Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social
associate professor of bioethics • immigration, public health ethics, crosswords • she/her • http://abortionpuzzles.com • views my own
I went for a plunge in the Atlantic in 33 degree weather and then went clamming for 90 minutes and then made clam chowder — my sabbatical transition to winter cape codder is complete ❄️
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I went for a plunge in the Atlantic in 33 degree weather and then went clamming for 90 minutes and then made clam chowder — my sabbatical transition to winter cape codder is complete ❄️
Sharing Medicaid data with ICE for immigration enforcement is a moral and public health nightmare. The chilling effect will have public health ramifications for years to come.
We wrote about this for @jama.com:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We wrote about this for @jama.com:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Sharing Medicaid data with ICE for immigration enforcement is a moral and public health nightmare. The chilling effect will have public health ramifications for years to come.
We wrote about this for @jama.com:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We wrote about this for @jama.com:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
I just finished Blue Prince (insofar as you can "finish" Blue Prince) and I think I need to go lie down 🌀
January 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I just finished Blue Prince (insofar as you can "finish" Blue Prince) and I think I need to go lie down 🌀
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January 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
New publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on the maternal/child health implications of the attempt to reinterpret the constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship:
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
@journalgim.bsky.social
@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social
@trishasantos.bsky.social
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
@journalgim.bsky.social
@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social
@trishasantos.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
New publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on the maternal/child health implications of the attempt to reinterpret the constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship:
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
@journalgim.bsky.social
@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social
@trishasantos.bsky.social
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
@journalgim.bsky.social
@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social
@trishasantos.bsky.social
Excited to be writing these new mini puzzles for @statnews.com (my favorite site for health and science policy news!)
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Excited to be writing these new mini puzzles for @statnews.com (my favorite site for health and science policy news!)
Starting today, I'll be writing a daily mini crossword puzzle for @statnews.com!
You can check them out here: www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
You can check them out here: www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
STAT Mini Crossword
STAT MINI Test your knowledge every weekday with our crossword. Listen: Hear from the voices shaping biotech and the life sciences with STAT podcasts Sign
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Starting today, I'll be writing a daily mini crossword puzzle for @statnews.com!
You can check them out here: www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
You can check them out here: www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
what a wild football game!!! 🖤💛
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 AM
what a wild football game!!! 🖤💛
@rebecculous.bsky.social and I wrote today’s @defector.com crossword!
It’s seasonally appropriate 🎄✨
It’s seasonally appropriate 🎄✨
It's time to solve the Monday crossword: defector.com/the-crosswor...
The Crossword, Dec. 22: Spinning Tops | Defector
Since we’ve no place to go, let’s solve the Monday crossword. This week’s puzzle was constructed by Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi, and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Rebecca is a research scientist in Al...
defector.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
@rebecculous.bsky.social and I wrote today’s @defector.com crossword!
It’s seasonally appropriate 🎄✨
It’s seasonally appropriate 🎄✨
Thank you for your message. I am currently on sabbatical (December 20, 2025 - June 30, 2026), and I will not be regularly checking my email during this time. Please enjoy this special sabbatical edition of my out of office crossword puzzle. See you in July!
justgridding.blogspot.com/2025/12/sabb...
justgridding.blogspot.com/2025/12/sabb...
Out of Office: Sabbatical 2026
Hello! Thank you for your message. I am currently on sabbatical (December 20, 2025 - June 30, 2026), and I will not be regularly checking my...
justgridding.blogspot.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thank you for your message. I am currently on sabbatical (December 20, 2025 - June 30, 2026), and I will not be regularly checking my email during this time. Please enjoy this special sabbatical edition of my out of office crossword puzzle. See you in July!
justgridding.blogspot.com/2025/12/sabb...
justgridding.blogspot.com/2025/12/sabb...
HHS is asserting, without opportunity for public comment, that it will be sharing CMS data with DHS for immigration enforcement, despite years of promises not to do that.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20911.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20911.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
HHS is asserting, without opportunity for public comment, that it will be sharing CMS data with DHS for immigration enforcement, despite years of promises not to do that.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20911.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20911.pdf
This season's hottest gift just hit the shelves! Check out "Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle" by my brilliant and kind friend @natanlast.bsky.social 🤩
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This season's hottest gift just hit the shelves! Check out "Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle" by my brilliant and kind friend @natanlast.bsky.social 🤩
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
💬 Viewpoint: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act institutes new federal loan caps for medical students, increasing debt burden risks and barriers for aspiring physicians.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
💬 Viewpoint: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act institutes new federal loan caps for medical students, increasing debt burden risks and barriers for aspiring physicians.
ja.ma/4qN1yxQ
ja.ma/4qN1yxQ
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
We should do everything we can to ensure language is not a barrier to health outcomes. #healthequity
An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... by @lynettemartins.bsky.social @fabioethics.bsky.social
An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... by @lynettemartins.bsky.social @fabioethics.bsky.social
An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs Forefront
Language services are essential for health equity and good patient health outcomes, but recent executive actions threaten to undermine this vital resource.
www.healthaffairs.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We should do everything we can to ensure language is not a barrier to health outcomes. #healthequity
An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... by @lynettemartins.bsky.social @fabioethics.bsky.social
An Emerging Threat To Health Equity: Diminished Patient Access To Language Services | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... by @lynettemartins.bsky.social @fabioethics.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
Sharing this piece on the health impacts of patients with limited eng prof compromised by current admin. co-authored with Drs @fabioethics.bsky.social Sabrina Derrington, and Amelia Bariwise.
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...
Health Affairs Journal
www.healthaffairs.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sharing this piece on the health impacts of patients with limited eng prof compromised by current admin. co-authored with Drs @fabioethics.bsky.social Sabrina Derrington, and Amelia Bariwise.
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/f...
3 months later and I am attempting to overcome my mental block around recording this lecture by adding a qualifier to the titled. Will it work? TBD!
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
3 months later and I am attempting to overcome my mental block around recording this lecture by adding a qualifier to the titled. Will it work? TBD!
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
Emergency Medicaid accounts for less than 1% of total #Medicaid spending, even in states with large undocumented populations.
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ja.ma/4mZsZSf
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Emergency Medicaid accounts for less than 1% of total #Medicaid spending, even in states with large undocumented populations.
ja.ma/4mZsZSf
ja.ma/4mZsZSf
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
H.R.1 ends health coverage eligibility for many lawfully present immigrants. It doesn't change health coverage options for undocumented immigrants who are already ineligible for federally funded health coverage under longstanding policy. More on this @kff.org : www.kff.org/quick-take/r...
Rolling Back the Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Care Provisions Would Not Provide Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for federally funded health coverage. The GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill didn’t change that. Overturning the health care provisions in the law won’t either.
www.kff.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
H.R.1 ends health coverage eligibility for many lawfully present immigrants. It doesn't change health coverage options for undocumented immigrants who are already ineligible for federally funded health coverage under longstanding policy. More on this @kff.org : www.kff.org/quick-take/r...
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
As we move toward our fall subscription drive, we hope you’ll consider supporting us in part bc we are an independent media company.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
As we move toward our fall subscription drive, we hope you’ll consider supporting us in part bc we are an independent media company.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
Before and after: enormous zucchini edition
September 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Before and after: enormous zucchini edition
Pleased to announce, after a nine month gestation period, the arrival of my first “knitting during zoom meetings” cardigan
September 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Pleased to announce, after a nine month gestation period, the arrival of my first “knitting during zoom meetings” cardigan
After literal YEARS of trying, I finally managed to write a bioethics-themed crossword! Available now in @science.org:
www.sciencenews.org/article/cold...
(thanks to @norahsharpe.bsky.social and @bewilderingly.bsky.social for excellent editing!)
www.sciencenews.org/article/cold...
(thanks to @norahsharpe.bsky.social and @bewilderingly.bsky.social for excellent editing!)
Cold Cuts Crossword
Solve our latest interactive crossword. We'll publish science-themed crosswords and math puzzles on alternating months.
www.sciencenews.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
After literal YEARS of trying, I finally managed to write a bioethics-themed crossword! Available now in @science.org:
www.sciencenews.org/article/cold...
(thanks to @norahsharpe.bsky.social and @bewilderingly.bsky.social for excellent editing!)
www.sciencenews.org/article/cold...
(thanks to @norahsharpe.bsky.social and @bewilderingly.bsky.social for excellent editing!)
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
"First do not harm" is not a suggestion it is a core feature of the job. If you can't check your biases at the door when you provide healthcare, find another job. Calling ICE on a patient is some disgusting behavior.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE
NIH officials called immigration authorities after scrutinizing the patient’s identification presented to security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"First do not harm" is not a suggestion it is a core feature of the job. If you can't check your biases at the door when you provide healthcare, find another job. Calling ICE on a patient is some disgusting behavior.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Headed to NYC for Lollapuzzoola — will this be the year I finally remember how to solve on paper?? TIME WILL TELL
(…the odds are not good tho)
@lollapuzzoola.bsky.social
(…the odds are not good tho)
@lollapuzzoola.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Headed to NYC for Lollapuzzoola — will this be the year I finally remember how to solve on paper?? TIME WILL TELL
(…the odds are not good tho)
@lollapuzzoola.bsky.social
(…the odds are not good tho)
@lollapuzzoola.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
Thank you Dr. @alyssaburgart.com for the opportunity to talk about immigrant patients & medicine on the hottest Substack in #bioethics. We discuss what it means to be in the healing professions in our current toxic climate, check it out! #immigration www.poppiesandpropofol.com/p/sanctuary-...
Sanctuary Doctoring with Mark Kuczewski
Healthcare has a choice: comply with fear or stand up for patients.
www.poppiesandpropofol.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thank you Dr. @alyssaburgart.com for the opportunity to talk about immigrant patients & medicine on the hottest Substack in #bioethics. We discuss what it means to be in the healing professions in our current toxic climate, check it out! #immigration www.poppiesandpropofol.com/p/sanctuary-...