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bicmay, 1 month ago to Insurance

"Texas has so far removed 2.1 million Medicaid recipients from its rolls, which works out to 49% of the cases it has reviewed, more than twice the national average and a higher proportion than all but six other states, according to analysis by the nonprofit KFF."

🎁: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/texas-medicaid-enrollment-biden-19400149.php?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_BGIdIsrsfmOwCOTRgT1m-yyiXcO4xbv3tLaw2sugJ7Y9h8KSf0AEyBIudOctuJy-3iTFpAmV166h4juE6CLSeakl-Cg&_hsmi=302857426&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vYnVzaW5lc3MvYXJ0aWNsZS90ZXhhcy1tZWRpY2FpZC1lbnJvbGxtZW50LWJpZGVuLTE5NDAwMTQ5LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTcxMzI4NDExNjA1OA%3D%3D&rid=MDcyMjg5MTAtNzRlYS00OGUyLTlmODQtNjI5ZTE0Zjg0MzRi&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D

#insurance #medicaid #MedicaidUnwinding #unwinding #HealthPolicy #texas

dangillmor, 1 month ago to random

The news about journalism isn't all bad. It's gratifying to see that The Lever is expanding in a serious way.

https://www.levernews.com/the-lever-announces-new-hires-in-big-expansion/

The Lever does accountability journalism. The publication picks its spots, with excellent aim. (I'm a paying subscriber.)

Congrats to @davidsirota and his colleagues.

gregggonsalves, 1 month ago to random

Nice piece by CDC Director Mandy Cohen in NEJM on Integrating Public Health & Health Care. However, the relationship between public health & healthcare isn't that simple. First, a piece on the medicalization of public health and the consequences of that move. 1/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791244/

Teri_Kanefield, 2 months ago to random

I'd like to add a bit more to what I said about this week's blog post:

https://mastodon.social/

Invented Narratives and the Outrage Industry

It took me several years to understand what I was seeing.

At first, I thought the problem was Twitter algorithms. I thought that was the explanation for why what I was calling rage-inducing simplifications spread like wildfire.

1/

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago to random

If you have friends who are unglued about the Supreme Court decision and are simplifying the conclusions, you can send them to the piece I just posted.

Warn them that it is long, and that I will be taking apart some of their favorite legal pundits.

There was a time when I removed names before I critizied people.

No more.

No more Ms. Nice Girl.

https://terikanefield.com/the-outrage-machine-strikes-again-14th-amendment-section-3/

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago to random

Giving credit where credit is due.

I've mentioned my friend @StephanieJones a few times. (She may even come to Mastodon at some point.)

Early on she tried to tell Larry Tribe that he was misleading people about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

I quoted her in this piece: https://terikanefield.com/section-3-and-the-spirit-of-liberty/

Here she is trying to talk sense into Larry Tribe.

If people are struggling with this, show them the piece I wrote in January.

I get credit for having smart friends like Stephanie.

The 14th Amendment doesn't mention elections or ballots. It simply says no one who engaged in insurrection shall "hold any office." So, what happens if, despite being removed from several state ballots, Trump is still elected? Will he be stopped from taking office? If your answer is yes, who will do it and how? The Supreme Court? On what grounds? And through what process? The states? Which ones and how will they do it? And what about the states that didn't disqualify him - will they have any say in this? If some states deem Trump an insurrectionist and remove him from their ballots and other states don't, how exactly should the 14th Amendment's "No person shall ... hold any office" provision be enforced? I'll await your answers.

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago to random

I will qualify my prediction ⤵️
https://mastodon.social/

Lawyers are always trying to predict what courts will do. That's part of the job.

Nobody gets it right all the time. If everyone knew what courts would do the practice of law would be very different. It's always a calculation.

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

I'll admit this week's blog post was fun to write (even if the topic, demagogues, is unsavory).

How many times do I get to quote Prof. Harold Hill, post the drawing of a stork, and mention that the latest judgment against Trump was for $355 million ($450 million with prejudgment interest)?

The picture is to avoid the 500 error message

Click here for this week's blog post:

https://terikanefield.com/the-perennial-problem-of-demagogues/

GottaLaff, 6 months ago to legal

Ugh, too early for this, only 6:40 am here but, 🧵 1/…

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Inside the appeals court hearing in the #GagOrder of #Trump in Trump's 2020 election conspiracy criminal case

Hearing is in the 6th floor ceremonial courtroom. Huge. The size of a small church. Rows and rows of wooden benches. Quite cold inside.
Trump attorney John Sauro is arguing first. He's speaking exceptionally fast. Scratchy voice. He got just 1-2 minutes in... until a judge interjects.
#legal

Popehat, 6 months ago to random

I don't post on here much any more, or monitor it much, so probably better to find me on Bluesky if you need me.

De gustibus etc. No platform is perfect. But I feel more comfortable there, and less like I'm likely to get screamed at for using Latin without a CW or something.

raph, 6 months ago to Israel

I am launching a new blog on Zionism, Israel & Palestine. I will be sharing my experience as someone who grew up Zionist, lived in Israel, and still has plenty of Zionist friends and relatives, and my thoughts on why Zionism is inherently incompatible with a just solution to the conflict.

The blog is called One Small Detail, in references to this quote by Yitzhak Epstein, who settled in Palestine in 1907.

Please check it out and subscribe at https://OneSmallDetail.blog

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

GottaLaff, 7 months ago to legal

🧵THREAD will start here 1/…

>>Note: I’ll have to stop early due to Dr appt but will add what I miss when I return.

As always, I can’t reply during live-thread of multiple reporters. Plz remember to preface q’s w “Not for Laffy” or something similar since I’m too distracted to answer. Others can for me. TY.

Klasfeld:

… #NewYork.

#Trump expected to take the stand in his civil fraud #trial testimony today, set against backdrop of his 4 criminal indictments

…live from the courtroom. #legal

davidsirota, 7 months ago to random

Our family is devastated by the death of Jeannie Kaplan, one of the great advocates for public schools. Jeannie was a true hero & inspiration, who became one of our closest friends in Denver. My kids have known her all of their lives. I will so miss her counsel and encouragement through all the ups and downs of my work. I'll also miss her amazing Hanukkah and July 4th family celebrations, which became an annual ritual for our family. What an incredible life she lived, and what a loss this is.

Teri_Kanefield, 7 months ago to random

This weekly update is helpful.

I don't see a way to gift it to people through my subscription.

If you click on it, can you read it?

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5986a242ae7e8a68160e418f&s=65481191df62456c1a737d7b&linknum=4&linktot=54&linknum=4&linktot=54

It's a simple summary of what is happening in the Trump trials.

w7voa, 7 months ago to random

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colorado) announces he won’t run for reelection, saying “too many Republican leaders are lying to America” about the 2020 election being stolen and the Capitol siege. https://youtu.be/L6KbBpHHNqM?si=Aupy1gW5IS7ClwFv

GottaLaff, 7 months ago to northcarolina

Via Dave Wasserman, who confirms my lack of confidence in winning the House back:

New: NC Republicans just passed a new gerrymander that could flip the state from 7D-7R to as lopsided as 11R-3D. It dooms Reps. Kathy Manning (D) in #NC06, Wiley Nickel (D) in #NC13 and Jeff Jackson (D) in #NC14 and puts Rep. Don Davis (D) in a Toss Up #NC01. #NorthCarolina

mcc, 7 months ago to random

Consider: People often remark that cats often suddenly stop and stare in strange directions, seemingly looking at nothing at all. What humans don't understand is that the cat is in fact not looking, but listening; the cat has heard something, and is turning its head so its ears are cupped in the direction of the sound.

Implication: If elves were real, they would often as a group swiftly turn their heads to apparently stare at nothing at all, swiveling their ears slightly as they do so

GottaLaff, 7 months ago to random

🎻Aw, reaping what you sow much, GOP Fascists?

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Yes… the issue of “election denialism” is coloring the election for the next House #Speaker

And the pushback is real and fierce

GottaLaff, 7 months ago to KindActions

To all of you whose wonderful, kind, compassionate words and support have been so helpful, I have sad news: Father In Law passed away. Mr. Laffy just called in tears, but there was a small silver lining… FIL got his final wish and died peacefully in his sleep. That was so comforting for all of us. I can never thank you guys enough for your consistent caring and empathy. You’ve been beyond amazing. ❤️💔 #gratitude

GottaLaff, 7 months ago to random

Update for those following this:

This drive home is more brutal than most. We spoke to father in law as we drove, told us he’s ready to go, wishes it wd happen “as peaceful & easy” as his wife went. Sigh. Not easy to hear. He’s under hospice care, nothing imminent though.

Backstory: yrs of congestive heart failure finally taking its toll. He’s 97(!). Still sharp.

We leave Portland for Medford, OR today, then to Sacramento, then home to SoCal.

TY for your empathetic replies❤️

JosephMenn, 9 months ago to random

Gift link: European Commission study found Musk’s changes spread Russian propaganda further. https://wapo.st/3R0JiBF