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Wyoming is 81% White, has a total population of 600k people, and 127k receive....MEDICARE.

Hey, Johnny-Boy, check in on your people, because the bottom is about to drop beneath them.

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Election 2024: State Health Care Snapshots | KFF

These fact sheets lay out the health care landscape in every state, providing data on a variety of health care topics that may be the focus of policy debates in the 2024 election. Topics include healt...

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July 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Saigonbond

@ogsaigonbond.bsky.social

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Election 2024: State Health Care Snapshots | KFF

These fact sheets lay out the health care landscape in every state, providing data on a variety of health care topics that may be the focus of policy debates in the 2024 election. Topics include healt...

www.kff.org

July 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Kelsey Atherton

@atherton.bsky.social

I know New Mexico is an outlier in how poor and rural it is, but I'm still not sure how medicine survives here without either federal support or, somehow, the state cobbling together a state universal healthcare www.kff.org/statedata/el...

Employer 34.5%
Uninsured 9%
Military 1.7%
Non-group 4.2%
Medicare 16.3%
Medicaid 34.3%

July 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Open Letters

@letters.resist.bot

From a constituent in 📍 Deland, FL

The One Big Beautiful Bill Vote

Because I am a registered Democrat, I understand we aren't going to see eye-to-eye on every issue. This includes the OBBB that stands before the house for a vote. I want to remind you that 2024 saw more than 5 million Floridians enrolled in Medicare, 577,000 in Medicaid (https://www.kff.org/statedata/election-state-fact-sheets/florida/). Not only will the passing of OBBB effect each person receiving these services, it will effect others in small towns whose Healthcare provider will not be able to continue operating with funds provided by these Healthcare measures. This not only includes three neighborhood clinics (Florida Health - Orange City and Daytona Beach, and Family Health Source - Deltona) but the larger health systems such as Halifax and AdventHealth. While the larger institutions will not close, they will have to adjust their budgets, causing people to lose their jobs with no other options for a career that match their current skillset. This horrific shift can cause existential issues for an economy as delicately balanced as Volusia County. This doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the people who will not be able to find care when they need it. Please, please consider these issues as you cast your vote today. I know there is a lot of pressure on you to vote for the bill, but I strongly urge you to consider your constituents who will be adversely affected by this change to coverage. This change will impact those who do not understand what this bill will actually do to them. Because of this lack of understanding, it becomes an even braver move for you to take a stand against this bill. Find your strength and courage to do the right thing for the people of Volusia County.

resist.bot

July 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Elaine Cimino

@ecimino.bsky.social

In New Mexico, as of June 2024, a total of 768,344 individuals are enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), according to KFF.

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Election 2024: State Health Care Snapshots | KFF

These fact sheets lay out the health care landscape in every state, providing data on a variety of health care topics that may be the focus of policy debates in the 2024 election. Topics include healt...

www.kff.org

July 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM

KU Center on Disabilities

@kucdisabilities.bsky.social

Did you know that the State of the States project, housed at KUCD, is a Project of National Significance (PNS)?

Learn more @ bit.ly/sots_pns.

What are the Projects of National Significance (PNS)?
What are the PNS?
PNS allow a rapid response to the most pressing issues affecting people with disabilities and their families. The PNS create and enhance opportunities for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) to contribute to and participate in all facets of community life.
PNS support and address critical issues facing the disability community.
Supports people with I/DD and their families to improve planning and address their own needs, goals, and preferences
Empowers youth with I/DD to direct their own healthcare transitions from pediatric to adult models of care
Provides support to organizations to make their information accessible to people with I/DD
Supports people with I/DD in gaining Competitive Integrated Employment and community living
Supports youth with I/DD in moving away from guardianship to Supported Decision-Making (SDM)
Advocates for embedding disability-related content into the health education
Develops and tests new approaches for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) for people with I/DD
Current Ongoing Projects
Bridging the Aging and Disabilities Networks
Empowering Youth with I/DD to Manage Their Healthcare Transitions
Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SAR-TAC)
Community Collaborations for Employment
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center
Strengthening the Healthcare Workforce and Addressing Health Disparities among People with I/DD
Living Well

What are the Ongoing Longitudinal Data Collection PNS?
The projects provide unique data that cannot be found anywhere else from the 50 states, District of Columbia, the U.S. Territories.
This project investigates federal, state, and local spending and program trends in I/DD services and supports.
Visit stateofthestates.ku.edu to learn more.
Visit thinkwork.org/statedata to learn more.
Visit risp.umn.edu to learn more.
This project investigates day and employment services for people with
This project investigates data on Medicaid-funded residential and in-home supports for people with I/DD.
The State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Works Cited
StateData: The National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes
The National Residential Information System Project (RISP)
Tanis, E.S., et al. (2024). The State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Life Span Institute, University of Kansas. www.stateofthestates.ku.edu.
Living, A. f. C. I/DD Longitudinal Data Collection Projects.
https://acl.gov/programs/idd-longitudinal-data-collection-projects
Living, A. f. C. Projects of National Significance. https://acl.gov/programs/strengthening-aging-and-disability-networks/projects-national-significance

June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM

FreddyB Aviation Photography

@freddyb-aviation.bsky.social

But if you are from Iowa please do as it carries more weight. Also if you are from Iowa, more than 680,000 or nearly 25% of your population is getting Medicare. Its all fun in games till its someone you love gets cut off. www.kff.org/statedata/el...

Election 2024: State Health Care Snapshots | KFF

These fact sheets lay out the health care landscape in every state, providing data on a variety of health care topics that may be the focus of policy debates in the 2024 election. Topics include healt...

www.kff.org

June 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM

Creese Befunkin

@befunkin.bsky.social

Sources

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alaskapublic.org/news/health/...

ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/02/06/m...

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health.alaska.gov

May 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM

iWeatherNet🌪⚡️

@iweather.bsky.social

Graphic put together for Annual Dry Thunderstorm Days / Fire Weather Outlook since 2015 #fireweather

Annual Dry Thunderstorm Days (Fire Weather Outlook) on a density map since 2015

Annual Dry Thunderstorm Days NWS SPC fire weather outlooks archived and accessed via IEM/Iowa StateData analysis based on Storm Prediction Center outlooks from April 2015 to April 2025.Graphic created by Joseph Patton (UMD/ESSIC/CISESS) Density map showing the average number of annual dry thunderstorm days in the Day 1 Fire Weather outlook from the Storm Prediction Center (NWSSPC). The areas that stick out are southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada which experience on average more than 20/year. Density map for Annual Tornado Days

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April 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Annette

@donotgiveuphopeusa.bsky.social

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Mental Health and Substance Use State Fact Sheets | KFF

This analysis and series of state fact sheets examine data looking at mental health and substance use disorder across states and capacity to meet residents’ during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Tribalmoon

@materobscura.bsky.social

It's provocative, yes, but it's also backed by uncomfortable truths. Many of these regions vote against policies that would improve outcomes, often on moral or ideological grounds tied to religious identity. Each of these can be fact-checked.

www.kff.org/statedata/
www.americashealthrankings.org

March 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Tribalmoon

@materobscura.bsky.social

It's provocative, yes, but it's also backed by uncomfortable truths. Many of these regions vote against policies that would improve outcomes, often on moral or ideological grounds tied to religious identity. Each of these can be fact-checked.

www.kff.org/statedata/
www.americashealthrankings.org