of his supporters who aren’t billionaires. Obscene.
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Trump’s refusal to use $8 billion in SNAP funding reserves is another FU to those of his supporters who aren’t billionaires. Obscene.
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October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
October 25, 2025
Trump’s refusal to use $8 billion in SNAP funding reserves is another FU to those of his supporters who aren’t billionaires. Obscene.
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Trump’s refusal to use $8 billion in SNAP funding reserves is another FU to those of his supporters who aren’t billionaires. Obscene.
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These numbers are insane. Health insurance is completely unaffordable for many, if not most, Americans and the solution is staring us in the face - Medicare for All.
Family Health Premiums Just Hit $27,000; Out-of-Pockets to Reach $21,200 in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
Family Health Premiums Just Hit $27,000; Out-of-Pockets to Reach $21,200 in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
Family Health Premiums Just Hit $27,000; Out-of-Pockets to Reach $21,200 in 2026
In this piece see charts that show how premiums and deductibles have soared, as well as Big Insurance's stock prices.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
These numbers are insane. Health insurance is completely unaffordable for many, if not most, Americans and the solution is staring us in the face - Medicare for All.
Family Health Premiums Just Hit $27,000; Out-of-Pockets to Reach $21,200 in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
Family Health Premiums Just Hit $27,000; Out-of-Pockets to Reach $21,200 in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
The Dems have rightly chosen the rising cost of healthcare as their battle, but they are missing a great opportunity. We could make healthcare affordable for everyone by expanding Medicare to all US citizens and legal residents. Now is the moment.
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Dems have rightly chosen the rising cost of healthcare as their battle, but they are missing a great opportunity. We could make healthcare affordable for everyone by expanding Medicare to all US citizens and legal residents. Now is the moment.
Reposted by Mark DeBofsky
If the shooter had killed a leftist podcaster, he would have a multi million dollar Go Fund Me to cover his legal fees tomorrow, and an interview lined up with Charlie Kirk.
September 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If the shooter had killed a leftist podcaster, he would have a multi million dollar Go Fund Me to cover his legal fees tomorrow, and an interview lined up with Charlie Kirk.
Wow! Ezra Klein’s call to action is the Democrats’ pre-game fight speech.
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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September 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Wow! Ezra Klein’s call to action is the Democrats’ pre-game fight speech.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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How has America sunk this low in so short a time?
Judge, Jury, Executioner
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Judge, Jury, Executioner
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Judge, Jury, Executioner
When one man is all three, democracy is on the brink
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September 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How has America sunk this low in so short a time?
Judge, Jury, Executioner
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Judge, Jury, Executioner
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Go JB! You have emerged as the leader of the resistance to Trump's desecration of his oath of office.
September 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Go JB! You have emerged as the leader of the resistance to Trump's desecration of his oath of office.
Given the chaos that RFK, Jr. has caused and the threat he poses to public health, Trump needs to fire him immediately.
Vax Quack Lacks Facts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Vax Quack Lacks Facts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Vax Quack Lacks Facts
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August 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Given the chaos that RFK, Jr. has caused and the threat he poses to public health, Trump needs to fire him immediately.
Vax Quack Lacks Facts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Vax Quack Lacks Facts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
I thought Trump was supposed to make America great. Instead, he’s dismantling America’s greatness and has gotten Congress to willingly enable him and his wrecking crew.
Senate approves $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid, public-media funding - CBS News
Senate approves $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid, public-media funding - CBS News
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I thought Trump was supposed to make America great. Instead, he’s dismantling America’s greatness and has gotten Congress to willingly enable him and his wrecking crew.
Senate approves $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid, public-media funding - CBS News
Senate approves $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid, public-media funding - CBS News
So much for the power of Congress to declare war -
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So much for the power of Congress to declare war -
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .
Best quote so far this year
Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
April 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Best quote so far this year
Trump and Rubio’s sellout of Ukraine will make the name Trump synonymous with Chamberlain if not worse. And Rubio will live the rest of his life in ignominy.
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April 23, 2025
After previously suggesting that the U.S.
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April 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Trump and Rubio’s sellout of Ukraine will make the name Trump synonymous with Chamberlain if not worse. And Rubio will live the rest of his life in ignominy.
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Sherrod Brown just fired the first salvo in the Democrats’ populist counter-attack against Trump.
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Opinion | Sherrod Brown: Trump’s Tariffs Do Nothing for Workers
Democrats should not confuse Trump’s tariff disaster for a trade policy that helps workers.
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April 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Sherrod Brown just fired the first salvo in the Democrats’ populist counter-attack against Trump.
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From an OpEd in today’s WSJ by Holman Jenkins -
A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners.
A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners.
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
From an OpEd in today’s WSJ by Holman Jenkins -
A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners.
A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners.
Does anyone believe that Trump wasn't short selling the market earlier this week and buying the market today based on his ability to singlehandedly manipulate the direction of the market?
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does anyone believe that Trump wasn't short selling the market earlier this week and buying the market today based on his ability to singlehandedly manipulate the direction of the market?
A thoughtful appraisal of Trump’s supposed efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
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Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews (Gift Article)
Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A thoughtful appraisal of Trump’s supposed efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
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The Justice Department attorney who upheld his duty as an officer of the court should have been promoted, not disciplined.
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Justice Department places attorney who struggled to explain Maryland man's deportation on leave
The DOJ attorney said in court that the administration should not have deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a protected legal resident.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Justice Department attorney who upheld his duty as an officer of the court should have been promoted, not disciplined.
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Hands Off rally in Highland Park, IL today
April 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hands Off rally in Highland Park, IL today
So much for Trump’s staunch support of Israel. Fortunately, I bought my matzah for Passover before the tariffs went into effect.
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Trump's new tariffs on Israel are a BDS dream come true
President Trump's 17% tariffs on Israel are a dream come true for the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement.
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April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So much for Trump’s staunch support of Israel. Fortunately, I bought my matzah for Passover before the tariffs went into effect.
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Congratulations to Vladimir Putin. Your stooge, Donald Trump, has worked tirelessly to destroy America and has succeeded beyond your expectations.
April 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations to Vladimir Putin. Your stooge, Donald Trump, has worked tirelessly to destroy America and has succeeded beyond your expectations.
MISSING - the U.S. Constitution.
Turns out the “checks and balances” we learned about in civics classes turned out to just be a theory when Congress refuses to do its job.
Turns out the “checks and balances” we learned about in civics classes turned out to just be a theory when Congress refuses to do its job.
April 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
MISSING - the U.S. Constitution.
Turns out the “checks and balances” we learned about in civics classes turned out to just be a theory when Congress refuses to do its job.
Turns out the “checks and balances” we learned about in civics classes turned out to just be a theory when Congress refuses to do its job.
The lesson from yesterday's elections is that money isn't everything. Weil outspent Fine 10-1 and lost, while Musk's efforts to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election flopped.
The message and quality of the candidate is everything.
The message and quality of the candidate is everything.
April 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The lesson from yesterday's elections is that money isn't everything. Weil outspent Fine 10-1 and lost, while Musk's efforts to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election flopped.
The message and quality of the candidate is everything.
The message and quality of the candidate is everything.
Bret Stephens exposes the hypocrisy of the pro-Hamas demonstrators. They should be demonstrating against Hamas, which is perpetuating the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza and need to be rooted out and removed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/o...
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Opinion | Here Is the Real Route to Freeing Palestinians (Gift Article)
Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza are the first necessary steps on the road to real peace.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bret Stephens exposes the hypocrisy of the pro-Hamas demonstrators. They should be demonstrating against Hamas, which is perpetuating the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza and need to be rooted out and removed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/o...