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At the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Follows/Tweets/RTs ≠ endorsements.
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Joined June 2008
Girl, are you a health insurance policy? Because you are super complicated, but I still need you. #HealthPolicyValentines.
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Despite the wealth of scholarship outlining racism’s effects, preeminent scholars + the journals that publish them routinely fail to interrogate #racism as a critical driver of #healthinequities, says @RheaBoydMD, @edwinlindo, @Lachelle_Dawn, @mclemoremr
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One taught me the Commerce Clause.One taught me “unconstitutionally coercive”.One taught me “exchange established by the state”.And for that I say.Thank u, next lawsuit.#healthpolicyvalentines.
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I think I love you, but we need to generate some real world evidence before issuing any further decisions. #healthpolicyvalentines.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, is this ambulance in network? Otherwise a lyft works, too #healthpolicyvalentines.
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NEW: The October issue of Health Affairs on #TacklingStructuralRacismInHealth is here. It explores how addressing the impact of all forms of racism in health care is essential to building equity. Supported by @RWJF @CalWellness and @Health4Texas.
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Racism must be explored as a key driver of health outcomes & health disparities. The @Health_Affairs Feb 2022 issue (now available) focuses on #RacismAndHealth & includes forward-thinking pieces to help shape future research & policy agenda. Learn more:
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BREAKING: In a new blog, Nancy Krieger, @RheadBoydMD @fernandodemaio & @DrAlethaMaybank of @HarvardChanSPH @SutterHealth @DePaulU + @AmerMedicalAssn discuss the damage that is done when ignorance is produced & entrenched by gatekeeper medical institutions.
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Roses are red.Violets are blue.For this #Healthpolicyvalentines.We wish for you a kind .Reviewer #2.#journalhumor.
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BREAKING: Leading health policy experts come together to provide a comprehensive set of recommendations to protect the health of all Americans in the face of this unprecedented epidemic, just as Congress considers moving quickly on legislation. #COVID19
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Just like health care spending, my love for you increases every day #healthpolicyvalentines.
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Just in: @ChomiloMD, @DrHeardGarris, @MaliniDeSilva, & @uche_blackstock say providing colorblind recommendations for allocation of #scarceresources will lead to more morbidity & mortality for Black, #AIAN + other marginalized communities. #COVID19
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The February 2022 Issue of Health Affairs is now available! Racism is the reason for large, sustained health inequities in the US. The @Heath_Affairs February issue is dedicated to #RacismAndHealth w/ an emphasis on structural racism. Learn more here:
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In his new Forefront article, @Health_Affairs Editor-in-Chief @alanrweil announces that we will stop fighting the forces of consolidation in healthcare and go ahead and consolidate health and care into healthcare.
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In their new blog, @AnnieAndrewsMD and @shannonrwatts of @MUSCkids, @MomsDemand, and @Everytown are calling for pediatricians to join the effort to reduce #GunViolence among children and teens through advocacy, counseling, and research.
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Longtime readers of Health Affairs will be glad to know that our popular Health Policy Briefs are back, now with a focus on the social determinants of health. #sdoh
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Roses are red,.Violets are blue,.Health equity improves health care for all, .including you. #HealthPolicyValentines
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After nearly 9 years and more than 600 blog posts, Tim Jost is stepping back from @Health_Affairs blog. Read his farewell & reflections: #jostdoit.
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Longtime readers of Health Affairs will be glad to know that our popular Health Policy Briefs are back, now with a focus on the social determinants of health. #sdoh
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"A recent study in Health Affairs that looked at U.S. states found that state mask requirements appeared to have reduced virus transmission, though the researchers did not measure mask use directly." @NewYorkTimesUSA #COVID19.#masks
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We know time is limited these days, so we put together a list of 10 things you’ll learn from this month’s issue on #RacismAndHealth. To read the full issue, visit: . 🧵Continue on this thread to learn more.
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Roses are red.Violets are blue.Guess who’s still on their parent's health insurance at the age of 22 #healthpolicyvalentines.
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In his new Forefront article, David Putrino of @PutrinoLab and @IcahnMountSinai discusses how, as we approach the end of the public health emergency, Long COVID is still afflicting a significant percentage of Americans.
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.@aaronsojourner @EGolberstein: The ACA’s Medicaid expansion benefits not just healthcare but also financial health
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Don't miss this event | Distinguished experts will unpack the new issue on #TacklingStructuralRacismInHealth and more. All are invited to a free virtual event on Tuesday, Oct 3 at 1pm ET. Register for free:
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I think I love you, but we need to generate some real world evidence before issuing any further decisions. #HealthPolicyValentines.
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For hospitals across the country, wildfire season brings full emergency departments. This worsening public health crisis is yet another indication that the health of our environment is closely linked to the health of our communities @LloydHDean
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In their new blog, Senators @ChrisMurphyCT and @SenatorBaldwin argue that now is the time to take action on junk insurance plans (short-term, limited-duration plans), as the window is short to close Trump’s loophole that allowed such plans to flourish.
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In his new blog, @RJPway4EQ of @publichealthpdx argues that #HealthEquity scholars must be explicit in their language and goals, judicious in their research questions and methods, and rooted in #Antiracist, #CriticalRace, and #Decolonizing frameworks.
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In her new review for #HAReads, Health Affairs senior editor Margaret Winchester reviews a new book by @PeterHotez on the deadly rise of anti-science in the pandemic era. Hotez’s book “humanizes the scientists working to help us,” Winchester writes.
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In this blog, @HarvardMed's @LashNolen + @AdamLBeckman w/ @emma_sandoe from @DukeU discuss the foundational moments in #medicaid's history that led to inequities in health care access, and the racial disparities and disparate health outcomes that followed.
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Black mothers' health: a project to improve the statistics. @RWJF chose to use a different funding structure & have a small #nonprofit be the lead for Mothers' Voices Driving Birth Equity project. #maternalhealth @AcademyHealth @doccrearperry @BirthEquity
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Gun-related injuries account for annual burden of about $2.8B in ED & inpatient charges; new study now open access:
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In their new Forefront article @zoe_m_adams Noa Krawcyzk, Rachel Simon @DrKimSue @suenlw + @PaulJoudreyMD of @YaleMed @nyugrossman + @UCSF call for expanding methadone to office-based settings to prevent overdoses + improve the lives of patients w/ #OUD.
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For you, my heart will always have an open access policy. #journalhumor #healthpolicyvalentines.
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We @Health_affairs are saddened to hear of the passing of Uwe Reinhardt. He was a great friend to Health Affairs for many years and made enormous contributions to health policy. He will be missed.
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In their blog post, @michellemorse and coauthors say the #COVID19 crisis offers an opportunity to mobilize US #physicians to advocate for social policies, such as universal #paidsickleave and defunding the #police, that dismantle structural #racism.
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Some of our favorite Uwe Reinhardt papers here at HA: It's the Prices, Stupid US Hospital Prices: Chaos Behind a Veil of Secrecy Proposing an All-Payer System
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You claim to love me, but your methods haven't been peer reviewed #HealthPolicyValentines #journalhumor.
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In their new blog, @zainrizvi, @JRavinthiran1, and @akapczynski of @Public_Citizen and @YaleLawSch argue that @JoeBiden should make full use of his authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to scale #COVID19 vaccine production globally.
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Join @Health_Affairs for the Racism & Health Virtual Symposium on 2/8 at 2pm ET (11am PT). Following the journal’s release of the #RacismAndHealth issue, we’ll get to hear authors + experts discuss more on the complex relationship between racism & health.
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Now available! Our April 2020 issue: Integrating #socialservicesandhealth. Research shows #socialfactors play a critical role in health, but social & health systems remain isolated. Integration is esp important as we combat #COVID19. Get your copy today:
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#WomenInHistory: @VanderbiltU Associate Professor @DusetzinaS's research on the impact of prescription drug costs on patient access to care has achieved national attention as policy makers seek to improve access. Read her recent Health Affairs paper:
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A new analysis on census data shows that nearly 30% of U.S. #physicians were born in other countries. This Narrative Matters piece discussed the important role of #Immigrant #Doctors in #ruralhospitals and #communities in America.
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In June 2020 @RheaBoydMD, @EdwinLindo, Lachelle D. Weeks, and @mclemoremr called for a new bar to be set for publishing on racial health inequities. In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, reread the seminal piece here: #AntiRacism #Racism #HealthEquity
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On March 9, 2020, journalist & activist @JuddLegum published an exposé of the lack of paid sick leave at Olive Garden. Read more on Popular Information here:
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"A recent peer-reviewed study in the journal Health Affairs found that state-level face mask mandates caused steep drops in the daily infection rate and probably averted hundreds of thousands of additional coronavirus cases by June. ".
National mask mandate could save 5 percent of GDP, economists say
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"I raise my voice in support of those demanding a response to the consequences of institutional racism that are being laid bare before us." says @Health_Affairs Editor-In-Chief @alanrweil in our latest blog.
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We're thrilled to have @elainekhoong of @ucsf, join our #HealthEquity Fellowship for Trainees program! Dr. Khoong's research interests focus on leveraging digital tools & implementation science to improve equity in the delivery of primary care. Learn more:
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For you, my heart will always have an open access policy. #journalhumor #healthpolicyvalentines.
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A new study by Nancy Krieger, @RheaBoydMD @fernandodemaio & @DrAlethaMaybank of @HarvardChanSPH @SutterHealth @DePaulU + @AmerMedicalAssn reveals how gatekeeper medical journals produce ignorance about racism and health. They discussed it in @TIME here:
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In their new blog post, @doccrearperry, Carmen Green, and Kiara Cruz of @BirthEquity argue that respectful #MaternalCare can improve provider-patient relations and improve outcomes for Black people who give birth. #BMHW21 #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
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Now available! March 2020 issue: The Affordable Care Act Turns 10. From @alanrweil "The March issue of Health Affairs provides a comprehensive review of what the law has accomplished & what remains to be done as the ACA turns 10." Get yours today #aca10
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. @ColumbiaMSPH's Mady Hornig + @UCBerkeleySPH's David Tuller say, "W/ #coronavirus, it's the time to implement prospective research + start documenting the biological pathways from initial illness to chronic neurological dysfunctions and other disorders."
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Modeling the impact of #vaccines on averting deaths & reducing poverty in 41 low- and middle-income countries @HarvardChanSPH
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BREAKING: New Data On US Social Distancing In the US Significantly Reduced #COVID19 Growth. @Courtemanche_CJ & @aaronyelowitz of @universityofky & coauthors examine the impact of US state & local government efforts to impose #socialdistancing measures.
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Sara Rosenbaum describes how, once again, a great health reform debate all comes down to Medicaid.
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NEW: An ahead-of-print article on #RacismAndHealth published today. Michael Sun of @UChicago + coauthors used machine learning techniques to analyze potentially stigmatizing language in the EHRs of patients at an urban academic medical center. Read more:
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Roses are red,.Violets are blue,.CMS’s underpayments left Basic Health Programs feeling jilted.So New York and Minnesota said, ‘we’ll sue.’ #healthpolicyvalentines.
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In the June issue, Health Affairs editor Leslie Erdelack reviews The Political Determinants of Health, by Daniel Dawes, who “explores the political decisions and drivers underlying the social determinants of health.” Read the full review today:
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After all these years, you still find new ways to surprise me… just like a bill from an out-of-network ER doc #healthpolicyvalentines.
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For you, my heart will always have an open access policy. #journalhumor #HealthPolicyValentines.
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Remembering @RobRestuccia : "The world of health policy and health advocacy lost one of its most accomplished, humble, and dedicated consumer advocates this weekend." @alanrweil
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Roses are red.But not a necessity.What I want for Valentine's Day.Is simply health equity. #HealthPolicyValentines
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JUST IN! Today we affirm our commitment to #equity and outline our agenda in pursuit of this goal with the formal launch of our #healthequity project. Read our EIC @alanrweil's latest blog for full details and learn how you can help us achieve our mission:
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In a new overview paper featured in the @Health_Affairs February issue on #RacismAndHealth, @RRHDr of @PublicHealthUMN and coauthors describe methodological approaches to measuring structural racism and its health effects. Read the full article here:
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We need 20k geriatricians to care for seniors today, yet there were just 7,300 practicing as of 2016 @WestHealth
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JUST IN: Health Affairs’ #HealthEquity Project has selected its advisory board. “We are honored to have such a distinguished group help guide our efforts to address racism and promote equity at Health Affairs and in scholarly publishing more broadly” -Editor-In-Chief @alanrweil.
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We cannot solve the #opioidcrisis unless we address the underlying epidemic of poorly managed pain. Read more
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BREAKING: New study,"Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In #COVID19 Rates In Massachusetts" is out now! Read @joefigs2, Ben Sommers + Dennis Lee of @HarvardChanSPH and @rkwadhera + @rwyeh of @BIDMChealth's study:
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The @Health_Affairs Blog is evolving. For 15 years, it's been the destination for health policy discussion. Today, the Blog is rebranding as Health Affairs Forefront, where it will continue to provide rigorous analysis in the healthcare space. #HAForefront
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Calling all health policy storytellers! We are launching our first Podcast Fellowship Program in 2021. Fellows will produce an exclusive podcast mini-series with support & mentorship from our team. This is a paid opportunity. Deadline to apply is April 15.
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Coming up! Today, we will be publishing a series of blogs in which researchers and providers explore the intersections of #racism, #healthdisparities, and #COVID19. Stay tuned for our first blog going live at 8:30am EST.
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Roses are red, .violets are blue,.Please just give me an .“accept as is” review. #HealthPolicyValentines
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US has wider health #disparities than other countries & higher tolerance for care inequalities @HarvardChanSPH
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JUST IN: #RacismAndHealth in US Medicine: A Conversation With Harriet Washington is now available! @DrAlethaMaybank & @DrVabe interviews special guest @haw95 author of Medical Apartheid (2006), as she addresses the history of racism US medicine & research.
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Just in on the blog! @emilyabenfer of @columbialaw and @ProfLWiley of @HealthAUWCL at @AmericanU recommend health justice strategies to combat #COVID-19 and protect vulnerable communities during the #coronavirus #pandemic.
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In their new blog, Matthew K Chin @lanndoan @stellakchong @JenniferAWong Simona C. Kwon + @DrStellaYi of @nyugrossman + @NYU_CSAAH discuss the lack of #DisaggregatedData about Asian American populations and its implications for health research and policy.
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New On @Health_Affairs Blog:.High Prices Drive High Health Care Spending In The US, But So Too Do Other Factors: A Response To Gerald Anderson And Colleagues by Zack Cooper @zackcooperYale
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