Timely.

If he thinks that bad, wait til he sees how few people file claims for auto, fire, and flood insurance.

With the mini-burst of proposals to replace enhanced PTCs with spending accounts like FSAs, keep in mind that this would *absolutely wallop* older people with middle incomes—say a 63-year-old earning $65K—who are among the most dependent on enhanced PTCs. 🧵1/

Also is incompatible with pushing to rely on private insurance to deliver Medicare via Medicare Advantage.

Yep. I’ve banged this drum before but if there were any sincerity or consistency, R’s would have implemented work requirements for spouses and adult dependents to be eligible for these huge subsidies for employer-sponsored insurance.

Yeah, this place has the au jus.

Thank you, @dewayneforminneapolis.com

In case you needed more motivation to rank @dewayneforminneapolis.com #1, last week my 11yo randomly spouted out, "DeWayne 'De-Rock' Davis" and we all need that for our new mayor.

I was delighted to rank @dewayneforminneapolis.com #1 just now. A great choice for Minneapolis.

I’m honored to be endorsed by @wedge.live! “We need a mayor who inspires trust, someone who can unite the city in hard times. Davis is the kind of steady, humble, experienced leader who can move us beyond the last five exhausting years of ego, grandstanding, and finger-pointing.”

Great opportunity at the intersection of public sector data & social policy in Minnesota. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

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Nothing says very open like getting your people to sign NDAs

Grim preview of what we should be expecting when work requirements go into effect — a pilot effort in Louisiana to use texts to nudge people to confirm/report income only had a 7% response rate (h/t @joanalker1.bsky.social, @acinthedc.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/h...

I hope you’ll rank me first on November 4th because Minneapolis deserves a Mayor who can help us meet this moment. I know that Minneapolis can do everything we need to when we come together. We just need the right leadership to get us there.

Must read -- Dr. Oz's claims that they are working on an app that will solve all of the reporting problems related to Medicaid work requirements are largely a fantasy. When piloted the app had a 7% response rate and does nothing to address key issues like exemptions. www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/h...

Mpls people: I'm very excited to support Dr. DeWayne Davis for Mayor. Dr. Davis is a rarity: a compassionate leader with a vision of a better Mpls for everyone, combined with the pragmatic policy skills to make it happen. www.dewayneforminneapolis.com

We're getting ever closer to realizing the classic SNL "Robot insurance" sketch.

Goodness, what does have tattooed on his back???

Not to brag too much, but I was pleased with my sign.

Exactly one year ago today, I officially launched my campaign for mayor of Minneapolis. I hadn’t planned to run for Mayor, but with the looming election of Donald Trump, I knew that our city needed leadership that could meet this moment. 1/

Forgot to cluster SEs

New DiD estimator dropped

From policy conversations over spicy chicken wings to door knocking and backyard meet ups, this has been such a fun and busy weekend. Your excitement and commitment to the campaign is palpable – thank you for being part of it! Join us for more this week! www.mobilize.us/dewayneformi...

Sukkah Cats is the name of my new band.

This isn't evidence of fraud. This is just how health care utilization and spending work.

Congrats, and great news for everyone. Now that two of my fav journalists are there (Catherine + Jonathan Cohn), I think it's time to subscribe.

We're five weeks away from Election Day and we're committed to knocking on as many doors as we can in the next 35 days. In the upcoming week, we've got door knocks in Wards 5, 7, 9, 10, and 12 – can I count on you to join one (or more)? RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/dewayneformi...

Seriously—in any other administration the President telling the SecDef (sorry, "SecWar") that American cities should be used as "training grounds" for the military would kick of impeachment proceedings that same day.

Really important new research on Medicaid disenrollment and opioid used disorder treatment.

Mpls people: I'm very excited to support Dr. DeWayne Davis for Mayor. Dr. Davis is a rarity: a compassionate leader with a vision of a better Mpls for everyone, combined with the pragmatic policy skills to make it happen. www.dewayneforminneapolis.com

We used to be a real country, where demons were hunted by homegrown American pop stars.

Our 1st presentation of the academic year is *Wed., Oct. 1*. We are delighted to have Anwar Assamidanov present "Impact of Medicaid Pregnancy Dental Benefits on Prenatal Dental Utilization and Birth Outcomes" Register: tinyurl.com/bdre895c Full schedule: www.ehealthecon.org

My kingdom for a counterfactual.

A huge thank-you to @ckronenberg.bsky.social and @sebastiantt.bsky.social for organizing this year’s Economics of Mental Health Workshop. It is great to hear so many new papers and connect with people from all over.

#EMH2025 indeed, great first day with interesting sessions and an excellent keynote by Molly Schnell on a lovely campus with great weather. Looking forward to tomorrow.

What's with this "Working Families Tax Cut Act" language? Such a bill did exist, but never made it out of Ways & Means, if I'm understanding correctly.

Charlie Kirk’s death is horrifying act of violence that comes on the heels of shootings and political violence here in Minnesota. Political violence is inimical to our democracy, and it isn’t the solution to the hopelessness and fear that many of us feel – connection, compassion and solidarity are.

Horrific terrorism. Strength and peace to the Kirk family. People from all corners of US need to join hands, speak up, & act together against the use of violence to advance a political agenda.

I dunno, maybe the Supreme Court majority could have the decency to bestir themselves to write an actual, you know, opinion, with their names on it, explaining their endorsement of using race and ethnicity as part of a national policy of harassing and intimidating non-white Americans.

Beth McGinty and Magdalena Cerda in Milbank Quarterly-- Medicaid Cuts Will Heighten the US Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

... and I am instructing my regression models to un-link my error term from my key RHS variable.

Know anyone who would be an excellent NIMH director? Application deadline is 10/6. hr.nih.gov/jobs/search/...

A friend recently taught me about "Lysenkoism" from the Soviet era, and I can't stop thinking about it.

In LOTR, who were you rooting for? In Star Wars? In Harry Potter (yes, author's TERF is bad)? In MCU? In Last Airbender? In Undertale? Why?

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word. docs.google.com/document/d/1...