Andrew Goldstein

... The whole experience was so meaningful for me and thinking about it makes my eyes teary. In dark times, please know that with complete strangers who live totally different lives and who have many different perspectives, you can create absolutely beautiful moments!

...She wanted a picture with my Vote for Zohran sign to send a text to her son to let him know. And an hour later she actually came back! Just to show me her son's response praising her changing her planned vote! It meant a lot she came back. We hugged...

... I actually didn't feel very comfortable pushing her to vote for Zohran after all she shared with me, but by the time she had to go she said having our conversation shifted her views, and she was planning to vote for Zohran...

... offered to her why I though Cuomo's deep record was actually one of harm, one that hurt me and my patients in the pandemic, and how I felt confident Zohran would listen to voices I trust, not rich donors. We had a real conversation, very genuine...

... her son who wanted her to vote for Zohran, and about her concerns about Zohran's experience and how she was planning to vote Cuomo after reading a lot of worrying things about Zohran. I mainly tried to listen, I shared a connection that might help her with some of life struggles, and ...

... spending 45 minutes speaking with one woman. It started with her giving me a glaring look from 15 feet away, and me saying "hi!" and asking if she wanted to chat. She told me so much about her life (including a large dose venting about some terrible shit she's going through right now), about...

A story! Most of the 7 hours of canvassing I did today was educating people about when they could vote and celebrating the people voting for Zohran (yay to our amazing pep squad! we had a cow bell! we got cars honking for voters! so much fun!). But most meaningful was...

Mobilizing voters for Zohran and telling people opposed to him to at least not vote for Cuomo. If you’re in New York City, and you can volunteer in the next few days, do it!

Allina Health doctors, PAs, nurse practitioners to strike on Nov. 5 Doctors, physicians' assistants and nurse practitioners with Allina Health announced that they will hold a one-day unfair labor practices strike on Nov. 5.

Our @doctorscouncilseiu.bsky.social members at Allina are striking! They demand a contract that is fair for them and ensures safe, quality care for their patients.

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3) Voter registration ends Saturday 10/25, it must be *received* by then.

4) Tell your student friends!

vote.nyc/page/registe...

While canvassing we've found many students don't know they're eligible to register here. So here's a PSA we should all share with students we know:

1) If your home is NJ or VA, sure, vote there this year!

2) Otherwise, register here for 2025 and you can register back in your home state for 2026.

They are all purposefully manufactured theft and destruction wrought by the same political and economic power structure that is Trump, the Republicans, rightwing tech bro culture, tech oligarchs, anti-tax zealots, far right bigots, financial speculators, and more. 2/2

AI, tariffs, DOGE, the budget reconciliation bill, and the current government shutdown are not separate, discrete causes of job losses. 1/2

The Infatuation’s EEEEEATSCON is the Wonder of food festivals...

David Adler, on Yom Kippur from the Global Sumud Flotilla, before he was detained by Israel:

Andrew Cuomo's whole campaign feels like Jeb Bush's "please clap" moment.

So concierge/DPC is just segregated care.

People shouldn't get better care just because they are richer.

Doctors want enough time with their patients. Patients want enough time with their doctors.

Your doctor's panel size (i.e. number of patients they are responsible for) determines how much of their time is for you vs. others.

It is wild to me as a primary care doctor that for concierge medicine and direct primary care practices, panel sizes are 200-600, while for the rest of people it's 1600-2000.

100%. Wonder epitomizes America in 2025. Slop. Enshittification. The hollowing out of anything that was good.

Chaos inside CDC prompts massive staff walkout Dozens of staff members and leaders honored CDC officials who resigned under RFK Jr.'s leadership.

Doing what's necessary.

Healthcare Workers for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social let's go!

French fries, cooked in beef tallow vs. avocado oil, the true American culture war

UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026 The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.

Fascism is killing public health.

Would love a great new candidate for my district! But a billionaire-supported Abundancebro with a thin resume and no real plans other than self-promotion seems like a terrible step down from Nadler.

Envisioning and Launching DPH State Community Organizing Teams The people's health is under direct assault by the Federal Government. If we do not defend the programs, policies, care, and communities, who will? Defend Public Health is standing up and fighting ba...

Defend Public Health (DPH) is standing up and fighting back.

Join DPH on August 5, at 5pm ET to discuss and co-design how we will build DPH State Teams.

actionnetwork.org/events/envis...

Plans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troubling Preauthorization is about to enter the lives of many seniors who have chosen traditional Medicare over MA, write former CMS Administrator Don Berwick and health policy expert Andrea Ducas.

Prior authorizations sound "rational" but are a bureaucratic mess.

They create frustration that reduces even care we all agree is appropriate.

And avoidance, delays, and interruptions of needed care is harmful and deadly.

From Don Berwick + @andreaducas.bsky.social:

If only there was a billionaire genius enough and hilarious enough to do this.

Projectors playing the South Park episode on buildings in every town across the country including on every federal and Trump building...

How states can mitigate Trump’s Medicaid cuts – and set their health care systems on a better path States are unlikely to fully neutralize the Medicaid cuts — but they have tools to scuttle the Trump administration's efforts.

"Although states cannot fully neutralize the impending Medicaid cuts, they have tools to scuttle the Trump administration’s efforts. Reining in excessive prices allows states to sustain Medicaid funding and even increase federal dollars flowing into the state."