Dave Bowman

Dave Bowman

@halninethousand.bsky.social

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Julian Sanchez
@normative.bsky.social

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The MAGA conspiracy theory is that there are huge numbers of noncitizens who all decide they’ll risk jail & deportation to vote, in their own names, for the payoff of… casting one ballot out of millions. It would be an extraordinary display of civic duty if it were true! But it’s ludicrous.

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LynnZ 🦋
@zizij.bsky.social

Yale study shows Medicare-for-all would save $579 billion (in 2024 dollars) and 68,000 lives per year. So, what’s the problem? Greed. It’s always Corporate Greed. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

thelancet.comImproving the prognosis of health care in the USAAlthough health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to care. Efforts are ongoing to repeal the Affordable Care Act which would exacerbate health-care inequities. By contrast, a universal system, such as that proposed in the Medicare for All Act, has the potential to transform the availability and efficiency of American health-care services. Taking into account both the costs of coverage expansion and the savings that would be achieved through the Medicare for All Act, we calculate that a single-payer, universal health-care system is likely to lead to a 13% savings in national health-care expenditure, equivalent to more than US$450 billion annually (based on the value of the US$ in 2017).

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Monica Obradovic
@monicaobradovic.bsky.social

Around 9% of kindergarten students in Missouri public schools were not vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella in 2023, and nearly the same percentage were not immunized against polio, Ethan Colbert reports. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

stltoday.comIn Missouri, 9% of kindergarten students are not vaccinated against measles, polioSt. Louis city has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state. But counties across all parts of Missouri have also seen drops in vaccination rates.

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BladeoftheSun
@bladeofthes.bsky.social

It is the 21st century most things should be free, instead we have billionaires extorting outrageous profits for even the most basic things with the most terrible service. This is not advancement, this IS the problem.

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