Rhet Lage (public health advocate)
MPH trained in health systems management/policy; discusses coverage expansion, accountability, and system reform.
Understanding ADHD Task Avoidance Beyond Excuse Narratives
Has anyone found a good way to explain ADHD task avoidance that doesn’t just sound like making excuses?
Laws Aren’t Neutral; Bills Must Target Inequities
Laws are very much NOT neutral. I very intentionally make sure that the bills that I work on aren’t neutral because they’re meant to address inequities. Many of those inequities (if not most) were created by laws that are very...
Health Care Money Splits Parties, Still Blocks Colorado Public Option
The health care industry gives roughly the same amount of money to Democrats and Republicans We couldn’t even get a true public option in Colorado
Hospitals Prioritize Profit Over People in Health Policy
Quick reminder that hospitals are not on the side of the people when it comes to health policy
Cabinet Choices Reveal Politicians' True Health Care Agenda
I’d love to hear from @philforcolorado and @senatorbennet on what changes they’d make to the current cabinet if they were elected…namely those folks who have influence over the health care agenda Who gets picked says a lot about the agenda they...
Cilantro Taste Preferences Can Be Relationship Dealbreakers
Making mango salsa and realizing that I don’t think I could be with someone who thinks cilantro tastes like soap
100+ Signatures in Six Hours for Cover All Coloradans
In 6 hours there are over 100 signatures supporting Cover All Coloradans I’m so grateful to you all for taking the time to show your support for this critical program 🫶🏾
Followers Needed: Push Colorado Petition Past 25 Signatures
Right now there are only 7 signatures on this petition asking the Colorado Senate to support Cover All Coloradans and there’s a goal to get 25 signatures I have over 4k followers…there’s no way y’all can’t get this past the goal...
Excluding Marginalized Groups From Health Care Is a Moral Crisis
When the ACA passed, undocumented immigrants were carved out as a bargaining chip. I was working on my bachelors in public health and couldn’t help but see the parallels between that and the way jobs mostly worked with Black people...
Read the President’s Memo on Domestic Terrorism Now
If you’ve never read the President’s memorandum on countering “domestic terrorism” and “political violence” I highly suggest you do https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/
Cover All Coloradans: A Gift Expanding Care for All
Since Cover All Coloradans is the topic du jour, I want to mention some things about that bill that tend to get overlooked… Yes, it expanded health coverage for children and pregnant people regardless of immigration status It also.. -Got Medicaid coverage...
Debate Misconstrues Health Care Rights as Enslavement Claim
Catching up on the floor debate on Cover All Coloradans excuse me did this man just say that saying health care is a right introduces the right to ENSLAVE ANOTHER PERSON I can’t have heard that right
Men Sabotage Romance‑sci‑fi, Stifling Genre Growth
Soo…I started writing a book and I’m having a lot of fun. But I couldn’t let go of my question about why there aren’t more books in this genre (romance set in a sci-fi setting) So I kept digging and learned...
Hope as Survival: Balancing Optimism and Realism
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again… Some people see me as way too optimistic Some people see me as way too pessimistic I refuse to give up my hope for things to get better but I also refuse to...
Realizing
I’m realizing that my discernment wasn’t nutured as a child in the way it would have been in a healthy dynamic, because the reality is that I was naming things people didn’t want named It took me until my 30’s to...