Mason Roberts
@masonroberts.bsky.social
📈 Healthcare Actuary / Data Scientist @ParameanSolutions
👨👩👦👦 Father - Twin Dad
🧗♂️Climber - Trad / Sport
🌄 Boulder, CO - Planning Board Member
👨👩👦👦 Father - Twin Dad
🧗♂️Climber - Trad / Sport
🌄 Boulder, CO - Planning Board Member
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Republicans are trying to kill solar but failing
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Republicans are trying to kill solar but failing
Agreed - need a couple chunks taken out of the day, try iKea
among other things a trip to costco is an easy way to keep two little kids occupied for a chunk of an afternoon
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Agreed - need a couple chunks taken out of the day, try iKea
Otherwise known as pressure from those who never wanted oversight (e.g. police and some on city council) removed all teeth and have made the committee into political theater.
"When Boulder created its Police Oversight Panel, the goal was to increase transparency and involve the community in police accountability. That mission may now be shifting." #boulder
Boulder Police Oversight Panel Faces Major Cut to Its Authority
Boulder is shifting power away from its Police Oversight Panel, prompting concerns from community members and accountability advocates.
yellowscene.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Otherwise known as pressure from those who never wanted oversight (e.g. police and some on city council) removed all teeth and have made the committee into political theater.
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday.
It’s simple in all the right ways:
It’s simple in all the right ways:
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday.
It’s simple in all the right ways:
It’s simple in all the right ways:
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
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Medicare Advantage covers over half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries and costs the government more per enrollee than traditional Medicare.
Our explainer demystifies how Medicare Advantage plans are paid and summarizes proposals to change the payment system: https://on.kff.org/48kv71k
Our explainer demystifies how Medicare Advantage plans are paid and summarizes proposals to change the payment system: https://on.kff.org/48kv71k
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Medicare Advantage covers over half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries and costs the government more per enrollee than traditional Medicare.
Our explainer demystifies how Medicare Advantage plans are paid and summarizes proposals to change the payment system: https://on.kff.org/48kv71k
Our explainer demystifies how Medicare Advantage plans are paid and summarizes proposals to change the payment system: https://on.kff.org/48kv71k
The goal of moving all Medicare beneficiaries into accountable care relationships by 2030 faces a critical operational challenge.
New longitudinal data, detailed in the Health Affairs article "Changes In Clinicians’ Participation Across Medicare Value-Based Payment Models, 2017–22," shows
New longitudinal data, detailed in the Health Affairs article "Changes In Clinicians’ Participation Across Medicare Value-Based Payment Models, 2017–22," shows
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The goal of moving all Medicare beneficiaries into accountable care relationships by 2030 faces a critical operational challenge.
New longitudinal data, detailed in the Health Affairs article "Changes In Clinicians’ Participation Across Medicare Value-Based Payment Models, 2017–22," shows
New longitudinal data, detailed in the Health Affairs article "Changes In Clinicians’ Participation Across Medicare Value-Based Payment Models, 2017–22," shows
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"Painting a crosswalk is cheap and easy. A group of neighbors can paint an entire intersection in one morning for $100 or less."
Could Cities Partner With Guerilla Urbanists For Safer Streets?
Los Angeles failed to eliminate traffic fatalities, so Angelenos are taking Vision Zero into their own hands – one bucket of paint at a time.
nextcity.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Painting a crosswalk is cheap and easy. A group of neighbors can paint an entire intersection in one morning for $100 or less."
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"Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps collectively saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone."
"80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."
"80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."
New Brattle Report Finds Beneficial Electrification Delivers Billions in Savings to US Households Along with Significant Emissions Reductions - Brattle
Harnessing the benefits of electric technology over the last decade saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone and prevented more than
www.brattle.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps collectively saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone."
"80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."
"80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."
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Phil Weiser: fighting big tech to protect Coloradans
Michael Bennet: funded by big tech billionaires to buy yet another political seat
Colorado Democrats: the choice has never been so obvious.
#copolitics #coleg
Michael Bennet: funded by big tech billionaires to buy yet another political seat
Colorado Democrats: the choice has never been so obvious.
#copolitics #coleg
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Phil Weiser: fighting big tech to protect Coloradans
Michael Bennet: funded by big tech billionaires to buy yet another political seat
Colorado Democrats: the choice has never been so obvious.
#copolitics #coleg
Michael Bennet: funded by big tech billionaires to buy yet another political seat
Colorado Democrats: the choice has never been so obvious.
#copolitics #coleg
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Research indicates that with UBI, under or unemployed people don't have to take 3 part-time jobs, and are therefore able to focus on a better job search. Results show that UBI is a path to a better job.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Research indicates that with UBI, under or unemployed people don't have to take 3 part-time jobs, and are therefore able to focus on a better job search. Results show that UBI is a path to a better job.
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A New Orleans nonprofit is training caregivers who take care of dying family members at home.
“We’ve gone to a place in our country where we’re so removed from end-of-life care in a way that we didn’t used to be,” says Osha Towers of Compassion & Choices.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
“We’ve gone to a place in our country where we’re so removed from end-of-life care in a way that we didn’t used to be,” says Osha Towers of Compassion & Choices.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
More People Are Caring for Dying Loved Ones at Home. A New Orleans Nonprofit Is Showing Them How. - KFF Health News
Demand for home health care, including at-home hospice care, has skyrocketed since the onset of the covid pandemic. A New Orleans nonprofit is teaching people how to provide end-of-life care for relat...
kffhealthnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A New Orleans nonprofit is training caregivers who take care of dying family members at home.
“We’ve gone to a place in our country where we’re so removed from end-of-life care in a way that we didn’t used to be,” says Osha Towers of Compassion & Choices.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
“We’ve gone to a place in our country where we’re so removed from end-of-life care in a way that we didn’t used to be,” says Osha Towers of Compassion & Choices.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
The American framing of health care as a consumer good, something earned or purchased, is a fundamental policy choice that contributes to our chronic financial and outcome failures.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The American framing of health care as a consumer good, something earned or purchased, is a fundamental policy choice that contributes to our chronic financial and outcome failures.
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Most home care services are delivered through Medicaid waiver programs.
Of the 50 responding states (including D.C.), 44 manage waiver costs through limits on total enrollment (37 states) or total spending (15 states): https://on.kff.org/48so73J
Of the 50 responding states (including D.C.), 44 manage waiver costs through limits on total enrollment (37 states) or total spending (15 states): https://on.kff.org/48so73J
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Most home care services are delivered through Medicaid waiver programs.
Of the 50 responding states (including D.C.), 44 manage waiver costs through limits on total enrollment (37 states) or total spending (15 states): https://on.kff.org/48so73J
Of the 50 responding states (including D.C.), 44 manage waiver costs through limits on total enrollment (37 states) or total spending (15 states): https://on.kff.org/48so73J
Growing up in Louisville, KY, if you got a degree in mathematics you either became a teacher or got a job with Humana (not true but that's what it felt like).
I tried doing something different, a few times, but I needed to pay off my student loans so actuary it became, and I found a way to love it.
I tried doing something different, a few times, but I needed to pay off my student loans so actuary it became, and I found a way to love it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Growing up in Louisville, KY, if you got a degree in mathematics you either became a teacher or got a job with Humana (not true but that's what it felt like).
I tried doing something different, a few times, but I needed to pay off my student loans so actuary it became, and I found a way to love it.
I tried doing something different, a few times, but I needed to pay off my student loans so actuary it became, and I found a way to love it.
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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I want to celebrate @laurenfolkerts.bsky.social for her progressive leadership and immense service to the Boulder community over these last four years.
Thank you.
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
Thank you.
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
Boulder City Councilmember Lauren Folkerts honored at her final council meeting after losing 2025 race
Mayor Pro Tem Lauren Folkerts, the youngest member of Boulder City Council, attended her final council meeting on Nov. 20, 2025.
boulderreportinglab.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I want to celebrate @laurenfolkerts.bsky.social for her progressive leadership and immense service to the Boulder community over these last four years.
Thank you.
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
Thank you.
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
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⚡ KFF’s Hagere Yilma explains how recent changes to the CDC’s website language falsely asserting that a link between vaccines and autism cannot be ruled out may introduce ambiguity that online narratives can exploit. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/3LXftBv
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
⚡ KFF’s Hagere Yilma explains how recent changes to the CDC’s website language falsely asserting that a link between vaccines and autism cannot be ruled out may introduce ambiguity that online narratives can exploit. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/3LXftBv
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"The state health department expected to use the last of its federal COVID-19 immunization funding for one more year."
With a potentially rough flu season on the horizon, Colorado has lost nearly $28 million in federal immunization funding
Federal money pulled back under the Trump administration would have funded and staffed things like a broad paid-media campaign, a statewide vaccine reminder program and a vaccine equity program.
www.cpr.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"The state health department expected to use the last of its federal COVID-19 immunization funding for one more year."
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"Skier Griffin Post’s New Documentary ‘Inaccessible’ Shines Light on Unreachable Public Lands" #boulder
Skier Griffin Post’s New Documentary ‘Inaccessible’ Shines Light on Unreachable Public Lands – KGNU Community Radio
Skier Griffin Post’s New Documentary ‘Inaccessible’ Shines Light on Unreachable Public Lands – KGNU Community Radio
kgnu.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Skier Griffin Post’s New Documentary ‘Inaccessible’ Shines Light on Unreachable Public Lands" #boulder
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Going to argue with conservative family members at Christmas? The Optimists have you covered!
Enjoy this special bonus episode where we pass the proverbial potatoes and I hit back on range of economic issues.
optimisteconomy.com/episodes/tha...
Enjoy this special bonus episode where we pass the proverbial potatoes and I hit back on range of economic issues.
optimisteconomy.com/episodes/tha...
Thanksgiving Prep: An Optimist’s Guide to Dinner Table Debate | Optimist Economy
Your drunk uncle calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme. Your crypto-bro cousin thinks tariffs make China pay. Your grandfather blames working women for tanking wage growth. Economist Kathryn Edwards ta
optimisteconomy.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Going to argue with conservative family members at Christmas? The Optimists have you covered!
Enjoy this special bonus episode where we pass the proverbial potatoes and I hit back on range of economic issues.
optimisteconomy.com/episodes/tha...
Enjoy this special bonus episode where we pass the proverbial potatoes and I hit back on range of economic issues.
optimisteconomy.com/episodes/tha...
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Whooping cough is resurging in the U.S.
Falling vaccine coverage + waning immunity = babies at risk.
Pregnant women, teens, adults: Get your Tdap.
Clinicians: Watch for persistent coughs.
@celinegounder.com reports ⤵️
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Falling vaccine coverage + waning immunity = babies at risk.
Pregnant women, teens, adults: Get your Tdap.
Clinicians: Watch for persistent coughs.
@celinegounder.com reports ⤵️
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Waning Immunity and Falling Vaccination Rates Fuel Pertussis Outbreaks - KFF Health News
New details from health officials suggest the whooping-cough surge may be part of a national pattern driven by slipping vaccine coverage and waning immunity, with infants bearing the brunt of the cons...
kffhealthnews.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Whooping cough is resurging in the U.S.
Falling vaccine coverage + waning immunity = babies at risk.
Pregnant women, teens, adults: Get your Tdap.
Clinicians: Watch for persistent coughs.
@celinegounder.com reports ⤵️
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Falling vaccine coverage + waning immunity = babies at risk.
Pregnant women, teens, adults: Get your Tdap.
Clinicians: Watch for persistent coughs.
@celinegounder.com reports ⤵️
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
We often discuss the mechanics of value-based care, but how deeply do we stress-test our financial strategies against evolving policy realities?
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We often discuss the mechanics of value-based care, but how deeply do we stress-test our financial strategies against evolving policy realities?
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KFF Health News and @thetrace.org are talking to people who’ve been wounded or families of those killed by gun violence to better understand how insurance affects such medical care.
Click below to reach our reporting team ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Click below to reach our reporting team ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Help Us Investigate Medical Care for Gunshot Wounds - KFF Health News
We’d like to talk to people who’ve been wounded or families of those killed by gun violence to better understand how insurance affects such medical care.
kffhealthnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
KFF Health News and @thetrace.org are talking to people who’ve been wounded or families of those killed by gun violence to better understand how insurance affects such medical care.
Click below to reach our reporting team ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Click below to reach our reporting team ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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For four years, I’ve worked across the aisle to end stock trading in Congress.
Today’s hearing on our legislation in the House Administration Committee is a critical step.
But the time for action is NOW.
It is time for a vote on the House Floor, and for us to get this done!
Today’s hearing on our legislation in the House Administration Committee is a critical step.
But the time for action is NOW.
It is time for a vote on the House Floor, and for us to get this done!
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For four years, I’ve worked across the aisle to end stock trading in Congress.
Today’s hearing on our legislation in the House Administration Committee is a critical step.
But the time for action is NOW.
It is time for a vote on the House Floor, and for us to get this done!
Today’s hearing on our legislation in the House Administration Committee is a critical step.
But the time for action is NOW.
It is time for a vote on the House Floor, and for us to get this done!