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Senior Fellow, Urban Institute's Health Policy Center, opinions are my own!
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Interested in Medicare policy? Good at analysis? MedPAC [] is looking to hire a senior analyst/ principal policy analyst. Its a great place to work and support development of evidence to support Medicare policy. Please apply. medpac.gov/what-we-do/car
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Want to work with an amazing team of researchers, data scientists, communication experts, and more? Check out the awesome job opportunities--including #dataviz developer spots--at the . |
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Access to affordable preventive care is at stake for millions due to Court Challenge emanating out of Texas
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New from Urban: Huge health and financial consequences to ending access to free preventive care.
Free Preventive Services Improve Access to Care urban.org/research/publi
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Thank you @ASCO and @ASCOPost for publishing our latest piece on lowering medical costs (w/@greggbloche and John Marshall) -- Medical Costs and Clinical Value: Playing the Long Game - The ASCO Post ascopost.com/issues/july-25
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At we often get asked what baby bonds are, how they might close the racial wealth gap, and how they can fit in a budget with other wealth building policies and income supports. We are going to answer these questions and more, register here:
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The influence of the tobacco industry in state legislatures restricts many communities from acting to protect their residents. Public health advocates must fight back against laws that preempt local tobacco control policies to advance #HealthEquity.
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Great job opportunity working with great people !!!!
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Job alert!
My team at @urbaninstitute is hiring a Policy Program Associate to help execute external projects and internal efforts focused on innovative research and solutions to advance racial equity. Come join our team! #jobs #racialequity
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My team at @urbaninstitute is hiring a Policy Program Associate to help execute external projects and internal efforts focused on innovative research and solutions to advance racial equity. Come join our team! #jobs #racialequity
bit.ly/3PINEth"Especially in the case of middle-aged deaths, they left behind young dependents, whose own health might suffer as a result. The sheer number of missing Americans, and the profound ripple effects of their absence, are really hard to wrap one’s head around,” says
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I wrote about a new study that makes clear just how exceptional America is, compared to other wealthy nations, at killing its own people--in large numbers & at young ages, during the pandemic and long before it. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archiveShow this thread
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Please share this great funding opportunity widely !!!
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Call for Proposals
Details: @Policies4Action will fund research on policies that can build & sustain economic security & wealth for families & communities of color
Apply: bit.ly/2GkwHHi
Deadline: 9/7/22
Questions: policies4Action@urban.org1
Very excited this paper in is finally out! In joint work with and funding support from
COVID‐19‐Related Medicaid Enrollment in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States
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New: among people who experienced COVID-related job losses, those in Medicaid expansion states were more likely than those in nonexpansion states to have Medicaid & less likely to be uninsured, find & .
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#LiveAtUrban on Wednesday: Join , , , , , & other experts as they discuss opportunities for improved data collection to advance health equity & the tools & strategies needed to propel further action.
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🧵 1/6 "Throughout the pandemic, the high court has misinterpreted or set aside science as it has weighed the legality and constitutionality of public health measures. Dr. M. Gregg Bloche ... pointed out one glaring example ..."
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Expose and Educate
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“Fifty years of research shows that abortion access is crucial for health care and important for equality.”
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Experts from & discuss how a housing first approach improved housing stability & decreased jail stays among people experiencing chronic homelessness in CO.
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Barcelona train station: Only two masked behind me. Same with the plane. Happy to have have my trusty N95!
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America’s caste system, aboard United Airlines #992 to Barcelona this morning
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Job alert!📢 My team at is hiring a research associate to help build out and advance our research portfolio focused on innovative research and policy solutions to advance racial equity. Come join our team! #jobs #racialequity #research
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See you at the Silver Spring Blues Festival! @ Silver Spring, Maryland
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Democrat Alan Bowser for Clerk of the Court! Vote July 19. Early Voting.
#moco #montgomery #silverspring #whiteoak #whiteflint #fairland #aspenhill #leisureworld #germantown #gaithersburg #rockville #wheaton #olney #potomac #chevychase #bethesda #BowserforClerk
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Health statistics give us few glimpses into what is happening to our indigenous people. Our new data show how much Native Americans suffered during the pandemic.
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In 2020, Native Americans experienced the largest drop in life expectancy of all US racial/ethnic groups: 4.5 years.
By 2021, their life expectancy had fallen to 67 years (64 years for men).
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First time estimates of life expectancy since COVID for Native America people who experienced a 4.5 year loss in life expectancy in 2020.
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NEW TODAY: Our @medrxivpreprint has been updated to reflect latest 2021 death counts; two additional peer countries (Australia, Canada); and most importantly, first-time estimates for US Native American and US Asian populations.
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medrxiv.org/content/10.110
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About 4.5 million women in the US today report having been threatened with a gun by an intimate partner.
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When an assault weapon is used in a mass shooting, it results in six times as many people shot than when other guns are used.
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Great series of threads on gun violence from . I might have to become a fan!! Check them out!
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An average of 4,500 veterans die by firearm suicide every year - about 12 veterans each day.
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Just out in : "Medicalizing the #Constitution?" #SCOTUS #Psychiatry #abortionrights #COVID #LGBTQ #mentalhealth 🧵
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Couldn’t agree more…
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Wow - a must-watch! Steve Kerr's response to Texas school shooting sports.yahoo.com/steve-kerrs-an
Spouse of an #insurrectionist in conversation with a #torture advocate, criticizing #Democrats for undermining #SCOTUS & #RuleofLaw
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INBOX: @GovAbbott slams @JoeBiden @POTUS for providing baby formula to undocumented immigrants during a national shortage #txlege #tx2022
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If you are looking for an explainer about the Mississippi abortion case that may overturn the #SCOTUS ruling on #RoeVsWade, check out our brief
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Simply screening patients for SDOH by itself will not improve health. Physicians, hospitals, health care systems, and insurers need to use their considerable political power to make sure that SDOH resources are available in their communities. Otherwise, it's purely performative.
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Looking for an idea that appeals to docs in red, blue, and purple states? Check out @statnews op-ed by Michael Darrouzet @texmed, Jennifer Hanscom @WSMA_CEO & Chip Baggett @NCMS_EVP_CEO on importance of measures to assess social drivers of health #SDOH: statnews.com/2022/04/29/cms
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HBCU scholars: Receive up to $20,000 in funding & join a learning community on the racial wealth gap & its impact on Black women & families. Application deadline is this Friday:
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