Carrie A Rheingans
@crheinga
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Trained as public healther & social worker, on @cjaonline & @wcpublichealth boards, #wedding #officiant, 3x @umich alum #goblue! opinions mine, RT≠endorsement
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Joined November 2008
.@SenSchumer: "Would the Senator yield for a question?" @SenBooker: "Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no." Schumer: "I just wanted to tell you, a question, do you know you have just broken the record?"
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Happy Women's History Month! Help me honor our many elected women in Washtenaw and find ways to plug in to protect immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ+, and women's reproductive freedom at my first re-elelction fundraiser of the term 💖 https://t.co/nO9XndYiG1
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Atrocious. Public input to regulation changes is an important part of a functioning democracy. #HHSSec #RFKJr disallowing the public to participate just adds to the sinister authoritarianism we're seeing all across this administration
⛔️NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWED—Trump HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announced plans to strip public participation from much of the business that he/HHS conducts, despite his pledge of “radical transparency” at HHS. The statement said HHS would rescind its longtime practice of giving members
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BREAKING: Judge Cannon has DENIED Nauta/DeOliveira's motion to BLOCK VOL I of the final Jack Smith report. She has set a HEARING as to VOL II on 1/17. Her order barring the release of VOL I expires in 11 hours. SCOTUS has that long to stop it's release. https://t.co/uvoePvakVK
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In this leaked list of cuts, "lower FMAP floor" for Medicaid means states pay a higher proportion of Medicaid costs for enrollees - this just shoves fed costs to states so billionaires get more yacht money 🙄 https://t.co/eTUC1L05RW
Politico got a hold of a leaked list of GOP plans to cut federal spending on #Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act #ACA Also includes cuts to federal spending on social services, green energy, and federal employee benefits
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In order to make his rich, billionaire buddies richer, Trump wants to kick millions off healthcare coverage and starve families. How does this help working families thrive?
Here is the early “menu” of $5T in cuts House GOP could use to bankroll Trump’s top priorities this year Medicaid, ACA measures, SNAP, IRA $ + more Full list here >> https://t.co/7E9ix9k3e1 w/ @_BenLeonard_ @kelseytam
https://t.co/fKyd0aVZUg
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In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.
nytimes.com
In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.
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Jimmy Carter’s work promoting global public health remembered as core piece of his legacy | my interview with @WmBrangham @PBS @NewsHour
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President Jimmy Carter channeled his work on the world stage through his non-profit Carter Center for more than four decades after leaving the White House. One of his key achievements was the...
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#NORAD has received reports from Defense Support Satellites indicating Santa has lifted off! Start tracking his journey with us at https://t.co/Zmnvc5vhPq 🎄 #NORADTracksSanta #NTS24
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"...To truly deliver for working people, it is going to take all of us standing up and rejecting the politics of the status quo. In the years to come, we can elect candidates who will stand with working people and refuse to be bought by corporations. " 1/2
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Opinion: Michigan Legislature must pass driver's licenses for undocumented workers | Opinion
freep.com
This isn't controversial or radical policy, and my colleagues in the Legislature need to get the Drive Safe bills passed before the end of the year.
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"It's been an honor to serve you." @stabenow has worked to make Michigan a better place for 50 years. Here are some highlights from her farewell address in the US Senate. We are so grateful for her dedication to Michigan and our country. Thank you, Senator!
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📰 WaPo: “Democrats stand ready to extend the tax credits to ensure everyone has access to affordable health care,” Brad Woodhouse, executive director of Democrat-aligned advocacy group Protect Our Care, said in a statement Thursday. “It’s time for Republicans to get on board.”
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Health care administrative costs are indeed much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. That's driven primarily by private insurance. In traditional Medicare, administrative costs total 1.3% of total spending.
Shouldn’t the American people be getting getting their money’s worth?
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Scott Gottlieb: RFK Jr. "will cost lives" if he follows through on health plans
thehill.com
Scott Gottlieb, who served as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during President-elect Trump’s first term, expressed concerns with the pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the…
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🗓️ Tomorrow we mark #WorldAIDSDay. We are calling on people everywhere to rally around the theme, #UniteToReachAll. We must unite science, policy & activism to ensure all can seamlessly access the support & care they require. 🌐 Learn more & join us!
iasociety.org
This World AIDS Day, let’s combine our forces to build a truly equitable HIV response that reaches all.
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if you take Trump's threat to put a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods seriously, one of the first results would be an immediate increase in gas prices, especially in the midwest—Canadian pipeline-transported crude feeds key refineries throughout the US
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☕️ Join us on Monday morning at the Napoleon Twp offices for our last coffee hour of the year and term (we'll have a happy hour next month in Ann Arbor) ☕️ 🗓 Mon, Nov 25 🕘 9:00-10:30am 📍Napoleon Twp offices (6755 Brooklyn Rd., Napoleon, MI 49261)
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On behalf of the NAACP Michigan State Conference and the Sierra Club, we advocate for its [National Popular Vote] passage in Michigan, not as a political position, but as a moral imperative. @minaacp @SierraClub @BridgeMichigan
https://t.co/uo5zfVT8M3
bridgemi.com
We advocate for its passage in Michigan, not as a political position, but as a moral imperative. It is within Michigan’s power to chart a new path toward a more inclusive democracy.
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Homicides continued to decline in major U.S. cities — by more than 40% in some communities — during the first nine months of the year, according to new data that show the COVID-era crime wave evaporating.
axios.com
President-elect Trump has said violent crime is soaring because of undocumented immigrants. Cities' homicide stats tell a different story.
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