DSteiger

Twitter acct for Doug Steiger, fmr Counselor to HHS Sec, fmr Senate Cmte aide and Moynihan alum, AU adjunct lecturer, longtime fan of U2 and DC United

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

Literally undoing the Bush and Trump tax cuts would stabilize the debt ratio (even assuming an AMT permanently indexed for inflation at Clinton rates).

[The Paranoid Style @paranoiacs]

Had REM been mugged in the studio by Motorhead, it might've ended up sounding something like Husker Du's 1986 major-label debut 'Candy Apple Grey': thirty-seven minutes of abrasive guitars, brilliant hooks and zero concessions to mass appeal. The night before the Daydream Nation.

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

USDA appears to have calculated this new number by multiplying the average annual SNAP benefit by the number of possible discrepancies identified using a methodology states pointed out would "result in overwhelming numbers of false positives."

Which is...not "identified fraud."

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@JulienceUK Restorations from Philly

[Joan Alker @JoanAlker1]

My statement on the new Medicaid work reporting requirement is below.

Short take: Winners = tech vendors
Losers = 1. people with chronic and acute conditions like cancer and SUD;
2. states trying to implement the rule responsibly.

[Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) @onceuponA]

Every time I open this report, I find a new methodological choice to marvel at.

If your model assumes sunshine and rainbows, your result will be sunshine and rainbows.

[U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor @USRepKCastor]

The Administrator of the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services doesn't understand how insurance works.

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@florianederer Maybe they're dumping seats held for hospitality packages they haven't been able to sell.

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

Can't be stated enough that *eligible* low-income Arizonans are losing their SNAP benefits.

They just can't get through the process to demonstrate their eligibility because Arizona's response to federal SNAP cuts is pushing its understaffed state agency to its breaking point.

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

What Republican lawmakers said H.R. 1 would do: "Preserve SNAP for those who truly need it."

What it actually did: Tied up limited state capacity with complex & burdensome new requirements, causing families with kids to lose benefits because no one answers the phone.

[CLASP @CLASP_DC]

Racism is at the root of fraud narratives in public benefits, and it's shaping national policy right now.

Join CLASP's #EquityMatters webinar on June 25, 1–2:30pm ET to dig into the history, the harm, and how to fight back.

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@muhammadbutt But can Barca afford that right now? Is reopening the stadium changing the financials?

[Julian Andreone @JulianAndreone]

Not a single word of this is true

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@BBKogan Showing my age, I saw the original in the theater with my father when I was 13. I spent half the movie playing a video game in the lobby after, well, you can guess what scene...

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@muhammadbutt Can’t speak to Lyon but she took the Washington Spirit from being a terrible organization to a leader in NWSL

[Aaron Fritschner @Fritschner]

"I could have stolen even more taxpayer money"

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

About half of states are projected to face SNAP cost-sharing penalties of $100+ million a year, based on the most recent official data. That's already driving some states to take drastic steps to cut costs that are making it much harder for eligible families to access SNAP.

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@batcountry1980 I read this as "John Waters" at first and the thought of him and BB chatting seemed hilarious.

[DSteiger @Steigs]

@Voice4HumanNeed Great choice! And forever grateful to Debbie!

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

The way the Judgment Fund is being used for the Trump “settlement” creates a profound loophole in the Appropriations Clause, allowing an administration to fund any program it wants without an appropriation. Sort of thing the Court needs to stop.