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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare
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Working for comprehensive, patient-centered health care reform through single-payer public financing. We seek to build the grassroots movement to win the implementation of national Single Payer/Medicare-for-All. https://linktr.ee/apiforcalcare
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 6d
Health insurance death spiral?
Build the mass movement to win single-payer reform to end the commodification of healthcare.
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Health insurance premiums for 1.7 million Californians on Obamacare will soar as federal subsidies end
Healthcare plans under Obamacare will skyrocket 97% on average in 2026 if enhanced tax credits aren't renewed, experts said.
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 8h
And this is why they are able to pass legislation that will mass murder millions of us. They have zero concern for the health and well being of anyone but themselves.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 8h
"Healthcare" leadership in action. Narcissists cannot handle it when other people demand attention away from them.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 15h
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Covid is rotting your brain and damaging your immune system, Life before vaccines, and more
Bonus Add your name to a Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 15h
Disband CDC Vaccine Panel, Updated Lawsuit Says www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Disband CDC Vaccine Panel, Updated Lawsuit Says
New appointees lack the credentials and experience to serve on ACIP, groups argue
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 9h
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Where Do Our Health Insurance Premiums Go?
Big Insurance has hauled in $500B in profits since 2014— enough to cover extending the enhanced ACA subsidies and leave $150B — yet it’s gone to shareholders and executive bonuses instead of patients.
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 6d
Health insurance death spiral?
Build the mass movement to win single-payer reform to end the commodification of healthcare.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Health insurance premiums for 1.7 million Californians on Obamacare will soar as federal subsidies end
Healthcare plans under Obamacare will skyrocket 97% on average in 2026 if enhanced tax credits aren't renewed, experts said.
www.latimes.com
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 8d
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Health Insurance Premium Spikes Imminent as Tax Credit Enhancements Set to Expire
If Congress waits until the end of the year to extend the enhancements, 1.5 million more people will be uninsured in 2026 compared to an earlier extension.
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AltNIOSH @altniosh.altgov.info · 27d
Tragic and catastrophic workplace accidents like the nightmare scenario in Tennessee will keep happening under a regime and within a corporate landscape that views workers as a disposable resource. There will be efforts to normalize this sort of thing, mark our words.
A massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant obliterated a building and left 18 people missing. Here’s what we know | CNN
Early Friday, a thundering blast at a military and industrial explosives plant reverberated across a tight-knit community in central Tennessee, razing an entire building on the plant’s sprawling campu...
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STAT @statnews.com · 26d
Almost the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, known as the “voice of the CDC,” has been laid off, former publication editor-in-chief Charlotte Kent told STAT Saturday.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health
CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 26d
Thank you, @wearecta.bsky.social
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Single-Payer Health Care & Public Education
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 29d
Why are billions being spent on war crimes and genocide and subsidies for big oil, but nothing for healthcare and housing for the people?
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 29d
Michigan Avenue right now.
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · 29d
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One Mutation Away From The Next Global Pandemic: Fall 2025 Update On H5N1
Is Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Going To Start Spreading In People This Year?
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · 29d
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Side Gigs For Physicians Boom As Salaries Flatten And Burnout Continues
As burnout grows and salaries stagnate, more doctors are building independent income streams
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · Oct 4
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Opinion | My Equity Research Is Being Censored. I Knew This Day Was Coming.
Ending DEI in public health research and practice is harmful
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · Oct 4
...the loss of the extra ACA subsidies, plus additional administrative burdens to obtain ACA insurance...creates the start of a "death spiral" effect by leaving sicker people in the risk pool.

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New Federal Policies Spur Higher Health Insurance Premiums in 2026
Insurers cite increasing health care costs and expiration of enhanced premium tax credits as drivers of widespread, substantial proposed rate increases for 2026.
www.commonwealthfund.org
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Oct 1
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · Oct 1
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Insurers Keep Saying “No” — But Patients and Clinicians Are Fighting Back
Denied claims and endless delays are pushing mental health and addiction care to a breaking point, but persistence and documentation can force insurers to approve life-saving treatment.
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · Sep 30
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For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...
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Becky Ancira Robertson @ancirabecky.bsky.social · Sep 30
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COVID & Health News, 9/28/25
According to Michael Hoerger, as of 9/22/25, there are approximately 857,000 new COVID cases per day in the United States with every 1 in 57 people currently infected.
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · Sep 30
While the Democratic Party continues to demonstrate allegiance to private insurers and Big Pharma by blocking the advancement of single-payer reform, it remains the best response to fascism's attack on public health.

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California braces for a health insurance meltdown
Regulators are preparing to tell people their monthly premiums have doubled.
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · Sep 30
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Cuts to Medicare Advantage Benefits and Service Area Reductions are Business Decisions Made by Insurance Companies to Maintain Profits
Profit first, patients second: As insurers cut benefits and exit markets, Medicare Advantage enrollees are left holding the bag.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · Sep 26
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Asians and Pacific Islanders for CalCare @apiforcalcare.com · Sep 27
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FDA Guidelines on COVID-19 Vaccines Are Throwing Those Most at Risk Into Despair
“There’s a lot of misinformation, and nobody seems to know what’s going on,” a resident of Missouri said.
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Profolus @profolus.com · Sep 27
The term "rent-seeking" refers to activities performed by an economic actor or group of economic actors that aim to increase its wealth without creating new wealth or value.
Private Health Insurance as a Rent-Seeking Middleman - Profolus
Critics have argued that private health insurance is a rent-seeking middleman because of its failure to promote and protect health equity.
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