

Brian Rahmer
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@brianrahmer
Dad to three, connecting the dots. Views are mine.





We are dying younger, in part, because of deliberate policy choices made over decades: • Rejecting universal health care. • Cutting taxes for the rich. • Shunning income support. • Abandoning universal child care. Those choices increasingly set us apart in the world. #SDoH twitter.com/brianrahmer/st…



"The point is that power matters, and the less you have of it, the harder it is to get more." #HiAP #SDoH #PEoH washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

Power, control, communities & health inequalities... “Power over the rules is real power. If you want to understand the deepest malfunctions of systems, pay attention to the rules & who has power over them.” - Dana Meadows #SDoH #PDoH #Interdependence 🧵🧶




The social drivers of health are political constructions. They are produced & reproduced within a political economy that is designed to not value the #VitalConditions for well-being as fundamental pillars for freedom & democracy. This can—and must—be changed. #PDoH #SDoH #CDoH

Care work is the work that makes all other work possible. The care economy as an infrastructure investment thehill.com/opinion/white-… 🧵🧶 #PDoH #SDoH






“In the US... maternal deaths are treated as a private tragedy rather than as a public health catastrophe.” twitter.com/brianrahmer/st…

