Julie Rovner

On Earth 2, a rational compromise for Obamacare Surprise! The Problem Solvers come up with a...problem solver

Hey, the bipartisan Problem Solvers are really trying to...solve a problem!

They have a bill to restore and slightly trim the enhanced ACA subsidies, and it's good.
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The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA - KFF Health News Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health ca...

New #WTHealth podcast up: @joannekenen.bsky.social, @shefali.bsky.social and Paige Cunningham on what the GOP really wants on health care, how the D's may well have won the shutdown, and an interview with @avik.bsky.social on possibilities for bipartisanship...
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Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...

Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content

It’s not all politics for me. Aspen finished her Open FAST title in agility today!

Mafia governance in action

"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."

Amazing reporting from @chalkbeat.org: Christian Nationalist law firm Alliance Defending Freedom was involved in setting up Colorado's first "Christian public school" specifically so it could get another case to the Supreme Court over whether public money can fund religious schools

U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Solicitor General Washington, D.C. 20530 November 13, 2025 Honorable Scott S. Harris Clerk Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D.C. 20543 Re: Rollins, et al. v. Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al., No. 25A539 Dear Mr. Harris: On November 7, we filed in the above-captioned case an application for a stay of the orders issued by the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, along with a request for an immediate administrative stay of those orders as this Court considered that application. Those orders required the government to redirect billions of dollars in order to fund full SNAP payments for the month of November by November 7. On that day, this Court issued an administrative stay of the district court's orders; and on November 11, this Court extended that stay through midnight tonight. Since then, Congress has passed, , and President Trump has signed, a bill that put an end to the government shutdown. That law, among other things, fully funds SNAP through the end of the fiscal year. See Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, H.R. 5371, 119th Cong. div. B, tit. IV (enacted Nov. 12, 2025). Because the underlying dispute here is now moot, the government withdraws its November 7 stay application in this Court. Sincerely, D. John Sauer Solicitor General cc: See Attached Service List

NEW: With Trump having signed the bill ending the shutdown, and SNAP benefits fully funded again, DOJ withdraws its SCOTUS stay request in the SNAP benefits case.

"Because the underlying dispute here is now moot, the government withdraws its November 7 stay application in this Court."

This work is so important, especially in the context of how modestly (if at all) outreach efforts improve retention.

Also important: the work requirements that need to be implemented by the end of next year may prove much harder to automate than standard eligibility redeterminations

The State of the Affordable Care Act - KFF Health News Nov. 1 marked the start of open enrollment for 2026 health plans bought from Affordable Care Act marketplaces in most states. But this sign-up season is like no other in the health law’s 15-year histo...

In this special episode of “What the Health?” from KFF Health News and WAMU, host @julierovner.bsky.social talks to @cynthiaccox.bsky.social of @kff.org about the state of the Affordable Care Act. https://bit.ly/4813Bad

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
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Hello from Paris, where I am taking a break from the ACA and shutdown mess.

Spanberger v. Earle-Sears exit poll Men 18-29: Spanberger 56%; Earle-Sears 42%

A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.

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TIL the Post has added, inline in their articles, an AI chatbot pop-up that invites you to ask questions of the gibberish machine that makes up facts.

Thanks, I hate it.

Imagining Homer Simpson on the jury, drooling and saying “mmmhhhm projectile sandwich”

‘Country over party’: How Dick Cheney helped Liz Cheney stand up to Donald Trump | CNN Politics One year after Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, former Vice President Dick Cheney joined his daughter Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney on the floor of the House to take a l...

New: Liz Cheney on her father, “Country over Party”

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i do not. there have been lots of differences between state officials and CMS (formerly HCFA) leaders, but not on this level, at least not since I've been covering (from the end of the Reagan era)

Fact check: true!

Also, the President of the United States stated Friday evening that: I do not want Americans to go hungry . . . [I] ask the Court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. . . . If we are given the appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to provide the funding . . . Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Social (Oct. 31, 2025, at 6:10 PM).1 So, here’s the ORDER and here’s the legal direction from the Court.2 Having reviewed the Complaint, Motion, Memorandum of Law, Declarations, and evidence in support of the Motion, as well as the papers filed in opposition to this Motion, and 1 The Court greatly appreciates the President’s quick and definitive response to this Court’s Order and his desire to provide the necessary SNAP funding.

ICYMI, Trump posted that he wanted to fund SNAP "as soon as possible . . . [i]f we are given the appropriate legal direction."

So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.

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Happy Open Enrollment Eve! - KFF Health News A standoff in Congress is keeping much of the government shut down as open enrollment begins in most states for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats are demanding Republicans agree to extend ACA tax c...

first #WTHealth podcast with our new distribution partner @wamu.org! Find us now on the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Just in time!

Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown - KFF Health News Two major nutrition programs — SNAP and WIC — are likely to exhaust their funding in November, and the furloughs and firings at the CDC have left the agency unable to perform some of its major functio...

new #WTHealth podcast up! @shefali.bsky.social, @alicemiranda.bsky.social, and @rachelroubein.bsky.social on the latest shutdown news, Trump's IVF policy, and immigration and health care. Plus the latest "bill of the month."
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"That's the big irony here - Democrats are fighting hard to basically save health insurance for a pretty Republican group of people."

@julierovner.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social discuss who relies on the Affordable Care Act as the shutdown stalemate over its subsidies drags on.

apparently we are having the entire ACA debate over again. Sigh.

Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown - KFF Health News Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking advantage of t...

new #WTHealth up! @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social and I on shutdown latest, another Rx deal for Trump, and layoffs at HHS. Plus @louisenorris.bsky.social on Medicare Open Enrollment for 2026.
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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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Gorgeous day at the wharf for a festival celebrating the first amendment! Here with my peeps from @wamu885

Starting To Feel the Shutdown’s Bite - KFF Health News The government shutdown continues with no end in sight, and while it theoretically should not affect entitlement programs, the lapse of some related authorizations — like for Medicare telehealth progr...

on this week's #WTHealth: shutdown fallout, vaccine changes, a new generic abortion pill and more; with @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social and CNN's Tami Luhby. Plus Sarah Grusin of @nhelp.bsky.social on immigrants and federal health programs:
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screenshot of letter dated 10/9/25 Today, your agencies have all the information they need to bring an end to previous Democrat-administrations’ abortion drug regulations while a comprehensive review is conducted. As a starting point, we recommend the following: 1. Suspend the approval of any new generic versions of mifepristone pending the outcome of the REMS safety review; 2. Commit to ensuring that all generic versions of mifepristone are included in the ongoing reevaluation of prior REMS approvals; 3. Reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone and all its generic versions; 4. Suspend the distribution of mifepristone and all generic versions as an “imminent hazard” under Section 505(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); and 5. Withdraw FDA guidance permitting pharmacy distribution of mifepristone and all its generic versions. We are committed to continuing to work together to give a voice to the voiceless and protect women from the dangerous effects of unregulated access to chemical abortion drugs. The life, safety, freedom, and health of millions of Americans, born and unborn, depend on it.

NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
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Sir, you signed the law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed workers in 2018...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

"Court judge Diane Goodstein... had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work". "[A]t least three members of her family, including her husband... and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries." time.com/7323442/sout...