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Ryan Solsten

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Ryan Solsten

@ryansolsten

midwest | creative direction + comms for progress.

Madison, WI + Cleveland, OH

Joined December 2018

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Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Jan 31, 2025
Americans are struggling to afford rent and this administration is focused on email signatures.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
Jan 31, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: Trump administration orders federal employees to remove pronouns from their email signatures by today at 5PM - ABC
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Jan 3, 2025
I pay around $300 per month for health insurance for myself. I went to a doctors appointment to establish primary care and had one lab done. I now owe $696 out of pocket. For one appointment. What is the point of this?!
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Right now, I’m sitting in a hospital room with my dad, who had open heart surgery yesterday to repair a valve. His doctor walked in and said his insurance company tried to deny his care yesterday, she told them it was too late, he was already in surgery. 🧵1/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
Now tell me why an insurance company has to authorize a procedure that a doctor is saying is necessary? His doctor went to medical school, is looking at my dad’s charts and tests—she knows what to do. So why can an insurance company try to deny covering proper care? 2/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
I say it a lot because I work in progressive politics, but our healthcare system is deeply immoral. It’s through movement work that I even learned of prior authorizations. Let me explain what that is: 3/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Jan 3, 2025
Replying to @ryansolsten
Literally just pass Medicare for All, man.
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Jan 3, 2025
Replying to @StevenDCheek
The number one cause of bankruptcy in America is medical debt.
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten and @ninaturner
Wow! The love is unexpected! He says thank you!
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Jan 3, 2025
Replying to @ryansolsten
“It’s your plan!” Yeah, duh. Just thinking maybe a system like this is unsustainable. Just a thought
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
Prior authorization is a process that health plans use to control costs by requiring providers to get approval before performing a service for a patient. Basically, health insurance companies require doctors to run treatments by them to determine if they’re willing to pay. 4/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
Before I started working in politics, I had never heard of this practice. I cannot believe health insurance company, by plugging things into a money-maximizing algorithm, tried to deny my dad coverage for his care. My dad’s life is priceless to me and our family. 5/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
No healthcare company has a right to deny his care so they can report higher profits to their investors next quarter. He would’ve lost years of his life if he didn’t have the procedure yesterday. I’m not alone in feeling this way. 7/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
When I need help or advice, I know I can call him. He was an anti-war protester during Vietnam. He taught me to raise hell. 6/12
Ryan Solsten
@ryansolsten
Dec 13, 2024
Replying to @ryansolsten
I’ve spoken to Trump-supporting family members about it this week and they agree. Our healthcare system is hell. We need a change. Desperately. 9/12