@rcobooth

Journalist @voxdotcom, covering policy + politics. YOU’RE NOT POWERLESS: The Crisis of Agency and How We Reclaim It Together, will be out 4/13/27.

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Joined August 2009
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There are real limits to what we can accomplish in a world where people believe nothing they do really matters. My book (!) is about how we wound up in a place where millions of people feel like spectators in their own lives. And how we course correct. Because we can.
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CEO of GLP-1 company with "contrarian" takes
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Rachael Bedard
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“Every relevant medical society recommends against screening asymptomatic men for testosterone deficiency, because it is akin to scouring a hotel room with a black light: you’re going to find a lot of stuff of indeterminate significance that you wish you hadn’t seen.” I wrote about Pete Hegseth’s testosterone obsession for The New Yorker newyorker.com/science/annals…

Is the Military Low-T?

New data suggests that a quarter of American servicemen may have low testosterone. That doesn’t mean what Pete Hegseth thinks it does.

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since August I’ve been making a series called “Decoding Media” trying to do this. I’ve talked about how journalists work with PR, how corrections work, on background/off the record, on “having an angle” and audience capture welcome your q’s for more! instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0…
tanvi@TanvimOct 20
I think it's a good idea for us to demystify journalism and show our work/behind the scenes as much as possible. So much of the public doesn't understand how journalism is done and that's on us, tbh.
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tré easton
@treeastonOct 20
"oooh this is HOT" —a thing I just said out loud to myself while reading about Colorado's public option from the inimitable @rcobooth vox.com/policy/506744/health…

Colorado’s public option has some healthcare lessons for America

Colorado found a way to make health care cheaper. Other states are paying attention.

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Swati G. Sharma@SwatiGauriOct 20
Thrilled for this @voxdotcom x @kylascan collab! Here's the trailer for her new show, Best of Luck with Kyla Scanlon. youtube.com/watch?v=62aBuDKs…

Introducing Best of Luck with Kyla Scanlon

Most career advice comes from an economy that no longer exists. So ...

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Ben Conarck@conarckOct 19
"In response to an interview request, Andrew Bard Epstein, a New York consultant who said he works with the Transportation Alliance, wrote in a text message: 'If it’s about untangling this coalition, I’m going to respectfully pass!'"
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great reporting here
Liam Scott@liamjscottOct 19
An anti-robotaxi group called the People First Transportation Alliance has become active in DC in recent months. But exactly who is behind the group remains unclear. My latest for @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

The mysterious group campaigning to block robotaxis in D.C.

The People First Transportation Alliance says 13 people and groups are 'founding members.' Four of them say that's wrong.

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John Carreyrou
@JohnCarreyrouOct 19
Did Elizabeth Holmes coming after me and my sources with everything she had and threatening to sue us out of existence bias me? Yes.
JF@legaleagle312Oct 19
Replying to @JohnCarreyrou @nytimes
I am a big fan of you, don’t get me wrong. but My question is do you think you have any bias as a result of your experience as a journalist in this case?
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i've always found the narrative that 3+ kids were "status symbols" strange. similarly, the discourse earlier this month re: that GQ article got notably hostile between those with 2 vs. 1. people seem p uncharitable to parents of varying family sizes, maybe parents most of all
Mike Konczal@mtkonczalOct 19
Replying to @mtkonczal
Is this a new status symbol? I don't think so. It looks more like children fall for all families except the 1% over the past 30 years. Maybe the things that made children more difficult for the 99% just bounced right off the 1%? /2
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I know families with 3 kids and they're not in the one percent, they can't just throw money at easing all their frictions. they do go on fewer vacations, date nights, and moved to cheaper areas
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well there's an angle
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The public option got cut from the Affordable Care Act, but an obscure waiver that was included has since been used by 3 states to launch their own public options. I wrote about these policy experiments and what they could mean for 2028 and beyond: vox.com/policy/506744/health…
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Nice @CitizenCohn piece on @AndyKimNJ’s Medicaid-for-Kids idea Voters want action on health care costs thebulwark.com/p/before-medi…

Before ‘Medicare for All,’ This Senator Wants ‘Medicaid for Kids’

Andy Kim has a proposal he thinks could unite the party around the next step toward universal coverage.

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Andrew Howard
@andrewjfhowardOct 19
New: Republicans are sharpening their knives ahead of Election Day — and many have already decided privately who they will blame if results don’t go their way. So far, no one is safe from taking heat. w/ @meredithllee @adamwren @Reporter_Mia politico.com/news/2026/10/19…

Republicans already know who they want to blame if they suffer big midterm losses

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"The driving point behind what we were doing was to set hospital prices," Michael Conway, Colorado's insurance commissioner said. "That's what we were driving towards, and that's what we did."
Rachel Cohen Booth
@rcoboothOct 19
With health care costs soaring, public options are getting a new look. I wrote about the three states that have launched their own in recent years, and what this could mean for 2028 and beyond vox.com/policy/506744/health…

Colorado’s public option has some healthcare lessons for America

Colorado found a way to make health care cheaper. Other states are paying attention.

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In Colorado, enrollment in their public option went from about 14 percent of the state marketplace’s customers in 2023, the first year, to a third in 2024, to roughly half today
Rachel Cohen Booth
@rcoboothOct 19
With health care costs soaring, public options are getting a new look. I wrote about the three states that have launched their own in recent years, and what this could mean for 2028 and beyond vox.com/policy/506744/health…

Colorado’s public option has some healthcare lessons for America

Colorado found a way to make health care cheaper. Other states are paying attention.

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With health care costs soaring, public options are getting a new look. I wrote about the three states that have launched their own in recent years, and what this could mean for 2028 and beyond vox.com/policy/506744/health…

Colorado’s public option has some healthcare lessons for America

Colorado found a way to make health care cheaper. Other states are paying attention.

vox.com
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Jim Sciutto
@jimsciuttoOct 16
Eyewitness to the Israeli settler attack on Palestinians and @washingtonpost photographer Heidi Levine tells me, “It was barbaric…there were maybe 5 or 6 surrounding her. They had clubs…And they were standing over her, beating her over and over, it was truly horrific. I was worried that she was going to be killed.” - @infinite_jaz
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speaking of which, this piece today from Capital Commonsense is really valuable and clarifying about why DC’s fiscal situation is so rough right now open.substack.com/pub/capita…

Our Thoughts on the Council’s Revenue Hearing

Between all of us, the Capital Commonsense team tuned into much of the D.C.

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Rachel Cohen Booth
@rcoboothOct 16
love all the local DC news competition there days
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