What in the Health?!

Surprising no one, the Democrats caved.

Well. Apparently messing with people’s air travel was the thing that did it. Not withholding food from poor people—that wasn’t quite enough—and not letting people start…

Nov 10, 2025 · Health Care Access

The fight over health premiums, explained.

I hope you all have been having a good week, and are still basking at least a little in the glow of Tuesday’s election results. I know there will be more bad days ahead,…

Nov 7, 2025 · Health Care Access

Don’t let your neighbors go hungry.

In Monday’s update I talked about the ways this administration is attacking our access to food by ending the USDA’s annual report on household food security, obscuring…

Oct 29, 2025 · Health Care Access

Update 5: Attacking our access to food

OK, here’s the final installment in the series of updates on 5 things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness. If you didn’t already,…

Oct 27, 2025 · Health Care Access

Update 3: Attacking our access to medications.

Continuing the series of updates on things the Trump administration has been doing to attack our health and wellness, today I close out the work week with a quickie:3.…

Oct 24, 2025 · Health Care Access

Exposing health information, destroying food, and altering data: Good times.

Only 3 days since the last update, and yet there are 3 more distressing stories that have broken this week about the government’s negative impacts on public health:1.…

Jul 20, 2025 · Health Care Access

Medicaid cuts hurt all of us.

It’s been way too long since the last What in the Health?! update. Trust me, it’s not because there haven’t been important things happening (COVID vaccines for pregnant…

May 29, 2025 · Health Care Access