The Best Tweets of 2015

The year 2015 has seen remarkable progress for physician-advocates with the elimination of the SGR and the expansion of insurance coverage to over 90% of Americans. Yet, public health aficionados are probably decrying the sad state of affairs with new drug epidemics (and startling demographic changes) coupled with avid gun violence sweeping the land.

My collection of the years’ best tweets foretell the coming challenges in 2016 and are presented here, for your consideration. Merry Christmas!

 

The Affordable Care Act

How Obamacare reduced the uninsured, via this 7-second GIF. http://t.co/TvVCbdnpt5 pic.twitter.com/YVSrwHKFBH — Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) August 25, 2015

 

When I took office, 15.4% of our population was uninsured. Today, we’ve cut that by more than a third. pic.twitter.com/3OOqcz8Oxp — President Obama (@POTUS) September 15, 2015

 

Medicaid reimbursement bump improved access to care. What’ll happen now that it’s dropped? http://t.co/mqcY60AsqZ pic.twitter.com/YERaA3AIQh — Karan Chhabra (@krchhabra) February 8, 2015

 

The Cadillac plan tax could make SGR look like child’s play, since the revenues grow quite quickly in the future. pic.twitter.com/RIyLpi9vLK — Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) April 6, 2015

Smoldering Epidemics: Guns & Drugs

If the thoughts and prayers of all those GOP Presidential candidates don’t kick in soon, we might have to try changing some public policy. — Harold Cook (@HCookAustin) December 2, 2015

 

Wow. Gun deaths are sharply segregated by location. Not surprised by south, appalachia, but great plains surprising pic.twitter.com/39iOMyeuJz — Liam Yore, MD (@movinmeat) October 13, 2015

 

The 3 deadliest drugs in America are all totally legal http://t.co/BNSd7Plwdm pic.twitter.com/WIkrpRtmkp — Vox (@voxdotcom) September 17, 2015 Thank you @SenBrianSchatz, @SenatorDurbin, and @SenSherrodBrown for introducing #Tobaccoto21 legislation! pic.twitter.com/7aYYuLHEIb — AmHeart Advocacy (@AmHeartAdvocacy) September 30, 2015

  Navigating the American Health System

Healthcare Too? @pickover: “The Engineer’s Triangle” pic.twitter.com/8H31ZNtD8B” — Bernadette Keefe MD (@nxtstop1) January 20, 2015

Email from Peter Gøtzsche on the subject of ‘consumers’ aka patients. Love it. pic.twitter.com/tDwWfgz5WP — Trisha Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh) October 29, 2015

America largely adopted standard gauge RR tracks in 1886. Hopefully, electronic health records will do so before 2186 http://t.co/0SesmS2JR8 — Art Kellermann, MD (@ArtKellermannMD) March 6, 2015

The best places for cheaper health care aren’t where you think they are https://t.co/1FgfLIBsXX pic.twitter.com/KSGg0M4EXw

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 15, 2015