We (Heart) Health Policy Poets
Who says health policy can’t be fun? Experts lit up Twitter in recent days with valentine messages about topics ranging from drug prices and surprise medical bills to the Affordable Care Act and Kaiser Health News. Here are some of our favorites.
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Robert Longyear:
Hey, don’t break my heart. I don’t have prior authorization!
Hey, don’t break my heart. I don’t have prior authorization! #HealthPolicyValentines
— Robert Longyear (@RLLongyear) February 12, 2020
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Joanne Kenen:
Roses are red
Podcast at Kaiser.
We hope ‘What the Health?’
Makes you wiser.
→KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Live from D.C. With Rep. Donna Shalala
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Laura Marston:
One vial a week
Keeps me alive
Used to cost $20
Now it’s $275.
One vial a week
Keeps me alive
Used to cost $20
Now it’s $275. #HealthPolicyValentines— Laura Marston (@Kidfears99) February 13, 2020
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Joshua Israel:
The red roses are ready
The champagne is still chilling.
I love you more than private equity
Loves surprise medical billing.
The red roses are ready
The champagne is still chilling.
I love you more than private equity
loves surprise medical billing.#healthpolicyvalentines— Joshua Israel (@DrJIsrael) February 7, 2020
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Avery Stewart:
Our love is like a hospital bill: no one understands it.
Our love is like a hospital bill: no one understands it. #HealthPolicyValentine #HealthPolicyValentines
— Avery Stewart (@AveryStewart2) February 13, 2020
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Tara Straw:
Roses are red
And given with love
You don’t need a web-broker
Because we’ve got HealthCare.gov.
Roses are red
And given with love
You don’t need a web-broker
Because we’ve got https://t.co/XpljOswkyM #HealthPolicyValentineshttps://t.co/iEz1jXs9ll— Tara Straw (@TaraStraw) February 13, 2020
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Sarah Gollust:
Will it be your place or mine?
We have to make choices, my Valentine.
Should we expand benefits or reduce costs?
Health policy, like love, requires tradeoffs.
Will it be your place or mine?
We have to make choices, my Valentine.
Should we expand benefits or reduce costs?
Health policy, like love, requires tradeoffs.#HealthPolicyValentines #inittowintheshirt @tradeoffspod https://t.co/gBpaLcO38B— Sarah Gollust (@sarahgollust) February 13, 2020
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Ariel Cohen:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Stop panicking about coronavirus,
You’re more likely to get the flu.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Stop panicking about coronavirus,
You’re more likely to get the flu.#HealthPolicyValentines— Ariel Cohen (@ArielCohen37) February 13, 2020
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Meril Pothen:
The White House is red
But some states are blue
So health policy by litigation
Is all that we do.
The White House is red
But some states are blue
So health policy by litigation
Is all that we do#HealthPolicyValentines— Meril Pothen (@MerilAnn) February 12, 2020
Syndicated from https://khn.org/news/we-heart-health-policy-poets/
