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JAMA Pediatrics @jamapediatrics.com · 16/02/2026

Medicaid disenrollment for young adults transitioning from pediatric programs peaked at age 19 years, with higher risk for those without complex medical conditions and significant variation by state and diagnosis. ja.ma/468Pvm3

Line graph titled "Figure 1. Conditional Probability of Medicaid Disenrollment by Age" shows predicted probability of disenrollment vs. age (16-26) for young adults with and without CMCs. Disenrollment peaks at age 19 for those without CMCs.

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

"Privately funded basic biomedical R&D is only viable when the market for it is good, and we didn't know it was going to be bad." - one of the people most likely to be able to tell whether the market was going to be good or not

“There are a lot of efforts today to look at the inefficiencies in the overall biotech ecosystem,” Schreiber said. “In retrospect, I would say that if you want to test the new model, you should do so in a period of time when biotech venture investing is at least on a level playing field with the other options that investors have.”

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KFF @kff.org · 28/10/2025

Across all states, benchmark ACA premiums will rise an average of 26% next year, though most enrollees would see sharper increases if the enhanced tax credits expire. KFF’s Cynthia Cox explains the numbers. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3WNhiDz

KFF graphic featuring a quote from Cynthia Cox, KFF Vice President and Director of the Program on the ACA. It says, “The amount health insurers charge for coverage on the ACA Marketplaces is rising 26%, on average, in 2026... Most enrollees would face even sharper increases in what they pay if they ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire.”

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Betsy Q Cliff @betsyqcliff.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just out in JAH: We address lack of information prevalence of complex medical conditions in Medicaid across the transition to adulthood (ages 15-25) among older teenagers and young adults. Estimates for 47 states + DC: www.jahonline.org/article/S105...

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Prevalence of Complex Medical Conditions Among Teens and Young Adults in Medicaid: National and State Estimates

An increasing number of children with complex medical conditions (CMCs) survive into adulthood. Medicaid is a key payer for this population, yet enrollment in Medicaid for adolescents with CMCs throug...

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Matt Eisenberg @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Absolutely honored to win this year's James F. Burgess Methods Article-of-the-Year Award, along with @betsyqcliff.bsky.social @juliaedd.bsky.social and @markmeiselbach.bsky.social for our HSR article on deductible imputation in administrative claims datasets! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Torie Bosch @thekibosch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"Because health insurance has become the face of both the rising premiums and the intrusive cost-containment efforts that are largely delegated to them, they have become the primary target of that anger. But it’s not just insurers," Elliott S. Fisher writes: www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/u...

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Insurance companies like United Healthcare are not the only ones to blame for a broken system

The public response to United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder misunderstands something important.

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Betsy Q Cliff @betsyqcliff.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Agreed—excellent essay. In funding and publishing researchers rely on crisis language to elevate importance. I love her point that—in public messaging—that can be harmful

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Ari B Friedman @abfriedman.com · 15/11/2024

Huge, huge thanks to @shooshan.bsky.social who took on the work of compiling many more health economists than I had yet added to the Starter Pack. So many names I recognize for early health econ Twitter, and so many new voices that I don't but look forward to hearing from. bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Betsy Q Cliff @betsyqcliff.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

For a social scientist, this is basically winning the lottery

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Betsy Q Cliff @betsyqcliff.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

#EconSky and #healthpolicy - Want to research health insurance but don't have plan deductibles in your data? Imputing is easier than you might think! @markmeiselbach.bsky.social, Matt Eisenberg, Julia Eddelbuettel and I show you how in a new HSR Methods Brief (doi.org/10.1111/1475...)

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