To many people, Valentine’s Day is a day for romantic gestures—or at the very least, a hearty helping of chocolate.
But to healthcare influencers, academics and reporters on Twitter, it’s also a time to break out their best witticisms for #HealthPolicyValentines.
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Many of the tweets this year concerned the buzzed-about administrative changes that the Trump administration has supported, including Medicaid work requirements:
I thought writing a #healthpolicyvalentines would be easy, but this year, there’s a work requirement.
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 13, 2018
The expansion of short-term health insurance plans:
My love for you is not a short-term plan.#healthpolicyvalentines
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) February 13, 2018
And essential health benefits (which the administration may give states more power to define):
Sweetie, being close to you is one of my essential health benefits. #healthpolicyvalentines
— Tracy Bethel (@TracyDHBethel) February 14, 2018
The Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill—which is making headlines again after the Trump administration’s 2019 budget proposal called for reviving it—merited a mention:
My love for you will endure as long as Graham-Cassidy.#healthpolicyvalentines
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) February 13, 2018
Other topical tweets concerned the buzzed-about Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPMorgan healthcare venture:
Roses are red,
— Sherry Pagoto (@DrSherryPagoto) February 14, 2018
Violets sublime.
Please don’t make me get healthcare
through Amazon Prime.#healthpolicyvalentines
Even AmazoBerkMorgan couldn't disrupt our love. #healthpolicyvalentines
— Emma Sandoe (@emma_sandoe) February 13, 2018
Still another referenced the private-plane scandal that took down erstwhile Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price:
Girl, I would wait for you like @ddiamond waits for Tom Price at Dulles Airport. #healthpolicyvalentines
— Brad Wright (@bradwrightphd) February 12, 2018
Health IT got some love as well, with a well-known healthcare journal referencing one of the industry’s biggest challenges:
Our love is interoperable. #healthpolicyvalentines
— Health Affairs (@Health_Affairs) February 13, 2018
And finally, the push for quality—and all the reporting requirements that come with it—got a shoutout of its own:
The growth of my feelings for you exceeds all benchmarks.#healthpolicyvalentines
— Massachusetts HPC (@Mass_HPC) February 14, 2018