Health advocate fighting for a more just society. Staunch defender of the safety net. Federal advocacy @The_BMC. Humble dad with 🏀 dreams. ❌ = 🚽
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Dave Opp retweeted
Public health workers are the architects of healthier communities.
They build the infrastructure of prevention, care, & resilience that so many rely on. Their leadership doesn’t just matter—it’s essential.
Grateful to join the annual staff retreat of @MA_CEAL & @The_BMC.
ALT Rep. Ayanna Pressley poses for a photo with Massachusetts Community Engagement Alliance & Boston Medical Center leaders.
ALT Rep. Ayanna Pressley joins the annual Massachusetts Community Engagement Alliance & Boston Medical Center staff retreat.
ALT Rep. Ayanna Pressley provides remarks at the annual Massachusetts Community Engagement Alliance & Boston Medical Center staff retreat.
ALT Rep. Ayanna Pressley poses for a photo with community & healthcare leaders.
Dave Opp retweeted
My Department of Public Health makes decisions based on science — not conspiracy theories.
Massachusetts is America’s health care leader. We don’t play politics with public health.
Rally tally over 400! 💪🏼
#RallyMedRes #FundNIH
Thank you to everyone who participated in today's Rally for Medical Research. As our more than 400 medical research advocates wrap up meetings, you can help by contacting your Members of Congress to make funding for NIH a national priority. aacr.org/professionals/polic… #RallyMedRes
One of those blurry heads in the crowd! TY @RallyForNIH @AACR @AAMCtoday for organizing this incredible opportunity and show of force. Really great to be in community with fellow advocates for medical research. @The_BMC
The #RallyMedRes is underway! Today, advocates visit their Congressional representatives to share how medical research impacted their lives and advocate for sustained and robust NIH funding. Join them by contacting your representatives today: brnw.ch/21wVSJ4 #FundNIH
Thank you @SenatorBaldwin for being such a fierce advocate for medical research!
We are thrilled that Sen. Tammy Baldwin joined us at the special reception to welcome over 375 advocates for the #RallyMedRes to Washington, DC. Sen. Baldwin spoke about the importance of @NIH funding for biomedical science that saves lives. #FundNIH @SenatorBaldwin
Dave Opp retweeted
More than 375 medical research advocates gathered at a reception tonight in support of the Rally for Medical Research. During the reception, advocates discussed the importance of investing in @NIH with members of Congress and others who know the power of research. #RallyMedRes
Dave Opp retweeted
Sept. 15–19 is Medical Research Week! Thanks to @RepAndreCarson, @RepBeatty, @RepDelBene, @RepBrianFitz & @RepSmucker for introducing the bipartisan House resolution declaring it. Medical research is vital to the health of all Americans. #FundNIH aamc.org/news/press-releases…
Dave Opp retweeted
Massachusetts is America's health leader because we believe in science-backed, evidence-based care.Â
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I will not let Donald Trump and RFK Jr. get in between you, your doctor, and lifesaving vaccines you need.Â
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Here's what we're doing to protect public health in our state 🧵
ALT Governor Healey at protecting public health press conference.
Dave Opp retweeted
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opini…
Dave Opp retweeted
THE FIRST TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL IN THE NFL!!!!
@TreVeyonH4 | @NFL
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Dave Opp retweeted
NEW: Black women are 3-4x more likely to die during childbirth than their white peers.
Through their award-winning Curbside Care program, the Celtics work to ensure all mothers have access to critical care.
Derrick White is at the center: "He's just an incredible person."
Dave Opp retweeted
We’re growing!
There’s the way policy is made and the means behind it.
That’s what you can expect from our new @substack: The Ways and the Means.
📬 Subscribe here: waysmeanscmte.substack.com/?…
ALT Substack graphic with text: What Happens When You Try to Fire the Fed From One Side of Monetary Policy to the Other waysmeanscmte.substack.com
Dave Opp retweeted
Already we're seeing hospitals and health centers close because of the devastating health care cuts in the Republican megabill.
You need to know that even if you keep your health care, you're going to have less doctors and hospitals - especially in rural areas.
Dave Opp retweeted
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher grocery bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher medical bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher utility bills.
That’s their "Big Beautiful Bill" in action.
Dave Opp retweeted
Happy 4th!
America’s founding belief is that everyone is created equal and everyone has the right to live freely.
Patriotism - real patriotism - has always been the struggle to make that belief a reality in the face of humanity’s darker impulse to deprive others of life and liberty because of who they are, where they come from, or what they believe.
Dave Opp retweeted
Senate Republicans just passed their version of the Big, Ugly Bill — and it's even worse than before:
$1 Trillion cut to Medicaid
17 million people kicked off their health coverage
330 hospitals boarded up
1 in 4 nursing homes shut down
Higher energy costs
Food taken off the table
1.6 million jobs eliminated
The bill now heads back to the House. We will fight with everything we've got.
Dave Opp retweeted
My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
Dave Opp retweeted
The Senate's tax bill is the most dangerous legislation in modern history—ripping health care from the sick, food from the hungry, and hope from working families, all to shovel more tax breaks to billionaires and corporate executives.
Just despicable. My full remarks.👇
Dave Opp retweeted
OBBBA guts Medicaid by $930 billion - but that’s not enough for Rick Scott, who wants additional cuts in all but 10 states.
Even worse? His amendment could trigger the complete end of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion in several states (see asterisks). From .@KFF:
News: Sen. Rick Scott amendment lowering federal match for Medicaid expansion has been filed. Would be "grandfathering" in beneficiaries until 2030 at 90 percent match, lower state-specific rate kicks in in 2031. Cost savings of $313 billion
full copy: cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l6bs…