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Alison Galbraith, MD, MPH @alison-galbraith.bsky.social · 4d

We studied Marketplace enrollees before the enhanced tax credits were in place and around a third a people with incomes >400%FPL had financial burden and forgone care and more than 10% spent more than 20% of income on OOP cost and premiums

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Affordability and Access Challenges Among US Subscribers to Nongroup Insurance Plans

This cohort study assesses cost-related experiences in non-group plans purchased on or off Marketplace and variation by Marketplace enrollment, decision support use, and other characteristics.

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Alison Galbraith, MD, MPH @alison-galbraith.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you

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Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · Jun 8

#ARM2025

As of June 3 2025 VA withheld approval for this presentation due to the theme of the research

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Alison Galbraith, MD, MPH @alison-galbraith.bsky.social · May 18

@jtkantor.bsky.social Can you play a Matt the Electrician song at today’s Braves game??

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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚀 Big reveal! Introducing our interactive table on NIH grant terminations, supercharged from the original Google tracker! 📊👇

Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍

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#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth

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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · Mar 19

Erasing science doesn’t make ‘undesirable’ problems go away—it makes them worse.

The #NIH is terminating grants. LGBTQ+ health research is a clear target.

LGBTQ+ people face stigma & violence. This research saves lives. Let’s not stay silent.

Terminated grants 👇🏻
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Mar 15

this is gutting

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Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.

By Erika Edwards
On Wednesday, a woman gave birth in a Lubbock, Texas, hospital in the middle of a deadly and fast-growing measles outbreak. Doctors didn’t realize until the young mother had been admitted and in labor that she was infected with the measles.

By that time, other new moms, newborn babies and their families at University Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Lubbock had unknowingly been exposed to the virus, considered one of the most contagious in the world.

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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · Mar 4

A really great editorial about government censorship of research from the editors at @annalsofim.bsky.social.

Thank you for speaking out on behalf of academic freedom.

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Damage Control in the Wake of Political Action That Threatens the Integrity of Medical Research | Annals of Internal Medicine

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JAMA @jama.com · Feb 20

In a new Editorial, JAMA editors, JAMA Network Editors in Chief, and JAMA editorial leadership address the recent executive orders that have impacted the scientific process and reaffirm their commitment to scientific and editorial integrity.

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · Feb 3

Really appreciated this editorial so nicely stating how important it is for medical and public health professionals to actively speak out against policies that harm health.

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How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration?

This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is a very good story on the uncertainty created by the disruption to NIH activity — and how the stakes are highest for the most junior scholars.

There's also a submission form at the bottom to share your experiences if the pause has impacted you. www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/t...

Trump freeze on NIH grant reviews alarms scientists, with long-term impact uncertain

Scientists nationwide said the cancellation of NIH grant reviews has thrown early-career scientists into limbo

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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · Jan 22

I'm hearing through colleagues that this is the source of the NIH study section cancellations. From the link - need for contracts/grants to agree to comply with the "anti-discrimination" laws and having terms to certify they do not operate programs promoting DEI.

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Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · Jan 23

This is worrisome.

NIH study sections canceled? Mine is scheduled to meet next month. Not sure if it's still happening.

Study sections are basically volunteer. We do it to give back to the process that supported us and to support science.

Impact could be lasting

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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

Researchers facing

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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · Jan 9

New blog from edwincpark.bluesky.social and me on the latest talk from House Republicans about draconian cuts to Medicaid. Please read and share.

Medicaid is very much at risk + serves c. 80 million people. Largest group of enrollees = children.

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House Republicans Actively Considering Deep and Damaging Cuts to Medicaid

As we have previously written, since the November election, Congressional Republican leaders have been increasingly open about their intent to make deeply damaging cuts to Medicaid. Now, at a…

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Joshua Salomon @jsalomon.bsky.social · Nov 15

“This is a time for more science, not less, and for the value of science to be defended and promoted … To generate evidence. To correct misinformation. To create accountability. And to engage.”

The Lancet

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This is a time for more science, not less, and for the value of science to be defended and promoted. For scientific institutions and the career scientists who staff them—particularly those working with and within the Trump administration—the priority is to continue their work. To generate evidence. To correct misinformation. To create accountability. And to engage. Federal agency scientists working with the incoming administration have been described as a key guardrail against the worst politicisation of science. COVID-19 showed that respected and capable scientists can exert valuable influence in even the most trying political environments by taking an open and non-partisan approach. No doubt many will be called on to do so again over the next 4 years. It will be no easy task, requiring a clear-eyed sense of pragmatism, a steadfast belief in the value of scientific principles, and a good deal of courage.

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