DAVIS, KIM V. ERMOLD, DAVID, ET AL. The motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Chuck Neville Chamberlain Schumer

Understanding the Health Insurance Marketplaces | KFF These resources are for anyone shopping (or helping someone shop) for health coverage within the health insurance marketplaces created through the Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare.)

The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season began November 1.

With it comes looming changes to the enhanced premium tax credits, higher premium payments, changes to Marketplace eligibility rules, and more.

Our updated ACA resources can help guide you through the changes: https://on.kff.org/3NPfMfE

Susan Collins has never been more vulnerable. This is our chance to retake this U.S. Senate seat and give Maine people a fighter for them in Washington.

The Opportunistic Lies vs. The Pleasant Reality

On the one hand, I completely understand this logic and have expressed it to some degree myself.

On the other hand, my own family’s premiums are about to jump by over $900/month if the tax credits expire.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

California takes bold action to protect access to preventive services Recognizing that prevention and early detection of diseases and conditions vastly improve health outcomes, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) and non-grandfathere...

🩺 Prevention saves lives. Under the ACA, Medicaid & most private plans must cover preventive services at no cost, based on expert recommendations. By Héctor Hernández-Delgado healthlaw.org/california-t...

Republicans control the White House, and they have majorities in the Senate and House.

And now, after Republicans wrecked our economy, they have to shut down the government.

It's cruel. It's callous. And it's incompetent.

RFK Jr.’s new regime puts vaccine coverage for low-income children in jeopardy Children from low-income families, those without health insurance or who are under-insured, as well as Native American children, have long had access to life-saving vaccines through the Vaccines for C...

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program has long ensured low-income & Native American children get life-saving vaccines. Now, Trump’s HHS Sec. RFK Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, puts that access at risk. By Wayne Turner: healthlaw.org/rfk-jr-s-new...

My ACIP recap: 🧵

1) MMRV combo vaccine no longer recommended for children <4y. That means vaccine will not be covered by insurance, so not an option for patients. The 2 shot MMR and chickenpox vaccines are still available. This removes access. Let’s see which vaccine they will go for next!

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

On this day in 1940 the Blitz started. Over 340 bombers attacked London during the night, killing 430 people and injuring 1600. This would be the first of fifty seven consecutive nights of bombing on the capital.

Conflicts of Interest!

RFK just claims his new ACIP is very pro-vaccine.

We have no words other than
#SacktheQuack.

Wyden: How many kids have to die?
RFK: You have been a Senator for 20 years and infant mortality has increased in this country. WTF? No.

RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding RFK Jr. step down just in time for his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.

Demetre Daskalakis, former director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, speaks to a reporter at his clap out

Deb Houry, CDC's former Chief Medical Officer, speaks to reporters at her clap out

Dan Jernigan, CDC's former director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, speaks to reporters at his clap out

Some images from today's clap out. Deb, Dan, and Demetre - we appreciate everything you've done. You were the best of us public health dorks, and we will miss you immensely.

And we'll do our damnedest to keep the watch 💚💚💚

🎤 Demetre’s official resignation letter.

(It’s worth a visit to X to read the full letter — just hold your nose and dodge the racist algorithm.)

Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.

American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy.
Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Read this! Silence = Death.

RFK Jr. announces end to some mRNA contracts, including for flu, covid The targeting of the vaccine technology once considered revolutionary follows intense criticism by conservatives and anti-vaccine activists.

RFK Jr. is gutting vaccine research to please conspiracy theorists.
 
The result? Weaker pandemic preparedness, fewer lifesaving shots, and working families left to pay the price.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

i agree
statehood for Washington DC

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.

How many dead children will it take to stop the MAGA madness?

apnews.com/article/vacc...

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.

By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕

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The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.

Supreme Court Upholds Preventive Services Coverage, But Risks Remain Under HHS Leadership - National Health Law Program Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., upholding the authority of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and preservin...

🚨BREAKING - SCOTUS rules in #ACA Preventative Care case! "This outcome is a victory for the people who count on preventive care to stay healthy, but it comes with an asterisk" says @nhelp.bsky.social's Wayne Turner "We will remain vigilant" healthlaw.org/news/supreme...

Senate Ds did fight every step of way, made the bill toxic, forced Tillis to retire, made them vote in broad daylight as bill got worse, nixed some truly awful parts. They need more members. In 2026, vote out every R. That is what the lesson is here.

Sometimes I can’t wrap my head around the fact that there are people out there investing so much time and energy to take health care away from those who need it.

from Bobby Kogan: As Murkowski considers whether to vote yes or no on the motion to proceed, I think it's important for her to know that there's a very significant chance the last-minute Alaska kickback provisions will be Byrded out.

Maybe Murkowski should wait until the parliamentarian rules on whether her Gold Rush deal is going to stay in, or whether it's going to be whittled down to two Rolos wrapped in gold foil