This week, I published the finale piece of the 10 part series in @BostonGlobe on reducing healthcare spending in America
I start with: why we should stop celebrating job growth in the health care sector.
A thread on what we learned — and what comes next
🧵
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
https://t.co/Kyn66KLqmR
I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire.
It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane
It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs.
Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ?
Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us.
Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.
Great question! Why are they allowed to continue to participate in government programs after continued violations? They rip off taxpayers and seniors and yet they are still here. Do you know what happens to providers when fraud is perpetrated? They are kicked out or go to jail.
@united Can you explain to me why I can’t use my children’s flight credits that I booked and paid for? Other than “it’s in the guidelines”?
None of the 5 customer service agents told me that before cancelling. And I don’t have 2 hours to read through your contract of carriage
Watching @indgop turn on their once gold standard for a mayor in Greg Ballard, in a matter of hours to defend a complete scumbag in Diego Morales is just priceless.
Our monthly delivery from @costplusdrugs. $13k a month on “insurance.” Less than $40 a month from @mcuban ‘s Cost Plus Drugs. One pill a day that means the literal difference between life and death.
Great job @HawleyMO & @SenWarren LOVE THIS.
Anyone in Congress that doesn’t support this, doesn’t want lower cost healthcare for Americans.
This is a no brainer. Let’s hope @POTUS puts his weight behind this
JUST ANNOUNCED! 🤩 Noah Kahan is bringing The Great Divide Tour 2026 to Coors Field on August 8 with Gigi Perez!
Sign up for Noah Kahan’s Artist Presale by Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 11:59PM ET. Anyone who signs up for the presale can join, no code needed.
Sign up now: https://t.co/LXykLwnW8m
Opinion: Elearning days are pretend school that checks a box while upending parents' lives with zero notice. Bring back snow days. https://t.co/uEIme0LAUr