But in general, we're in the same boat: Average ESI plan costs $777/month, & the average employee pays only 16% of that, PRE-TAX. files.kff.org/attachment/Emp… The avg. Marketplace plan is $619/month & the average enrollee pays 17% of that. Often not pre-tax. cms.gov/files/document…

and drown them in a bathtub

The most profligate spenders on healthcare are employers, who get fucked six ways to Friday by insurers, providers, and TPAs and other middlemen. Medicare and Medicaid are comparatively cost-effective, though also perverted by for-profit management.

A lot of shit was turning up in my feed -- then I saw that the tab had somehow flipped to "For you." Reminds me of Trump's flyover video.

Republicans are rolling out the whole cast: welfare queen (SNAP), pajama boy (Medicaid). They're not done stripping benefits from tens of millions of their constituents. As David Pepper said, they are not public servants. They answer only to oligarchs & disinformation merchants.

Yes. Was just going to highlight this myself (from the CAP link below):

Sue ICE under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)

BREAKING: Judge doesn't quite grant TRO requiring Trump admin to make partial SNAP payment for next month. Judge Indira Talwani (Obama) says USDA has that power. Wants answer by Monday on whether it will do so. Seems like she'll order if they don't. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

🚨 AT LAST: My *FINAL* breakout of avg. UNSUBSIDIZED 2026 #ACA premiums. This includes the final, *official* filing decisions for every state. Nationally, *full-price* ACA rates are going up 25.5% on average, from $619/mo to $777/mo. acasignups.net/rate_changes/2…

Starvation as a weapon against U.S. population

The "bottom 60%" was rising in Biden years. Too little too late? Maybe, but Dems will never cease blaming themselves (or opposing factions within the party) for Republicans' steady corruption of our political system and media environment.

Looks pretty good while he says it, too. Bonus points for not glowering like a megalomaniacal sadistic psychopath.

Alas, you can't take a vote back