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Hopping back on here to share this urgent message that I echo 100%! APHA thank you for your leadership! Kennedy and his policies are a danger to the public’s health apha.org/news-and-media…

Even when you know you might not win the race, it's critical to participate! Jess Piper knows this firsthand. The impact of her efforts in MO an inspirational story and lesson in building civic muscle. Listen now before a new episode drops on 4/10/25! bit.ly/4jocgX9

Let this sink in. While countless thousands of organizations have lost millions of dollars in critical funding, already authorized by Congress and after going through rigorous processes and reporting to even qualify for funding, members of Congress made millions overnight.

The math is inescapable and the utter lack of responsibility to the American people, our public health and health institutions is inexcusable. I sure hope I'm wrong...but we're on the precipice of a health care crisis. What happens next is not inevitable.

Can't stress enough the relevance of this conversation. Connecting Dots. Every person living in America is represented by a member of Congress. Every Congressional District has data that measures quality of life, both in health and opportunities. There's a dashboard for this.

One of the arguments for scaling back the ACA Medicaid expansion is that enrollees are "able-bodied" and don't need health care. 44% of Medicaid expansion enrollees have a chronic condition.

What is the Future of Rural Media? In this conversation from the 2024 Rural Progress Summit, Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one), Isaac Wright, and @RFawal join Joel Heitkamp to discuss what the future landscape of rural Media will look like. More: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/what-is-the-…

With the U.S. Department of Education’s mass layoffs in March, there is uncertainty about continued access to the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) funding tinyurl.com/mrd93ka5

CBO looks at a range of Republican Medicaid ideas and estimates all of them would reduce Medicaid coverage and increase the number of uninsured. CBO assumes states would replace about half the federal cuts, which would also lead to cuts in other programs or higher state taxes.

New Episode Dropping tomorrow but first, one last push that rural health policy is facing some of its biggest challenges of the century. Learn what, how and why!  julie rovner KFF Health News

Thank you julie rovner - if you have not subscribed to KFF Health News What the Health podcast, it's time.

Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) is joined by West of 98 Shameless Frontier Mayor and Booster for a wide-ranging conversation, including his letter to Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Listen wherever you get your podcasts & subscribe.  tinyurl.com/mr47pca4

Urgent is the subject line open.substack.com/pub/michellera…

NEW! Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) and Joan Alker GeorgetownCCF discuss "Medicaid and Its Impact on Maternal and Infant Health." As Congress contemplates the largest cuts to the program ever, this dot-connecting conversation is both timely and urgent. tinyurl.com/5cyex6aa

"appears to be rife with errors" just say it CNN, IS rife with errors. Information coming out of HHS is no longer trustworthy, not just because references in the "study" don't exist, were incorrect or misrepresented, but also, because there is no reference of gun violence

Nearly 3 million people live sicker & die earlier in more than 200 U.S. counties (KFF Health News.) Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) Sarah Jane Tribble, InvestigateTV Caresse Jackman discusses "Dead Zones," NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association Josh Seidemann shares how providers are working to close connectivity gaps.

NEW from CBO Cost Estimates: an estimated 5.1 million fewer people would have health insurance under ACA as a result of letting expanded subsidies expire; so a total of 16 million more uninsured of HR1 plus nonrenewal.

NEW "What's your Impact?" episode! Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) is with Mindy Cook from American Heart Association & Kallie Provost from Cox Monett Hospital CoxHealth to explore how the Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator program is improving health outcomes in rural America. tinyurl.com/mvrfb7c

I know my colleagues already dropped this line (h/t: Brendan Duke), but it bears repeating - there already exists a rural hospital fund and it is called: 🚨🚨MEDICAID🚨🚨 politico.com/live-updates/2…

NEW: Candid Conversation episode! Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) was joined by Democrats Jane Fleming Kleeb🇺🇸thank you Pres. Biden @jonesforAR Missouri Democrats 🇺🇸 & Will Westmoreland for a wide-ranging roundtable discussion on Trump Administration policies and their impacts on rural. tinyurl.com/2zf5byh8