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Nora Becker
@norabeckermd.bsky.social
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MD, PhD, Assistant Prof at UMich | Alum of Penn Med, Wharton, Brigham & Women’s Hospital | Primary care physician and health policy researcher | Mom | Thoughts are my own. #BLM
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · Mar 12
God I hope people are listening
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Mar 12
Prof @norabeckermd.bsky.social doing a great job of explaining why Medicaid cuts are an incredibly bad idea

To local news where people listen

www.9and10news.com/2025/03/11/m...
Medicaid cuts could lead to higher long-term costs, advocates say
About 2.3 million Michigan residents are enrolled in medicaid, including close to a million children.
www.9and10news.com
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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d
So exhausting..
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 13d
You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!

Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 13d
Coming 2026!

@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.

Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊

https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · 15d
Shanah Tovah.

If you are a Jewish health professional, please consider signing this letter calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza.

As we begin the days of awe, as we welcome in a new year, now is the time. We must do better. We cannot remain silent.

zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Jewish Health Professionals Say 'End the Genocide' in Gaza
"To be silent is to be complicit," the healthcare workers write in an open letter.
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · 15d
Shanah Tovah.

If you are a Jewish health professional, please consider signing this letter calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza.

As we begin the days of awe, as we welcome in a new year, now is the time. We must do better. We cannot remain silent.

zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Jewish Health Professionals Say 'End the Genocide' in Gaza
"To be silent is to be complicit," the healthcare workers write in an open letter.
zeteo.com
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ACOG @acog.org · 16d
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · 17d
lol thank you for reminding me this exists
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · 17d
Totally hear that, we also now need to buy the entire Pixar and Disney oeuvre on DVD 🤦🏼‍♀️

But looks like full series Bluey DVD sets are on eBay for less than $20: www.ebay.com/itm/22688784...
Pardon Our Interruption...
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · 17d
This makes me sad because my kids love Disney movies, but it had to be done. I’ll guess I’ll be buying a lot of used DVDs in the next month few months.
Screenshot of the Disney+ cancellation website where I’ve chosen “Other” as the reason for cancellation and written: “Because you cancelled Jimmy Kimmel and caved to fascists, you pathetic cowards.”
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 6
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18d
The FBI used hidden cameras to record Tom Homan taking a $50,000 bribe (in cold, hard cash) last year from undercover agents posing as business executives who Homan promised government contracts in a new Trump administration.

The Trump DOJ has now shut down the probe.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18d
I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.

And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech
The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.
www.reuters.com
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 18d
162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky
American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online
Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians
www.acponline.org
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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19d
Turns out when you capitulate you still lose your job. That should be a lesson to everyone
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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20d
Welp: Texas A&M President Mark Welch just stepped down after pressure from Republicans over a video of a professor who taught about transgender people in a children's literature class
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 19d
Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated
A headline from a 1939 New York Times article: Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan'Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 20d
Let’s mock them still
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20d
The United States is in an authoritarian crisis. Trump said he wanted to be a dictator on day one and it turns out he wasn’t lying. People who criticize or speak up against the regime are targeted and punished. Cowardly institutions are going along with it, refusing to assert their rights.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 20d
Top story on @washingtonpost.com this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump, allies seek to punish speech they dislike following Kirk killing
The White House-directed campaign, which is likely to face legal challenges, defies past GOP rhetoric condemning the label “hate speech” as a pretext for political persecution.
www.washingtonpost.com
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 22d
Reporter: Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since the Great Recession as Americans struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living. FICO says the delinquency rates are at the highest level since 2009 on car loans, credit cards, and personal loans.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21d
Amazing chyron as the Vice President of the United States jokes about the <checks notes> indiscriminate murder of civilians in international waters, in blatant violation of domestic law & multiple international treaties we have signed & ratified.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
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KFF @kff.org · 21d
The average out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum care for women with employer coverage is $2,743.

Newborns also have healthcare needs, adding an additional $475 for care in the first three months of life: https://on.kff.org/4gpAdNB
How Much Does Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Post-Partum Care Cost? Chart shows the average additional health spending associated with pregnancy, relative to women of the same age who do not give birth, among people with employer coverage, 2021-2023
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22d
Or worse still: letting the wolves into the fold, even while they are in the middle of slaughtering the herd, based on nothing more than our vague sense that it would be rude to call them wolves
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22d
If you refuse to identify lying, bad faith, and malice, you are its easiest target. You let the wolves into the fold based on nothing more than their periodic insistence that they are, in fact, sheep
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23d
Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
karenattiah.substack.com
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25d
Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25d
i share this mayo clinic video every year because more people need to see and hear how horrific a disease whooping cough is
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