Dave Opp

Health advocate fighting for a more just society. Staunch defender of the safety net. Federal advocacy @The_BMC. Humble dad with 🏀 dreams. ❌ = 🚽

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

Public health workers are the architects of healthier communities.

They build the infrastructure of prevention, care, & resilience that so many rely on. Their leadership doesn’t just matter—it’s essential.

Grateful to join the annual staff retreat of @MA_CEAL & @The_BMC.

[Governor Maura Healey @MassGovernor]

My Department of Public Health makes decisions based on science — not conspiracy theories.

Massachusetts is America’s health care leader. We don’t play politics with public health.

[Dave Opp @OppHealth]

Rally tally over 400! 💪🏼
#RallyMedRes #FundNIH

[Rally for Medical Research @RallyForNIH]

Thank you to everyone who participated in today's Rally for Medical Research. As our more than 400 medical research advocates wrap up meetings, you can help by contacting your Members of Congress to make funding for NIH a national priority. https://t.co/aouVF3ksRt #RallyMedRes

[Dave Opp @OppHealth]

One of those blurry heads in the crowd! TY @RallyForNIH @AACR @AAMCtoday for organizing this incredible opportunity and show of force. Really great to be in community with fellow advocates for medical research. @The_BMC

[Rally for Medical Research @RallyForNIH]

The #RallyMedRes is underway! Today, advocates visit their Congressional representatives to share how medical research impacted their lives and advocate for sustained and robust NIH funding. Join them by contacting your representatives today: https://t.co/gPv8oerh9K #FundNIH

[Dave Opp @OppHealth]

Thank you @SenatorBaldwin for being such a fierce advocate for medical research!

[Rally for Medical Research @RallyForNIH]

We are thrilled that Sen. Tammy Baldwin joined us at the special reception to welcome over 375 advocates for the #RallyMedRes to Washington, DC. Sen. Baldwin spoke about the importance of @NIH funding for biomedical science that saves lives. #FundNIH @SenatorBaldwin

[AACR @AACR]

More than 375 medical research advocates gathered at a reception tonight in support of the Rally for Medical Research. During the reception, advocates discussed the importance of investing in @NIH with members of Congress and others who know the power of research. #RallyMedRes

[AAMC @AAMCtoday]

Sept. 15–19 is Medical Research Week! Thanks to @RepAndreCarson, @RepBeatty, @RepDelBene, @RepBrianFitz & @RepSmucker for introducing the bipartisan House resolution declaring it. Medical research is vital to the health of all Americans. #FundNIH https://t.co/DAhr7LDWDq

[Governor Maura Healey @MassGovernor]

Massachusetts is America's health leader because we believe in science-backed, evidence-based care. 

I will not let Donald Trump and RFK Jr. get in between you, your doctor, and lifesaving vaccines you need. 

Here's what we're doing to protect public health in our state 🧵

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." https://t.co/hYWnhYjCDY

[New England Patriots @Patriots]

THE FIRST TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL IN THE NFL!!!!

@TreVeyonH4 | @NFL

📺: WBZ

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

NEW: Black women are 3-4x more likely to die during childbirth than their white peers.

Through their award-winning Curbside Care program, the Celtics work to ensure all mothers have access to critical care.

Derrick White is at the center: "He's just an incredible person."

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out

Biggest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, 4 times the size of the previous biggest; $894-$990 bn

Kicks 10 million off health insurance

Biggest SNAP cuts ever, $187 bn

Still increases deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts

[Ways and Means Democrats @WaysMeansCmte]

We’re growing!

There’s the way policy is made and the means behind it.

That’s what you can expect from our new @substack: The Ways and the Means.

📬 Subscribe here: https://t.co/C5hJQMNulM

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Already we're seeing hospitals and health centers close because of the devastating health care cuts in the Republican megabill.

You need to know that even if you keep your health care, you're going to have less doctors and hospitals - especially in rural areas.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher grocery bills.

You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher medical bills.

You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher utility bills.

That’s their "Big Beautiful Bill" in action.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Happy 4th!

America’s founding belief is that everyone is created equal and everyone has the right to live freely.

Patriotism - real patriotism - has always been the struggle to make that belief a reality in the face of humanity’s darker impulse to deprive others of life and liberty because of who they are, where they come from, or what they believe.

[Katherine Clark @WhipKClark]

Senate Republicans just passed their version of the Big, Ugly Bill — and it's even worse than before:

$1 Trillion cut to Medicaid

17 million people kicked off their health coverage

330 hospitals boarded up

1 in 4 nursing homes shut down

Higher energy costs

Food taken off the table

1.6 million jobs eliminated

The bill now heads back to the House. We will fight with everything we've got.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate.

But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

The Senate's tax bill is the most dangerous legislation in modern history—ripping health care from the sick, food from the hungry, and hope from working families, all to shovel more tax breaks to billionaires and corporate executives.

Just despicable. My full remarks.👇

[Marissa D. Barrera @mdb2]

OBBBA guts Medicaid by $930 billion - but that’s not enough for Rick Scott, who wants additional cuts in all but 10 states.

Even worse? His amendment could trigger the complete end of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion in several states (see asterisks). From .@KFF: