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C. Weeks

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Philly via St. Paul. Staff at Penn LDI.

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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Another good one gone. Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Check this out!
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👻Ghosts👻 by Emily K @posts.by.emilyk.art · 31/10/2025
The South Philly Co-op is putting together relief boxes of quality goods for below-retail cost. Donate money to sponsor a box. $75 buys a box that feeds a family for a week/individual for 3 weeks- you can also sponsor 1/3 box for $25. southphillyfoodcoop.square.site/product/hung...
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South Philly Food Co-op
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Get ready for next Tuesday! #vote seventy.org/2025-voter-g...
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2025 Voter Guide
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
If you love public radio and TV, here’s a chance to help stations that relied on CPB funding to stay on air. adoptastation.org
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Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
LDI expert Zachary Meisel and Boston University expert Ben Linas estimate the Medicaid coverage losses from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cut opioid use disorder treatment for 156,000 people—doubling that group’s overdose rates and leading to 1,000 additional deaths each year.
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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’: Mortality from MOUD Loss
Zachary Meisel’s research memo to House Speaker Mike Johnson & Majority Leader John Thune estimates excess overdoses from the One Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts.
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
U.S. hospital admin costs are ~20–25% of health spending—a key target for savings without harming care. A new study by @zekeemanuel.bsky.social finds Medicare Cost Reports, the only universal public hospital finance data, are too flawed to guide savings and policy.⤵️ ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
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Better Medicare Cost Reporting Could Cut Waste
Zeke Emanuel & colleagues evaluated national data from the only public source, Medicare Cost Reports, and found significant shortcomings in the information.
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Love this!
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Spread the word! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...
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Medicaid Is a Middle-Class Benefit. Here’s What to Know.
If you have a parent short on savings, a disabled adult child or a minor with special needs, Medicaid may be your backstop. Plenty of people are unaware.
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A really cool person has a long road ahead. If you like the music of Semisonic, Trip Shakespeare, or The New Standards you know John Munson. Help out if you can: gofund.me/58ca7b07
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Donate to Musician John Munson, organized by Victoria Norvell Levy
Hi friends! John and Penny Munson could use our help this year. John suffered a stroke Febr… Victoria Norvell Levy needs your support for Musician John Munson
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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This piece, written by top medical journal editors, shows how the government has obstructed the normal publication process for medical research, slowing scientific progress. Many examples are included. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
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Damage Control in the Wake of Political Action That Threatens the Integrity of Medical Research | Annals of Internal Medicine
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Science at work!
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Scientific research matters on its own AND it also yields economic dividends.
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Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w... #medlibs
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What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
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Rachel Werner @rachelwerner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Last year CMS increased nursing home staffing minimums in nursing homes, a major step toward protecting nursing home residents. Norma Coe and I estimate this will save 13,000 lives every year. This regulation is now under threat of repeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
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Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents
New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Worth a listen!
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A study from @pennmedicine.bsky.social suggests prioritizing equity as a performance target and standardizing clinical operations across a health system can reduce severe complications among Black birthing people. Read more here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
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Improving Black Maternal Health Outcomes
Study shows how a 2020 health system commitment to reduce major maternal morbidity and mortality among Black patients improved outcomes and reduced disparities.
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🚨 2024 Recap! From systemic racism’s health impacts to health care disparities, these insights sparked conversations. Explore 12 standout studies from LDI Fellows that shaped health policy in 2024: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
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LDI Research and Analysis That Caught Your Attention in 2024
This year, LDI highlighted groundbreaking research by our Fellows, provided critical policy analyses, and distilled complex ideas into digestible insights for you, our readers.
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
In the midst of the urgent need for home health care workers, LDI Fellow @pgonalon.bsky.social & colleagues found that as state Medicaid spending for home-based services increased, home care worker wages remained stuck. She unpacks what these findings mean here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
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Wages Stagnate as Medicaid Home Care Spending Rises
A study found that as state Medicaid spending for home-based services increased, home care worker wages remained stuck in the $11-$12 an hour range.
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Pay discrimination against people with disabilities, even if it’s legal, is bad policy.
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C. Weeks @cnweeksmn2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I learned a ton working on the conference that informed the development of this policy brief/road map for fixing care for people eligible for #Medicaid and #Medicare.
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Atheendar Venkataramani @atheendar.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thanks to Penn LDI for covering our @mihirkakara.bsky.social led-paper on sub-minimum wage law repeals and impacts on #labor market outcomes among workers with intellectual #disability: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res... #econsky #medsky
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A Way to Raise Employment for People with Disabilities
New research examines the the potential impact of repealing Section 14(c) which allows people with disabilties to be paid less than minimum wage.
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