without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work “I know my job is to put out fires. But why do I always work with arsonists?”

As the deal on ACA slips away even as @kff.org notes that health care costs are the public's largest economic concern we take a look at practical ways to move the nation's health policy forward. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

merry xmas to MrsAware all I want for christmas is you by Mariah Carey 1/2 #DocsWhoRock @erekmajka.bsky.social @brianchiong.bsky.social @atulgrovermd.bsky.social @kbrewesq.bsky.social @imswimming.bsky.social @patrickhwumd.bsky.social @sincerelydreve.bsky.social

"South Dakota doesn’t have the highest gun suicide rate—go to Wyoming for that grim distinction, followed by Montana, Alaska, Idaho, and Oklahoma" dakotafreepress.com/2025/12/08/s...

“anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2007, is permanently banned from buying, using or being sold cigarettes or any other tobacco products in the country” www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/news/maldive...

"Two big pharmaceutical companies were willing to get into an expensive bidding war for one obesity drug company while ignoring all the others on the playing field. This leaves investors … pretty much where they were before the Metsera deal."

PSA for 2025: Correlation is NOT causation!

the monster mash by bobby "boris" pickett and the crypt-kickers 1/4 @erekmajka.bsky.social @brianchiong.bsky.social @atulgrovermd.bsky.social @alyssaburgart.bsky.social @kbrewesq.bsky.social @imswimming.bsky.social @patrickhwumd.bsky.social @sincerelydreve.bsky.social #DocsWhoRock

States that expanded Medicaid coverage had significantly better cancer survival among patients in rural and high-poverty areas as compared with non-expansion states www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyon...

"Once they adjusted for the contribution of genetics, the association between acetaminophen and autism virtually disappeared" www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/r...

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump and RFK Jr’s claims about Tylenol and autism: “Talk to your OB about it. But secondly, I was talking to a woman, she goes, ‘Oh, this is great. Two men telling me not to take the only thing I can take when my back's hurting and I'm pregnant.’”

#Science 2025 style tylervigen.com/spurious-cor...

Not 'news' to anyone in medicine but thought it was worth keeping on the radar and perhaps putting it plainly for the public. time.com/7317385/abor...

The U.S. faces a doctor shortage, partly due to outdated Medicare caps on residency slots, crucial for training physicians. The bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 (S. 2439/H.R. 4731) would help. Len’s story shows what’s at stake. www.aamc.org/news/when-do...

The study is believed to be the first national-level analysis after the ruling, and its findings raise concerns about the future diversity of the healthcare workforce. @atulgrovermd.bsky.social

Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t... via @statnews.com

The White Stripes - We're Going to be Friends #DocsWhoRock @erekmajka.bsky.social @mdaware.org @atulgrovermd.bsky.social @kbrewesq.bsky.social @alyssaburgart.com @imswimming.bsky.social @patrickhwumd.bsky.social @sincerelydreve.bsky.social

for those old enough to remember the "cornhusker kickback" (in a bill that reduced the deficit...) Alaska Allotment/Arrangement/Allowance ? Non-CONUS Nest Egg?

"New York has a population about the size of Israel, except compared to them, we are practically a utopia, where people of very different backgrounds live peacefully (if grumpily) side by side"

NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says. Scoop from @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n...

"3. Insurance companies are already supposed to be doing some of these things." www.healthleadersmedia.com/payer/5-take...

BREAKING: federal judge overrules hundreds of NIH grant terminations www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...

JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25

Job alert: My colleague Ari Ne'eman is looking for an RA (to be based in the Boston area) to help with some health policy research focused on Medicaid and people with disabilities sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next ten years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA timothymcbride.substack.com/p/the-big-bi...

"Altogether, 16 million people could become uninsured over a decade, the same number who were at risk of losing their insurance when Republicans attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017, CBO said." we've come full circle www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/t... via @statnews.com

"The physician shortage is already here. But what we do now determines how dire this issue will become." www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/u... via @statnews.com

"They're not work requirements, they're paperwork requirements... if you're an Uber driver, an independent contractor, what does that requirement look like?" Good questions on #Medicaid from @adrianna.bsky.social to @cnn.com Pamela Brown

one headlight by the wallflowers #DocsWhoRock 1/2 @erekmajka.bosky.social @brianchiong.bsky.social @atulgrovermd.bsky.social @alyssaburgart.bsky.social @kbrewesq.bsky.social @imswimming.bsky.social @patrickhwumd.bsky.social @sincerelydreve.bsky.social sorry for missed tags

“We believe significant scientific knowledge may be garnered from following the ostriches in a controlled environment,” Mr. Kennedy said in a letter to the head of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...

weight of love by the black keys #DocsWhoRock 12/30/21 @erekmajka.bsky.social @brianchiong.bsky.social @atulgrovermd.bsky.social @alyssaburgart.bsky.social @kbrewesq.bsky.social @imswimming.bsky.social @patrickhwumd.bsky.social @sincerelydreve.bsky.social sorry for missed tags

long as i can see the light by creedence clearwater revival #DocsWhoRock @erekmajka.bsky.social @brianchiong.bsky.social @atulgrovermd.bsky.social @alyssaburgart.bsky.social @kbrewesq.bsky.social @imswimming.bsky.social @patrickhwumd.bsky.social @sincerelydreve.bsky.social sorry for missed tags

“competition and freedom created the modern American scientific establishment, the most successful in human history.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“He’s said it enough that the figures have started to creep into search results of AI models on chronic diseases in the 1960s.” RFK Jr.’s absurd statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S.

"China now produces more than 90 percent of the medical gear worn by American health care workers." "Only five of the 107 companies created during the pandemic are still making masks and gloves" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/h...

"this was a normal government website until just a few days ago" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"Researchers may also have to kill a number of macaques, a type of primate, being used in a vaccine study... Killing the animals may be necessary, Fortune said, because they are no longer allowed to use federal funds to feed and care for them." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...

It's all connected: Housing stability--education--health/mental health Harder to achieve your full human potential in all of these areas if one is severely compromised

14/ Book that checkup. The viruses aren’t waiting for us to catch up. They don’t pause for busy schedules or misinformation. Let’s protect our kids and communities. 💉

Scoop: NIH is preparing a multi-million dollar research program into autism. Trump officials are considering whether to hold a public competition, with prizes, or pursue more traditional grants. Issue has been complicated by Trump, RFK + others repeating debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.

The lack of transparency in the HHS reorg is unacceptable. At @AcademyHealth.bsky.social, we’re fighting back with facts, advocacy, and action.

Last week, the Trump admin announced plans to cut 10K jobs, close half of HHS’s regional offices & overhaul key health agencies. We asked @julierovner.bsky.social to break down the massive cuts at #HHS and help answer listener questions about what to expect next. tradeoffs.org/2025/04/03/m...

“We have lawmakers at the state and federal level who are convinced that incorporating the concepts of inclusion, health equity and diversity is taking away from the scientific content of what we’re teaching,” “But it does not. These concepts aren’t mutually exclusive.”

"The lawsuit argues the “sudden and reckless cuts violate federal law, jeopardize public health, and will have devastating consequences for communities nationwide.” kutv.com/news/nation-...

“Loving your country doesn’t mean lying about its history” Gov Wes Moore

Dean @meganranney.bsky.social discussed the importance of the public health workforce yesterday on @cnn.com.

'cuz what could be more disruptive to democracy than Zoo-based ideology... www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...