Jason Cohen, MD

KFF graphic highlighting 74% that says “three-quarters of the public support extending the enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage.” The graphic has a donut chart in the top right corner with 74% colored in.

New KFF polling shows that as the government shutdown continues, public support remains high for extending the enhanced ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of the year — with three quarters (74%) of the public in favor of extending them.

Full poll findings: https://on.kff.org/47ZwwLO

1. New 🇬🇧 study, 13.9M under-18s: compares vascular & inflammatory outcomes after first COVID infection vs first Pfizer dose.

www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

Democrats win everywhere!
Except Long Island
Again
Again
No matter how big and blue the wave, Long Island is failed.
Jay Jacobs needed to be fired a decade ago
He needs to be fired now

Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.

In other news, local sexual predator told "No means no!" again, and debates moving to Florida.

What we know so far, 9:30pm

—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins

Mario Cuomo lost the Dem primary then lost as a 3rd party candidate to Ed Koch, 50 to 41
Decades later, here we are:

Big turnout
Big excitement *for* and not just anti
Big opportunities for NYC

#Kornacki is on the wrong station and wearing the wrong colored pants

I don't understand.

Hey, NY! If you haven't voted yet, you've got an hour to get in line!

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live White House Makeover - SNL

The sketch is online.

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My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Tarrifs on my kids' trick or treat candy have been set at 60% 🎃

Why do women get #Alzheimer more than men?

⬇️A short review

Pedestrian Fatalities Associated With Halloween in the United States This study examines 42 years of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data to establish whether Halloween is associated with an increased rate of pedestrian fatalities.

Friendly reminder that kids have a 43% higher chance of being killed by a car on Halloween night than on any other night of the year.

Drive carefully, and keep your kids on 1 side of the block at a time.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Pedestrian Fatalities Associated With Halloween in the United States This study examines 42 years of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data to establish whether Halloween is associated with an increased rate of pedestrian fatalities.

Friendly reminder that kids have a 43% higher chance of being killed by a car on Halloween night than on any other night of the year.

Drive carefully, and keep your kids on 1 side of the block at a time.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Map w road closures in Westchester county

Friendly reminder to never drive on a highway in Westchester named after a body of water after it rains

Covid, flu, and RSV vaccines still safe and effective. Anyone who tells you otherwise wants you sick or is making 💰 at your expense.

Are vaccines perfect? Absolutely not. We need more research and lots of work to get better vaccines.

Progressive memory loss in an 85-year-old person? "Just in case, I checked and they are amyloid positive."

* Not all #dementia is #Alzheimer
* 50/50 chance an 85 yr old has positive #amyloid, even with _normal_ cognition
* LATE is a common mimic of Alzheimer
* LATE and AD can also coexist

TrumpRx and a most favored nation policy won’t lower prices for patients TrumpRx and a most-favored nation policy won’t lower prices for patients, writes the CEO and co-founder of I-MAK.

"TrumpRx and a most favored nation policy won’t lower prices for patients. A better approach would be to fix the broken system around generics and biosimilars." www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/t...

"Ah, dang. Groceries have never been more expensive. We really thought this was something Trump might be able to help us with. But the high cost of food is worth it so a transgender teen in Idaho can’t use the school locker room. Libs aren’t cheap to own, but the price is more than fair."

Over 3 billon people live with neurological disorders

1 in 3 people is living with neurological condition, such as stroke, epilepsy, migraine, autism.

Despite the number of people with these conditions, those in low- and middle- income countries face the greatest challenges http://bit.ly/4oj81yH

Checks out

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...

UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.

(Published Nov. 2024)

Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows

“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found… a 36 percent reduction in all food allergies, driven largely by a 43 percent drop in peanut allergies” in children under 3 years old.

Most consider the Tuskegee Study a cautionary tale. Apparently RFK thinks it was good science but needs replication?

You can't get safe and effective medications without research oversight.

Spent my Sunday with the family getting out the #Vote #GOTV and knocked on almost 100 doors! What better way to help get them the electeds they deserve?

Traffic sign: No KING any time (No parking sign with "par" covered)

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(Not original, taken from a friend)

Sign with RFK jr face; text is some people have guardian angels, I have a raccoon with a crowbar whispering “Let’s make it worse.”

This amused me