Urban Study: Decline In Uninsured Children Linked To Pandemic Policies dlvr.it/STC1Rx
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Carolina gal researching children's health access . I love maps, books, and stata tips. She/her. (views mine)
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Due to pandemic-era protections, uninsurance among children decreased between 2019 and 2021, but some of these protections will expire soon, putting children's coverage back at risk. Learn more: urbn.is/3uBJbkj
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Kudos to my mentors and collaborators , Jennifer M. Haley, , and for leading this work.
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It's important to note that these improvements may not be permanent.
Without federal and state actions to maintain the enhanced Marketplace subsidies and limit coverage losses when the continuous coverage requirement expires, children’s uninsurance could once again increase.
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It seems like pandemic-era policies like the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement and more generous ACA marketplace subsidies have protected children's insurance coverage through the end of 2021.
Both survey and administrative data suggest public coverage increases.
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With all of the incredibly distressing news in the last week or so, here's something encouraging to highlight:
between 2019 and 2021, uninsurance among children actually decreased.
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A quick 🧵 about my latest brief with and Jennifer M. Haley:
We find that parents with low incomes faced greater health challenges, and problems accessing and affording needed healthcare, in Spring 2021.
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Parents are not ok. I am a not a low income parent, but I have faced unprecedented challenges during this pandemic. This and research shows just how hard its been for low income folks.
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A quick 
about my latest brief with @julialong_ and Jennifer M. Haley:
We find that parents with low incomes faced greater health challenges, and problems accessing and affording needed healthcare, in Spring 2021.
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about my latest brief with @julialong_ and Jennifer M. Haley:
We find that parents with low incomes faced greater health challenges, and problems accessing and affording needed healthcare, in Spring 2021.
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From J. Haley, , & : In April 2021, parents with incomes at or below 138% of federal poverty level were more than 9x more likely to be uninsured than those with incomes at or above 400% of FPL urbn.is/3G5RgkO
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Excited to share my first report at the Health Policy Center, with fantastic mentors and coauthors and Jenny Haley.
We highlight the pressing needs of low-income parents in affording & accessing care as the pandemic continues:
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Which definition of reality should I use? The relative performance of 8 federal rural definitions in identifying rural-urban disparities: journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcar #MedicalCare #RuralHealth #HealthDisparities #HealthEquity
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So excited to share that my first brief with the is now live! A timely piece as interest increases in adding a dental benefit to Medicare urban.org/research/publi . Wonderful working with and John Holohan
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Ever wonder how to sort through the myriad of definitions of #rural, and what they mean for health and access to care? , and I might have something that can help:
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Kudos to , her mentor and rural health guru for this article that highlights differences between 8 federal defs of rural and the challenges of understanding "Which Definition of Rurality Should I Use?"
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smiling ear to ear because someone brought in a 5-gallon bucket of garden tomatoes to work :’) tomato sandwiches here i come
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a graduate!
who is going to be real annoying to her 40 followers this weekend, strap in :)
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so my undergrad honors thesis has been ✅defended & ✅submitted! break out the monday morning mimosas!
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NC things I’m going to miss, pt 1 of 30
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if I get a job outside of the south... am I going to have to give up using “y’all” professionally?!
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“You can’t spoil a child. Love and good food never spoiled nobody.”
—Toni Morrison, TAR BABY
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Some fascinating findings! Really grateful to have been able to help out with such important work.
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1/5 NC’s rapidly changing demographics make it a bellwether of the changes underway nationally. My study, published in @SurgJournal, looked at demographics of NC’s general surgeon workforce in 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019. Some findings (thread): authors.elsevier.com/a/1cmej90L%7Eq
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Director 's analysis in of the demographics of NC's general surgeon workforce over time has national implications. Hat tip to extraordinary student for the assist on this project! #WorkforceWednesday
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1/5 NC’s rapidly changing demographics make it a bellwether of the changes underway nationally. My study, published in @SurgJournal, looked at demographics of NC’s general surgeon workforce in 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019. Some findings (thread): authors.elsevier.com/a/1cmej90L%7Eq
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The evolving sex, race, and ethnic composition of the surgical workforce: North Carolina is a bellwether of national change
#SoMe4Surgery
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One of the best articles I've found on making it through a job search, from @BrandySimula
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happy sunday!
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I’m volunteering this week! Let me know if you have questions or want to join me!
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.@OrangeHealthNC needs volunteers to support vaccination efforts. Please consider joining our faculty member, Dr. Becky Slifkin, in bringing the end of the pandemic closer! To sign up for essential tasks like registering people and directing traffic, visit redoak.orangecountync.gov/redcap/surveys
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The night James Taylor and Joni Mitchell went caroling along Morgan Creek Road in Chapel Hill: A wonderful read by author and Chapel Hill native Will Blythe (who also wrote about going to Kenan Stadium as a kid in "Football in a Forest").
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Mon chat a voulu participer à la tarte aux pommes
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"Gender is a weird and wonderful ethereal thing." This week's photo essay captures eight trans* Triangle residents.
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With the #AffordableCareAct's future under review by #SCOTUS next week, our analysis estimates that 30.1 million women (30%) have a pre-existing condition that would have left them uninsurable in the individual market before the ACA. kff.org/womens-health-
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Looking for some positivity & inspiration? Join us for "Perspectives from the Field" with Dr. Jaff, a native of Iraq who has worked as a humanitarian physician in many complex emergency settings. You are guaranteed to walk away with new knowledge & hope. uncsph.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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"I hope this email finds you well."
How this email finds me:
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There has been a distressing amount of chatter on Twitter with an "us" vs "them" tone about different health professional groups, specialties and educational degrees. We, the patients, need you all and we need you to practice in true interprofessional teams.
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@ErinFraher's perspective in @TheABFM on primary care #teams fts. expanded roles for social workers, value-based care & licensed practical nurse (LPN) roles.@uncsheps @uncfammed
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Hi everyone! I am working on a reporting project about how refugees in NC are doing during the coronavirus pandemic. I’m focused on the Triangle area, but I can talk to refugees settled anywhere in NC. If you know any refugees who will be comfortable for an interview, DMs open.
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Un million de morts du Covid dans le monde.
Sur cette infographie made in , il y a 100 000 points. Chacun représente 10 décès.
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