The Power of Acknowledging the Taken-for-Granted: A 2025 Reflection linkedin.com/pulse/power-ac… via @LinkedIn
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one)
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one)
@MRBImpact
Speaker, Strategist, Facilitator, Moderator and Host @TheRuralImpact podcast! Find me and my bird photos on bsky.
United States Katılım Mart 2012
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Okay all you folks out here listening to the latest sort of plan by @GOP - basically, put money on gov't issued debt cards for health care...the past is calling and so too is reality. It's exhausting. Listen to this episode of @jrovner What the Health for the smarts.
julie rovner@jrovner
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @pw_cunningham, @JoanneKenen, and @shefalil on what GOP really wants to do on health care, plus @Avik on whether there's any hope for bipartisanship on such a divisive issue... kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) retweetledi
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @pw_cunningham, @JoanneKenen, and @shefalil on what GOP really wants to do on health care, plus @Avik on whether there's any hope for bipartisanship on such a divisive issue...
kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…
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@GeBaiDC @DanCrenshawTX So simple, right? But it's not and here we go. Incredible.
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Once patients control their earned or subsidized healthcare dollars, the transformation of healthcare begins.
Appreciate @DanCrenshawTX
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@factpostnews Tell the people what books they cannot read, the food they cannot eat, the healthcare they cannot have, and now, what they cannot wear when they travel and to boot the mood, they're supposed to be in. Some small government right there. What a tool.
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The "Let the people decide how much to pay for their care" has entered the building and I'm here to tell you, it's a ruse. It's a "watch this hand not the other move." The tactics of insurers are insufferable✔️. Fix that congress and while you're at it, extend the credits.
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@jrovner Julie, I wonder if you anticipated this new 'bypass insurance' CTA. It's so illogical. I believe it's meant to get folks behind a plan that the U.S. as it stands today, simply can't make work, Concierge care, direct payment to providers is an option for wealthy folks.
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a healthy 25-year old already pays a much lower premium than a 50 year-old who smokes. Also, insurance companies make much more from Medicare Advantage than from the ACA; shall we take away those subsidies, too?
Markwayne Mullin@SenMullin
There is zero reason for taxpayers to subsidize rich insurance companies. Let’s lower health care costs by allowing Americans to decide for themselves. A healthy 25-year-old shouldn’t pay the same insurance premium as an obese 50-year-old who smokes. 🤷 Full @SquawkCNBC:
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) retweetledi
The trillion dollars in health care cuts passed by Republicans this year are backloaded and mostly won't take effect before the midterms. Letting enhanced ACA tax credits expire would take effect January 1, leading to big out-of-pocket premium increases and more people uninsured.
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@larry_levitt We know that insurance companies have hospitals, patients and providers right where they want them, and while converting tax credits to a "debit card" of sorts sounds appealing, how this is unfolding is health care transformation as political theatre vs. thoughtful policy making.
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Wonky but important question for understanding the effects of proposals to convert ACA premium tax credits to health savings accounts: How big would the contributions be? Would they vary by income, age, and geography in the same way as the premium tax credits?
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This year I visited rural communities across Massachusetts, met outstanding people making positive and lasting change that began w/a federal grant that flowed to the state, then on to community & rural lives. Catch this wave! Join us on #NationalRuralHealthDay! 🔗👇#PowerofRural
The Rural Impact!@TheRuralImpact
Join @MRBImpact and our outstanding guests either in our virtual studio or on our YouTube channel! Reserve your seat and get ready for one heck of a conversation! 📅 **November 20, 2025 · 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET 🔗 Register: theruralimpact.com/2025-nrhd-rura… #powerofrural #RuralImpact
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Rising above all the chaos this week is a day to recognize those who are doing the work and creating meaningful change in rural America. I'm so proud to be hosting this livestream event on @TheRuralImpact. Join us! TheRuralmpact.com #poweofrural
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Access to health care in 2026. Pick yourselves up one of these quickly. It may be all the access to care you have the way this is going. 🤬
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There is so much vitriol here about food insecurity and nutrition assistance, shaming and blaming all the wrong people. Facts matter, I know on X they don't, but they still do matter in the real world where people face hunger every day. bit.ly/3X5ffuq
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November 2025, there's a lot of shift happening. I wrote this short piece about greed, need and food security in America. linkedin.com/pulse/greed-vs… via @LinkedIn
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Serious question. Why are any of us paying Federal Taxes? This Administration is collecting money to destroy the infrastructure that Americans have invested in for decades. They want to use your tax dollars to pay for opulence, arrogance, and serving the whim of billionaires.
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) retweetledi
NEW! Today, we focus on COMMUNITY and the power of finding common ground to address local needs. @MRBImpact welcomes Meredith Dean, Community Works Director @RurUrbBridge, to talk about how to build relationships and trust across political differences.
tinyurl.com/5dewd27u
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Many thanks to @_OneCountry_ @HeidiHeitkamp and Joel Heitkamp for inviting me to join them for this episode of #HotDish Podcast. Anytime I have an opportunity to talk about #rural health, I'm 100% there!
One Country Project@_OneCountry_
"We have a lot of work ahead of us." This week, healthcare expert Michelle Rathman joined the #HotDishPod to discuss the challenges rural Americans face accessing healthcare. Courageous conversations are vital in these times. Tune in to the episode here: lnk.to/onecountryxx
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) retweetledi
@MRBImpact sat down with three experts from @GeorgetownCCF who laid out the facts and realities of the difficult challenges that lie ahead for states and the domino effect for health providers and patients.
Listen. Share. Join the Conversation! tinyurl.com/43myhja2
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Michelle Rathman 🟧 (the real one) retweetledi
"If we want something that any of our children can recognize as we move forward, then something has to change because, as outrage wins, hate begins to take over, logic is no longer important." @MRBImpact talks "Performative Outrage" tinyurl.com/mrex9cyy special thanks @NARHC
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