Reni Ellis
@therenissance.bsky.social
Reproductive rights are human rights. Black Lives Matter. Healthcare strategist (duals, Medicaid, LTSS) & mom; my many, many opinions are all my own. She/her.
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The Senate has just passed what amounts to the biggest health reform plan since the ACA, rolling back many of the health insurance coverage increases achieved by the ACA.
July 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Senate has just passed what amounts to the biggest health reform plan since the ACA, rolling back many of the health insurance coverage increases achieved by the ACA.
Proud to re-up my @maximumfun.org membership for #maxfundrive and support @missiontozyxx.bsky.social! Best podcast in the galaxy IMO.
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Proud to re-up my @maximumfun.org membership for #maxfundrive and support @missiontozyxx.bsky.social! Best podcast in the galaxy IMO.
Thanks to @theonion.com print edition for this spot on piece. (Really though-it’s a delight!)
February 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Thanks to @theonion.com print edition for this spot on piece. (Really though-it’s a delight!)
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Last night, Trump promised he wouldn't touch Medicaid.
This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid.
It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid.
It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Trump said in an interview with Elon Musk that he wouldn't touch Medicaid. Hours later he endorsed a GOP plan that could slash the program.
Donald Trump said he would "love and cherish" Medicaid. He's endorsed a House GOP proposal that would likely gut the program.
www.businessinsider.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Last night, Trump promised he wouldn't touch Medicaid.
This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid.
It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid.
It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
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Donald Trump fired the people who make sure you and your parents get the health care you need. The people who make sure medical devices are safe for you to use. The people who approve the lifesaving drugs you rely on.
How does this help working people?
How does this help working people?
US Health Department Layoffs Expand to Medicare, FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, ...
trib.al
February 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Donald Trump fired the people who make sure you and your parents get the health care you need. The people who make sure medical devices are safe for you to use. The people who approve the lifesaving drugs you rely on.
How does this help working people?
How does this help working people?
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
K10, P10, for 12 rows! First knit of 2025 complete! Thanks for the guidance @mindseyeyarns.bsky.social
@therenissance.bsky.social started my day with some beauty! Look at this gorgeous blanket knit out of Ella Rae Sweetie Pie. The pattern is a basic basketweave, something like k10 p10 across an even number of stitches for 10 rows, then reverse. #knitsky www.mindseyeyarns.com/products/swe...
February 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
K10, P10, for 12 rows! First knit of 2025 complete! Thanks for the guidance @mindseyeyarns.bsky.social
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New: If enhanced federal payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion are eliminated, states have two choices:
1. Make up for the cut, at a cost of $626 billion over a decade.
2. Rollback the expansion, leading to 20 million people losing Medicaid.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
1. Make up for the cut, at a cost of $626 billion over a decade.
2. Rollback the expansion, leading to 20 million people losing Medicaid.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate: State-by-State Estimates | KFF
This analysis examines the potential impacts on states and Medicaid enrollees of eliminating the 90% federal match rate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion. Eliminating the federal match rate ...
www.kff.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New: If enhanced federal payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion are eliminated, states have two choices:
1. Make up for the cut, at a cost of $626 billion over a decade.
2. Rollback the expansion, leading to 20 million people losing Medicaid.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
1. Make up for the cut, at a cost of $626 billion over a decade.
2. Rollback the expansion, leading to 20 million people losing Medicaid.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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To put the $880 billion in Medicaid cuts Republicans are considering in perspective, consider these CBO estimates:
A Medicaid work requirement saves $109 billion.
Eliminating enhanced federal matching payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion, which covers 20 million people, saves $604 billion.
A Medicaid work requirement saves $109 billion.
Eliminating enhanced federal matching payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion, which covers 20 million people, saves $604 billion.
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
To put the $880 billion in Medicaid cuts Republicans are considering in perspective, consider these CBO estimates:
A Medicaid work requirement saves $109 billion.
Eliminating enhanced federal matching payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion, which covers 20 million people, saves $604 billion.
A Medicaid work requirement saves $109 billion.
Eliminating enhanced federal matching payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion, which covers 20 million people, saves $604 billion.
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In service of financing a $4.5 trillion tax cut that will disproportionately benefit the wealthy, House Budget Ctte has targeted Medicaid for $880 billion in cuts.
That's approximately an 11% cut to Medicaid that will have devastating impacts on 70 million + Americans.
That's approximately an 11% cut to Medicaid that will have devastating impacts on 70 million + Americans.
February 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In service of financing a $4.5 trillion tax cut that will disproportionately benefit the wealthy, House Budget Ctte has targeted Medicaid for $880 billion in cuts.
That's approximately an 11% cut to Medicaid that will have devastating impacts on 70 million + Americans.
That's approximately an 11% cut to Medicaid that will have devastating impacts on 70 million + Americans.
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"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
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Per Wired/TPM/NY Times, Musk engineers now have alarming access to both ends of the system for federal #Medicaid $ for states: (1) HHS/CMS payment portal system, the interface for states to request funding and get federal approval and (2) Treasury payment system that actually sends the $ to states.
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Per Wired/TPM/NY Times, Musk engineers now have alarming access to both ends of the system for federal #Medicaid $ for states: (1) HHS/CMS payment portal system, the interface for states to request funding and get federal approval and (2) Treasury payment system that actually sends the $ to states.
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Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
![This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.
Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sox6xar4qdc3ujhi5h4whtlh/bafkreiazjyxk6foryp6lzxcqbls62uaokwhjrjmnzg5uqpdimg77xrt26a@jpeg)
February 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
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Regardless of what the White House says about Medicaid not being affected in payment freeze, the chaos today has been very real.
via @jeffstein.bsky.social + me from earlier
via @jeffstein.bsky.social + me from earlier
January 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Regardless of what the White House says about Medicaid not being affected in payment freeze, the chaos today has been very real.
via @jeffstein.bsky.social + me from earlier
via @jeffstein.bsky.social + me from earlier
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VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!
Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article)
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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*States do not have to cover HCBS, meaning they can cut these programs when budgets get tight—an inevitable result if Congress cuts #Medicaid funding. ~8 million people with disabilities of all ages could lose access to the support they need to live with their spouses & families in their communities
Medicaid Facts: #Medicaid is the primary funder of long-term services and supports (LTSS). In 2022, Medicaid covered home- and community-based services (HCBS) for 7.8 million people and institutional care for 1.5 million people (1.3 million in nursing homes).
www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/lon...
www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/lon...
November 27, 2024 at 2:13 AM
*States do not have to cover HCBS, meaning they can cut these programs when budgets get tight—an inevitable result if Congress cuts #Medicaid funding. ~8 million people with disabilities of all ages could lose access to the support they need to live with their spouses & families in their communities
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Americans will do anything but use the metric system.
Pleased to announce the newest unit of time: The Gaetz.
Just a day over a week and a little short of a Scaramucci.
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Just a day over a week and a little short of a Scaramucci.
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Analysis | Four takeaways from Matt Gaetz’s exit
It was an early setback for Trump, and it shows that the system can still stand up to him — at least when it’s relatively easy to do so.
wapo.st
November 22, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Americans will do anything but use the metric system.
As always I’d like to take the opportunity to applaud MN because ‘MNsure’ RHYMES WITH INSURE and they are geniuses.
Some words that can mean Obamacare:
ACA
Affordable Care Act
Marketplace
Healthcare.gov
Exchange
HIX
Covered California
Kynect
HealthSource RI
Connector
Your Health ID
Health Link
New York State of Health
Pennie
MNSure
CoverME
Medicaid/Cal (in expansion states)
www.healthcare.gov/marketplace-...
ACA
Affordable Care Act
Marketplace
Healthcare.gov
Exchange
HIX
Covered California
Kynect
HealthSource RI
Connector
Your Health ID
Health Link
New York State of Health
Pennie
MNSure
CoverME
Medicaid/Cal (in expansion states)
www.healthcare.gov/marketplace-...
The Marketplace in your state
No matter what state you live in, you can enroll in affordable, quality health coverage.
www.healthcare.gov
November 21, 2024 at 2:03 AM
As always I’d like to take the opportunity to applaud MN because ‘MNsure’ RHYMES WITH INSURE and they are geniuses.
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NY Times also reports that incoming GOP Congress & Trump Administration are definitely targeting Medicaid for devastating cuts. #healthpolicy www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
Medicaid May Face Big Cuts and Work Requirements
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
NY Times also reports that incoming GOP Congress & Trump Administration are definitely targeting Medicaid for devastating cuts. #healthpolicy www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...