Dan Diamond

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In the United States, Everything but the Bagel seasoning is a favorite from Trader Joe’s. But in South Korea, the trendy topping is generating a different kind of buzz as fans realize it’s actually contraband.

This Trader Joe’s seasoning is a hot item. In South Korea, it’s illegal.wapo.st Jars of Everything But the Bagel seasoning are being seized at the airport because they contain poppy seeds, which South Korean law classifies as a narcotic.

The neurologist who evaluated Biden for Parkinson’s has visited this White House a bunch. But he’s also visited dozens of times dating back to Obama. Former White House medical staff told me he often performed treatment like Botox injections for migraines. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Parkinson’s specialist evaluated Biden for physical, White House sayswww.washingtonpost.com Kevin Cannard’s regular visits to White House, which have drawn scrutiny, were in part to see other staffers, White House says

I’m in Minnesota, where the local letters to the @startribune.bsky.social have the out-of-the-box thinking you can’t get in DC

The Comstock Act could be used by Trump to ban abortion nationwide. Democrats are now moving to repeal it. Sen. Tina Smith and colleagues will introduce legislation today, targeting the 151-year-old law. Exclusive for The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Democrats seek to repeal Comstock abortion rule, fearing Trump crackdownwww.washingtonpost.com The Comstock Act, an 1873 law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, could be used by the GOP to restrict abortion nationwide.

The call arrived 930 Sunday morning, two days before Election Day. “Tony, I really like you … but what the f--- are you doing?” President Trump said, per Fauci’s new memoir. “You constantly drop bombs on me.” It would end up being the final conversation between the two men.

Coming today: President Biden will move to ban medical debt from showing up on credit reports, people familiar told The Post. Roughly 15 million Americans have medical bills on their credit reports, contributing to a range of financial and health problems. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Biden proposes to ban medical debt from credit reports, loan decisionswww.washingtonpost.com The draft rules, arriving less than five months before Election Day, are part of President Biden’s argument that he is addressing pocketbook problems.

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/... Interesting that Rochelle Walensky, then chief of infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital, argued in a July 2020 email for 3 feet in many school settings if people are masked. But why wasn't air filtration more strongly emphasized? Even now.

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Four years ago today: Buffalo Police knocked over a 75-year old man at a George Floyd demonstration, giving him a head injury that would put him in the hospital for a month. Trump went on Twitter to promote a conspiracy theory about it and say the man had it coming.

Wrote recently on the six-foot social distancing rules and the lack of science behind picking, and especially sticking with, that distance. (And then reflected some more on the reaction to the article.) dandiamond.substack.com/p/six-feet-a...

Six feet apart, revisiteddandiamond.substack.com The signs still haunt us. The effects of the policy, too.

Tony Fauci is back in Congress today. I’m not sure how many Americans care. Some thoughts and a little behind-the-scenes stuff on recent reporting. open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...

Tony Fauci is back in Congress todayopen.substack.com But how many people still care?

For the past year, two doctors have led Congress’ covid probe, shaping what America learns about the pandemic. But on the eve of a key hearing with Tony Fauci, they’re split on his legacy — and a bigger question too. What does it mean to "do no harm"? www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

‘I took an oath to do no harm’: The two doctors wrestling over Fauci’s legacywww.washingtonpost.com One is a Republican, the other a Democrat. The quest to understand the pandemic tests the bonds of friendship between two members of Congress.

You can be a senator like John Fetterman or Tina Smith — and still get ensnared by depression. In today’s Health 202, the two senators on their plan for a mental health commission that they say would address gaps in research and care. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | Fetterman, Smith want a Senate mental health commissionwww.washingtonpost.com Both senators have been laid low by depression. Now, they are pushing to address gaps in patient care, provider payment and other persistent problems in behavioral health care.

There’s no bigger health care company than UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s 4th largest company. It’s bigger than Google. Bigger than Microsoft. Now some lawmakers say UnitedHealth is so big, it’s a national security risk. And they want to chop it down. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

UnitedHealth grew very big. Now, some lawmakers want to chop it down.www.washingtonpost.com A cyberattack on a UnitedHealth subsidiary helped paralyze the broader U.S. health system and raise new questions about its sweeping operations.

A Florida hospital turned away a pregnant woman who needed an emergency abortion. Federal officials said that put the woman’s life at risk — and threatened to kick hospital out of Medicare. Now the Supreme Court will decide if the Biden admin can penalize hospitals that refuse emergency abortions.

The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Courtwww.washingtonpost.com Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.

Coming up today: Biden calls in BERNIE SANDERS to help boost White House’s drug-price campaign. The two men will give joint speech at 11 am + tout recent success at lowering costs. Voters mostly unaware of Democrats’ drug-price reforms. Scoop at WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Biden summons Bernie Sanders to help boost drug-price campaignwww.washingtonpost.com The president is hoping the Vermont senator can help tap into popular frustrations against pharmaceutical firms.

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No one could possibly have predicted this shift over time in American public opinion on a social welfare program

So much hinged on Republicans’ failed repeal in 2017 — it catalyzed efforts to defend the law, and led to a wave of new Democratic politicians like Andy Kim and Lauren Underwood unseating key members of the House GOP. You can see the ACA’s polling turn around, too.

A decade ago, just one-third of Americans had favorable views of the Affordable Care Act. Now it's got near 60% approval, has helped 45 million Americans get health coverage — and is a major part of Biden's campaign. I spoke to key people behind the ACA and its transformation. Here’s our story.

Obamacare once cost Democrats elections. Now Biden’s hoping to win on it.www.washingtonpost.com Democrats used to struggle to defend the ACA. Now even Trump, who pushed repeal, scrambles when accused of wanting to end it.

Here’s the Kim Mulkey story she didn’t want you to read.

The Kim Mulkey waywww.washingtonpost.com The LSU coach holds grudges, battles everyone — and keeps winning. But at what cost?

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It’s even more infuriating bc he is a very impressive mayor, in a very tough context.

Baltimore’s mayor responds to social media posts labeling him a “DEI Mayor.” “They really want to say the ‘n’ word,” Mayor Scott told the Baltimore Banner. “But there is nothing they can do and say to me that is worse than the treatment of my ancestors.”

Mayor Brandon Scott responds to racially-charged ‘DEI’ labelwww.thebaltimorebanner.com “We know what these folks really want to say when they say DEI mayor,” Scott told The Banner.

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hello how are u doing what did i miss

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Four Years Ago Today: One of the most efficient and effective data visualizations in NYT history

Anti-abortion activists resurrected the 1873 Comstock Act, saying it bans abortion drugs by mail. Big takeaway today: Justices Alito and Thomas seem open to the argument. And now they can tee up a roadmap for Trump to crack down on abortion nationwide. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Supreme Court focus on Comstock Act suggests potential threat to abortion accesswww.washingtonpost.com Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas repeatedly invoked the 151-year-old law Tuesday during oral arguments in an abortion pill case.

At the Supreme Court just now, Alito and Thomas invoked the Comstock Act. Anti-abortion advocates are eying the 1873 law to potentially ban abortion nationwide. But we found that Comstock *supported some abortions.* He also said his namesake law shouldn't be interpreted as a blanket abortion ban.

A 150-year-old law could help determine the fate of U.S. abortion accesswww.washingtonpost.com The Comstock Act, the signature work of a 19th-century anti-vice crusader, banned the mailing of “indecent” materials but also limited abortion access.

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Happy 14th anniversary to the Affordable Care Act. As someone who’s had health problems from the outset and got denied by multiple insurers, I remember the profound relief of the ACA becoming law, and it literally saved my life in 2017. Now, time to fight like hell to keep it & build on its progress

Today’s the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act — and this year’s milestone feels a little different. Partly because of the election, I think. But also because the ACA has completed its evolution from political burden to triumph. Riffed a little here. dandiamond.substack.com/p/its-the-ac...

It's the ACA-nniversarydandiamond.substack.com And this year feels a little different.

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for all its shortcomings the ACA allowed my parents to see a doctor for the first time in ten years and - long story - my mom is alive because of it

It's the ACA-nniversarydandiamond.substack.com And this year feels a little different.

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I thought it was weird that the script took pains to announce the opposition of JOHN F KENNEDY when LBJ was right there doing the actual dirty work

Sixty-five years ago today, at 10:20 am, the Senate commerce committee met for the first day of hearings on the nomination of LEWIS STRAUSS. It would become one of the most brutal confirmation battles in U.S. history — a fight that was only partly captured by the movie OPPENHEIMER.