Now would be a really great time for Congress to reassert itself as a co-equal branch of government

You know you're in the south when the walk home from #NashvilleNYE is a cacophony of (hopefully) celebratory gunfire 🎉

Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...

THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.

Looking for examples of published health policy studies with clear methodological flaws. Preferably from a med or health policy journal. Send me your favorites!

Apparently, Vanderbilt no longer allows the use of Rev for transcription because the data are sent outside the U.S. Qual researchers, what services for human transcription (not AI) are you using and like?

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

🚨New VA research now out in Medical Care Tldr; patient satisfaction was similar regardless of whether the anesthesia was completed by a physician anesthesiologist, CRNAs, or a combo (anesthesia care team or ACT) Open access link: journals.lww.com/lww-medicalc...

@allanmjoseph.bsky.social has been telling me there needs to be a "Dartmouth Atlas, but for pediatrics" for maybe a literal decade? And now there is! (h/t to coauthor @johngraves.bsky.social)

Apparently, Vanderbilt no longer allows the use of Rev for transcription because the data are sent outside the U.S. Qual researchers, what services for human transcription (not AI) are you using and like?

Spotify Wrapped of a health policy nerd 🤓

Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social It's bad! paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...

One challenge with getting older is fewer friends are willing/able to go on crazy adventures with you Hiking the Wind River High Route, 2017

The Census Bureau is back releasing data that was delayed during the government shutdown. Click the tracker link for the latest additions. 👇

Finally, evidence of voter fraud

30 is the new 40? Not how the saying is supposed to go, but that is an apt description of America's #population #health challenges. The share of working age adults from the 1971-1975 birth cohort reporting excellent health at age 30 = share from 1991-1995 cohort reporting same at age 40.

Ok this made me literally lol But in truth VA outperforms private sector in terms of wait times jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Does anyone have a copy of the NSDUH State Prevalence Table for 2019-2020?

Raccoon jackpot

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”" www.prb.org/resources/se...

Once upon a time, @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy & I did a podcast about a ten-novel epic series where -- I am not kidding -- "dying of the weather on top of Mount Washington" was plan B in case the initial murder attempt didn't work. Nerds know not to go on that mountain unprepared.

If this ever happens to me, let me die and then lie about how it happened to save my ghost the embarrassment abcnews.go.com/US/mount-was...

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The ACA did lead to increased individual health insurance premiums in 2014. That was because insurance before that generally didn’t cover pre-existing conditions or benefits like maternity care, and it had lifetime and annual limits on how much it would pay.

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

I'm having an incredibly hard time publishing a paper, and I can't help but think it's because it upsets the political opinions of medical researchers. The level of methodological nitpicking exceeds anything I've encountered previously.

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving." Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Approximately .05% of U.S. CO2 emissions per year. Is JAMA just publishing work showing medical care has environmental costs now? Were medical reviewers even equipped to assess their methods? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

So much for the Hatch Act

So much for the Hatch Act

Laughing and crying as I write that I only spend 5% effort on research administration on my annual faculty effort disclosure

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I think that, as a field, we have fundamentally failed to teach our people (students, MDs, PhDs) to recognize the difference between (a) a confounder and (b) anything remotely associated with the outcome of interest Evidence: Any referee report I've received

Launch day 🚀 We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game! Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues! Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈

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The core inflation rate increased for the fourth straight month. Annual rates: 1 month: 4.2% 3 months: 3.6% 6 months: 2.7% 12 months: 3.1%

Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.

❗❗❗NEW RESEARCH ALERT ❗❗❗ With @beniwalsukriti.bsky.social and @salpykanimian.bsky.social we examine the impact of states converting from Healthcare.Gov to #StateBasedMarketplaces after 2018 in the #ACA journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... TLDR: No detectable effects #HealthPolicy 1/7

In 2023, the U.S. spent an average of $13,432 per person on health care — nearly twice the average amount spent by comparable countries ($7,393 per person). Explore the comparisons: https://on.kff.org/4gdrfmD

The best part of household surveying is we get to meet the cats

Sharing some encouraging news re: CDC PRAMS. The CDC has indicated they will weight and clean the 2024 PRAMS data. Also, the PRAMS data collection system (PIDS) is up and running again and some sites have begun 2025 PRAMS data collection. Hopefully restoration of the ARF portal is coming soon too.

"The findings do not support the typical rationale for allowing barriers or costs to enrollment—namely, that they efficiently discourage participation by those who do not need or value the benefits."

Important findings on administrative burdens and Medicaid by Rebecca Myerson, Allison Espeseth, and Laura Dague @lauradague.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34191

VA is so confident its employees are happy, they canceled the (legally mandated) annual satisfaction survey www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...