Voices of Health Care Action
We're focused on lifting up people with personal health care stories via social media & holding accountable the elected officials voting against our health care
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionPresident Trump's new health care plan proposes paying people instead of insurance companies. Why doesn't that work to bring down the costs of health care? Learn more from my conversation with @charlesgaba.com: youtube.com/live/bTXRFoH...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionToday we talked to @ebpforva.bsky.social about HB 625/SB 161 the copay bill, HB 1207/SB 2 paid family medical leave, and saving the Tobacco Quitline and Virginia's comprehensive tobacco control programs for @acscan.bsky.social! #VACancerActionDay
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionTestified in person today before the Virginia State Legislature about HB 625/SB 161, which would offer a Virginia health insurance plan option with capped copays for expensive meds. #LowerDrugPricesNow Watch: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00304/harmon...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: @charlesgaba.com Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionWhat’s in Trump’s new health care plan? #CareTalk live @charlesgaba.com explores w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane @socialsecurityworks.org answer your health insurance q’s
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionFood is not the enemy. Learn more from Dr. Rebecca Fujimura @drsforamerica.bsky.social about the new nutrition guidelines: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kcI...
- We're an independent grassroots group of health care advocates organizing adults in America with serious medical conditions to make health care more affordable and available for all. Join @voicesofhealthcare.org here: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-v...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionTalking to my Virginia Delegate @ebpforva.bsky.social about HB 625/SB 161 today, which would offer a Virginia health insurance plan option with capped copays for expensive meds!
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionThe Affordable Medicine Act, which would establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board and implement the prescription drug prices negotiated by Medicare as a part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is moving forward in the House and Senate!
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionTestified virtually before the Virginia state legislature for @voicesofhealthcare.org! To House Labor & Commerce subcommittee #1 for HB 483 the Affordable Medicine Act, to set up a prescription drug affordability board in Virginia. #LowerDrugPricesNow Watch: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00304/harmon...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionTestifying virtually before the Virginia state legislature today, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, in favor of SB 271 the Affordable Medicine Act, on behalf of @voicesofhealthcare.org. #LowerDrugPricesNow Watch: www.youtube.com/live/XY3Qfi1...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionCheetos and lentil chips are both "processed" foods. What's the difference when it comes to your health? Learn more from Dr. Rebecca Fujimura @drsforamerica.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kcI...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionRebecca Fujimura MD, MPH of @drsforamerica.bsky.social weighs in on the new food pyramid and what it means for chronic diseases. Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kcI...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionCongress chose to give tax breaks to billionaires instead of helping you afford health insurance. Learn more from my discussion with @charlesgaba.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xvf...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: @drsforamerica.bsky.social Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew U.S. dietary guidelines released earlier this month. #CareTalk live Dr. Rebecca Fujimura @drsforamerica.bsky.social explores w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answers your health insurance q’s
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionWhen a large group of people lose health insurance, this affects everybody: whether or not you're directly losing access to your health care. Learn more from my conversation with @charlesgaba.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xvf...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionI could have been bankrupt or dead. That’s the danger with short-term junk health insurance plans. They take your money, but don’t actually provide the high-cost care that you might need, just when you need it most. (me via @bcrodriguez.bsky.social @19thnews.org)
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care Action"...it never should have been like this, that these high-priced drugs threaten people’s health and well-being. I’m fortunate to not be on any prescriptions right now, but too many Virginians can’t afford the pills they need to survive” me, via @jeisrael.bsky.social
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionAre you grappling with your Medicare enrollment choices this open enrollment period? Diane Archer @socialsecurityworks.org explains the differences between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezu1...
- In Richmond today with @teamfreedomva.bsky.social to announce the introduction of new prescription drug affordability board legislation in Virginia! #LowerDrugPricesNow
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionWhat’s happening with the Affordable Care Act? #CareTalk live @charlesgaba.com explains w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane @socialsecurityworks.org answer your health insurance q’s
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionShould America follow Denmark's guidelines on vaccines for children? Learn more from @beckyrparks.bsky.social @protectourcare.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezu1...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionHaving conversations with friends and family about child health and immunization can be hard, but do it to protect your family. More from my discussion on public health with @beckyrparks.bsky.social @protectourcare.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezu1...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionAmerica has a significant measles outbreak, and other vaccine-preventable diseases like whooping cough are making a comeback. New reduced federal guidelines on vaccines put children at risk. More from @beckyrparks.bsky.social @protectourcare.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezu1...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionI don't want Venezuela. Don't want Greenland. Don't want a ballroom. I just want my monthly health insurance bill not to go up 21%!! We can't afford this. #StopTrumpsHealthCareCuts
- Why does Congress pass tax cuts for billionaires while refusing to make health insurance more affordable? Margarida Jorge at Health Care for America Now explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FsT...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionWhy are Medicare costs not going up as high as other types of health insurance this year? Learn more from Diane Archer @socialsecurityworks.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNew...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: @beckyrparks.bsky.social at @protectourcare.org Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionPublic health is under attack in America. #CareTalk live @beckyrparks.bsky.social at @protectourcare.org explains w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com. Also @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane @socialsecurityworks.org answer your health insurance q’s
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionMy health insurance cost has gone up 21%! How about you? Learn more from my conversation with Margarida Jorge at HCAN: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FsT...
- Demand your Member of Congress take action to make health insurance affordable in 2026. Learn more from Margarida Jorge at Health Care for America Now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FsT...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionFor a family already managing a fatal pediatric condition, these health insurance cuts are incredibly cruel. Learn more about the health care price hikes with @fburnett.bsky.social from @momsrising.org: www.youtube.com/live/RNeweGo...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionYour health insurance premiums are going up next year, because Congress chose to do nothing about it. Watch the full #CareTalk episode with @fburnett.bsky.social @momsrising.org: youtube.com/live/RNeweGo...
- 20 million Americans are going to face health insurance costs that double or triple next year. Learn more from @fburnett.bsky.social @momsrising.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNew...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionHelp us win a larger grant from CREDO Mobile to fund our health care education and advocacy work next year? www.credodonations.com/organization...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionOn Capitol Hill this morning to share my story about the Affordable Care Act saving my life with @popdemoc.bsky.social @fairshareamerica.bsky.social @economicsecurityproject.org @voicesofhealthcare.org @protectourcare.org and demand that Congress now save the Affordable Care Act!
- Delayed Care, Denied Claims, Preventable Deaths. Some Medicare Advantage insurers are inappropriately delaying essential medical treatment and denying crucial care for seniors. Learn more from Diane Archer @socialsecurityworks.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI9_...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: Margarida Jorge at Health Care for America Now Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionWhat’s going on with Congress & our health care? #CareTalk live Margarida Jorge at Health Care for America Now explains w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane @socialsecurityworks.org answer your health ins q’s
- The Trump administration promised ‘Radical Transparency’, but are withholding rural health fund applications.
- Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.
- Nursing is no longer counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by the Trump administration.
- The granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis and rebuked her cousin, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for medical research cuts.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: @fburnett.bsky.social & @momsrising.org Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionStop the health care price hikes! On #CareTalk live @fburnett.bsky.social @momsrising.org explains what’s happening w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane Just Care @socialsecurityworks.org answer your health ins q’s
- Complaints about gaps in Medicare Advantage networks are common. Federal enforcement is rare.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionCongress made a choice: tax breaks for billionaires but no help on health care for middle and working-class Americans. There's still time for them to act. Learn more in this #CareTalk episode with @charlesgaba.com: youtube.com/live/FI9_Sif...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionMy health insurance rates are going up 21% next year, and I'm not the only one. We discuss the anticipated White House health care plan, its delay, and what it could mean for the Affordable Care Act in this #CareTalk episode with @charlesgaba.com: youtube.com/live/FI9_Sif...
- A pregnant mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion in Texas.
- Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts of funding cuts may be in cities. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: @charlesgaba.com Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionOn #CareTalk live @charlesgaba.com explains what’s happening to the Affordable Care Act w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane Just Care @socialsecurityworks.org answer your health ins q’s
- The NIH abruptly places an outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave.
- Millions of Americans will soon go without health insurance. Meet the uninsured: are you one of them?
- Who will suffer when our health care is cut? More about the impact of the Big Ugly Bill from @alaw202.bsky.social @socialsecurityworks.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGuy...
- The Trump administration has already undercut efforts to provide medical care, outbreak response, and other services by cutting and freezing public health funds.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionBecause Congress has failed to make health insurance plans more affordable, people across America will face huge premium increases next year. Learn more from @louisenorris.bsky.social at @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGuy...
- Our representatives in Washington DC are not helping the people, prioritizing billionaires while cutting our health care. @alaw202.bsky.social at @socialsecurityworks.org explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGuy...
- Your Representatives in Congress need to hear from you, to prioritize lowering health care costs. More from Margarida Jorge at Health Care for America Now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCdx...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionThe increasing use of pre authorization in private health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, is a growing concern for patients. Learn more from Rachel Madley at the Center for Health & Democracy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCdx...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionNew #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia Guest: @alaw202.bsky.social Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionOn #CareTalk live @alaw202.bsky.social @socialsecurityworks.org explains health insurance cost increases next year w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane Just Care answer your health insurance q’s
- Wielding obscure budget tools, Trump’s ‘Grim Reaper’ Russell Vought damaged public health through cutting outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
- Big Insurance has hauled in $500B in profits since 2014 - enough to cover extending the enhanced ACA subsidies and leave $150B - yet it’s gone to shareholders and executive bonuses instead of patients.
- States from California to Texas say they rely on tens of millions in federal funding to help them prepare for the next pandemic, cyberattack, or mass-casualty catastrophe. The Trump administration wants to cut it.
- Small-business owners and their employees, who make up nearly half of the Obamacare marketplace, are worried about their health care and their livelihoods as insurance prices surge.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionOn #CareTalk live Margarida Jorge @hcanef.bsky.social talks about government shutdown & healthcare w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Rachel Madley Center for Health & Democracy answer your health ins q’s
- The Trump administration is fighting state laws protecting patients' credit scores from medical debt.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionWhat is a prescription drug affordability board and what does it do? Learn more from my discussion with Vinny DeMarco from @mdhealthcareforall.bsky.social youtube.com/live/Q2GS8NJ...
- The Trump administration is using a new metric for assessing job performance at HHS: whether employees "clearly and demonstrably support implementation" of Trump's policy agenda.
- CDC scientists are ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionTrade agreements must not stand in the way of health and access to medicines. USMCA must be revised to remove extreme intellectual property provisions that keep medicine prices high, discourage competition, and ultimately impede access to medicine.
- TrumpRx and a most favored nation policy is pricey political theater, it won’t lower drug prices for patients.
- Trump’s budget law ‘solidified’ a Georgia hospital’s decision to shutter its delivery unit.
- Dr. Oz says Trump has a plan to replace Obamacare - but offers no specifics.
- The Trump administration made promises, but officials show little proof that new tech will help Americans on Medicaid to keep their health insurance.
- U.S. Ph.D. admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold.
- Hundreds of disability advocates urge the conservative-controlled North Carolina legislature to repeal Medicaid cuts.
- Reposted by Voices of Health Care ActionMy health insurance premiums are going up next year (21%!). Congress needs to act now to make ACA health insurance affordable for middle class families. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
