Trump administration's rewrite of rules for reporting coronavirus data is not being accepted well. Critics warn it will burden overwhelmed hospitals and end some CDC analyses of the pandemic. W/ @bylenasun wapo.st/3j9G6k3
Amy Goldstein
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Amy Goldstein
@goldsteinamy
Visiting fellow, Brookings Institution. Former staff writer, The Washington Post. Author, Janesville: An American Story website: amygoldsteinwriter.com
- After 36 years as a Washington Post staff writer, today is my final day at a newspaper I love. I am heading to a terrific new professional destination (details TK). My profound gratitude to Post readers, colleagues and all who have supported me in doing journalism over the years.
- Personal news: I made a hard decision to leave The Washington Post because this enticing destination was awaiting. Today is my first day. I am so looking forward to what lies ahead.Brookings Economic Studies is thrilled to welcome @goldsteinamy as a visiting fellow to the Center on Health Policy and the Center on Economic Security and Opportunity. Amy joins Brookings after a 36-year stint as Washington Post staff writer. brookings.edu/people/amy-gol…
- Remember those $200 debit cards Trump promised to help most people on Medicare pay for medicine? Whether they will materialize is iffy. Even some of his aides are dubious, and outside experts regard the cards as an illegal political gimmick.
- Repealing the ACA is MIA from Trump's inaugural speech and list of top issues on the new White House website. wpo.st/Le1T2
- Winners and losers: GOP's plan to replace ACA good for young adults, less so for older & poorer people, w/ @eilperin
- At their August town halls, congressional Rs still getting an earful about health care. By my colleague @daveweigel wapo.st/2vXwnXH
- Long-covid symptoms are rarer with omicron than with earlier coronavirus variants – and other ways studying nearly 5 million patients, w/ partners @EpicResearchOrg and @KFF, helped us understand who suffers covid-19’s lingering effects. w/ @dtkeating.
- EXCLUSIVE: HHS secretary says in first interview that mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus must correct disparities by going into farm fields and onto construction sites to "reach people where they are."
- First the coronavirus pandemic took away their jobs. Then it took away their health insurance. The pain in West Virginia, the last state to confirm its first covid-19 case.
- Four million Americans could get Medicaid if a dozen states that have not expanded the health-care safety net accepted a new incentive offered in the covid relief law. Meet a few who need insurance in my story.
- ACA remains intact, but Trump vows to explode it. Choice to undermine or stabilize the law in his hands. w @eilperin wapo.st/2mAC7mQ
- Honored beyond my wildest dreams that Janesville: An American Story has won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Thank you to @columbiajourn and @niemanfdn. bit.ly/Lukas2018Announcing this year's #LukasPrizes winners - @ChrisDHamby @RLSWrites @goldsteinamy and Stephen Kotkin. Winning books investigate black lung disease, domestic violence, the effects of the Great Recession in a small Midwestern city, and Joseph Stalin. bit.ly/Lukas2018
- My look at Hillary's role in the Clinton administration's health-reform effort & what she learned from its failure.Hillary considered being Bill's chief of staff. That and other great nuggets in this @goldsteinamy read washingtonpost.com/politics/after…
