**Some Personal News** THE TEN YEAR WAR, my new book, is available for pre-order. It’s an effort to tell the story of Obamacare and, more broadly, the story of American politics over the last decade. (1) https://t.co/xFYluV7iTE

Rare fatal myocarditis from mRNA vaccines was real - the Korean autopsy data are definitive. It was also extraordinarily rare, and the risk has dropped dramatically since 2021. Both things can be true. Dismissing the evidence and decontextualizing it both undermine trust.

Weedy but important detail: HSA sums would only be available to enrollees opting into the skimpiest — catastrophic or bronze-tier — ACA plans Most Marketplace enrollees have incomes < 250% FPL and receive extra help with cost-sharing, but only if they enrolled in a silver plan

.@EggerDC on how the Trump administration’s blatant lying goes beyond anything we’ve seen before in politics: “This strategy would be toxic to their ‘credibility’—if it were obvious that ‘credibility,’ as a useful political concept, still existed. The White House seems to be

This ACIP meeting set a historic precedent for the erosion and destruction of science-based vaccine programs in our country.

The current ACA debate is the rerun of a movie we’ve seen many times. Democrats want more spending to make health care more affordable. Republicans want less spending and regulation and more people in lower premium high deductible insurance plans with health spending accounts.

Had a great conversation with Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli on This Week in Virology (TWiV) about vaccines and current policy. We kept coming back to nuance — something that's been in short supply lately. @profvrr https://t.co/3ph9avs2EW

Great piece that includes research that Nordic-style egalitarianism results in people having more kids. One way of presenting issue might be that both Egalitarian and "Trad" approaches result in more births than our Muddled approach. But still may not be enough for replacement.

Senator Cassidy’s health proposal presents tradeoffs. Healthier people would benefit from contributions to health savings accounts and low premium high deductible plans. Sicker people would end up with higher premiums or higher deductibles. But, it wouldn’t destabilize the ACA.

These are very empty words from a Senator who cast the deciding vote to cut Medicaid and food stamps to help offset the cost of giving out trillions in tax cuts to the rich.

Speaker Johnson is relying on OBBB to help bring relief to Americans next yr But one senior House Republican told me that’s a mistake. “No one in America knows what’s in that bill.. There’s no key kind of strategic messaging.. This is a blown majority.”

There's a lot of reluctance to—and frustration with—studying men and masculinity in particular. But avoiding it won't make problems go away. I wrote about why this all matters, not just for birth rates, but for gender equality and relationships https://t.co/KhILbGMPVO

The average increase in out-of-pocket premiums if ACA enhanced tax credits expire is $1,016, so these HSA contributions would be similar to that. But, the average deductible in a bronze plan will be $7,476, so a $1,000 or $1,500 HSA will leave people quite exposed.

Child care too!

Trump administration makes Trump's birthday a free-admission day for national parks while canceling free admission for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, according to park service web site. @Katmarwong https://t.co/BH8gC77XT0

Scoop: Crapo and Cassidy are circulating a health plan that does NOT extend ACA subsidies but provides payments $1k to $1.5k to HSAs per summary we obtained w/ @StefWKight https://t.co/ojZAAfUq9F

Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package & gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it. $3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP. https://t.co/dyNE17nvyd @RuthReader @liz_crampton

On ACA tax credits, both sides are hardening positions and returning to their corners. Dems a 3 yr extension, R’s none. It appears we are a long way from a deal and closer to health care affordability being a big issue in the midterms.  https://t.co/CQC83n0T9e

NEWS — GOP Sens. Bernie Moreno & Susan Collins team up on new health care plan that extends Obamacare subsidies for 2 years with income caps & other reforms Comes as R’s struggle to coalesce around a proposal ahead of vote on Dems’ 3-year clean extension https://t.co/tO8CqRH3bv

News: Sen. MARSHALL is circulating a health care plan extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies 1 yr then distributing $ via new health accounts, per multiple sources Senate R's pushing a bunch of health care ideas. READ MORE: https://t.co/KmaKl6rzTY w/ @AndrewDesiderio

Senate Republicans still leaning toward not offering an alternative to Dems' ACA subsidies plan this week, per sources “We will clearly reject the Democrats’ offer,” said Sen. Cramer. “That creates the opportunity … for perhaps a bipartisan 60-vote health care cost measure.”