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David Schleifer

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Associate Director of Programs at the Peterson Center on Healthcare, focused on affordability. Views are my own, or a least I hope so.

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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
States are leading on #healthcare affordability: "In their 2026 legislative sessions, state policymakers considered and enacted a wide variety of bills to improve affordability and strengthen their health care markets." www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Health Affairs Journal
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Half of Americans are enrolled in health insurance regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). A new explainer from Georgetown CHIR breaks down ERISA to help policymakers craft reforms that can improve the affordability of employer-sponsored insurance bit.ly/ERISA101
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ERISA 101: Key Terms and Concepts | Center on Health Insurance Reforms
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
September's #lipidofthemonth is margaric acid. Margaric acid is found in ruminant fats, having been synthesised by the intestinal flora and is considered a marker of dairy product consumption in humans www.lipidmaps.org/updates/lipi...
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LIPID MAPS
LIPID MAPS website provides open-access to a large number of globally used lipidomics resources, including databases, tools and educational materials.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The California Office of Health Care Affordability will levy financial penalties against hospitals, health insurance companies and medical practices that don’t meet the state's growth targets bit.ly/3UGvzUt #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Peterson Center on Healthcare is #hiring an associate to support our work on improving the affordability of employer-sponsored health insurance and empowering employers in their roles as #healthcare purchasers www.petersonhealthcare.org/careers/asso...
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Associate
Careers: Associate LOCATION: NEW YORK, NY OR WASHINGTON, DC Associate About the Peterson Center on Healthcare The Peterson Center on Healthcare ("the
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Peterson Center on Healthcare is hiring an associate to support grant-making and strategy development focused on improving the affordability of employer-sponsored #healthinsurance and empowering employers in their roles as #healthcare purchasers. Details at petersonhealthcare.org/careers/asso...
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Associate
Careers: Associate LOCATION: NEW YORK, NY OR WASHINGTON, DC Associate About the Peterson Center on Healthcare The Peterson Center on Healthcare ("the
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Aramark is suing Independence Blue Cross claiming the TPA paid thousands of duplicate claims, hundreds of claims for services excluded from coverage, and hundreds of claims with missing, invalid or unlisted claim codes bit.ly/4gnC3iu #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Federal court lets Aramark sue Independence Blue Cross TPA
The case shows how a big employer is handling the results of a plan administration audit.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I am hiring a Research Associate to join my team at Scholars at Risk: apply.interfolio.com/191007. Great way to get started in international human rights work, particularly if you have an interest in academic freedom
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Patient Rights Advocate is suing the American Medical Association, challenging its copyright over the current procedural terminology, or CPT, billing code system, which shapes billions of dollars in #healthcare payments every year www.healthcaredive.com/news/patient... #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Health advocacy group sues AMA to make billing codes public
PatientRightsAdvocate.org is challenging the physician association’s copyright of the current procedural terminology, or CPT, system. Use of the codes is required by law, and that means they should be...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A new paper from David Muhlestein & Yuvraj Pathak uses TiC data to show that #healthcare providers in office settings often negotiate different prices for the same services with different insurers www.i-jmr.org/2026/1/e96883 @jmirpub.bsky.social #healthpolicy #healthecon
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hospital price caps are gaining momentum. A number of states have enacted or are advancing legislation to limit what hospitals can charge commercial payers, and health system leaders are navigating what those policies mean for their organizations bit.ly/4byACfr #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Hospital price caps make affordability a CEO ‘responsibility’
Hospital price caps make CEOs responsible for managing revenue and expenses amid new state limits on commercial payer charges.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Price variation happens in outpatient settings, not just hospitals. David Muhlestein & Yuvraj Pathak find providers in office settings negotiate different prices for the same services with different insurers www.i-jmr.org/2026/1/e96883 @jmirpub.bsky.social #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
You may have never heard of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. But they are the only federal agency supporting work that brings basic research & discovery down to practice: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s...
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Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 24/07/2026
In our most literal Morning Spew ever, we ask: Do the new subway cars smell a little weird? hellgatenyc.com/new-subway-c...
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Do the New Subway Cars Smell Like Vomit to You?
And more fresh-scented stories to take you into the weekend.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insurer pricing, claims data transparency bills advance in Congress bit.ly/4yUtXGD #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Hospital price transparency bills advance in Congress: What to know
Hospital price transparency bills advance in Congress, expanding disclosure rules for hospitals, insurers, ASCs and labs with new penalties and reporting.
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Lauren Kaori Gurley @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. Read @rachellerman.bsky.social and me. washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
North Carolina launches statewide effort to tackle rising #healthcare costs www.cbs17.com/news/capitol... #healthecon #healthpolicy
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North Carolina launches statewide effort to tackle rising healthcare costs
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — High out-of-pocket costs, medical debt and a lack of competition are among the challenges a new state commission says it must address to make healthcare more affordable for N…
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
House Energy and Commerce Committee approves #healthcare price transparency bill subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026... #healthpolicy #healthecon
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POLITICO Pro: House Energy and Commerce Committee approves health care price transparency and illicit drug bills
The panel incorporated several measures into one requiring more disclosure from hospitals and insurers.
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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Huge kudos to our @georgetownccf.bsky.social team - our explainer on federal Medicaid work rules is here. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/07/16/n...
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New Federal Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Rule Threatens Coverage for Vulnerable Americans: An Explainer of the Interim Final Rule
On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), published the Interim Final Rule with Comment (CMS-2454-IFC, hereafter referred to as the IFR) “Medicaid Program; Community Engagem...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Great op-ed from Jonathan Levin, Employers' Forum of Indiana: Indiana's commercial hospital prices rank 9th highest nationally. Family ESI coverage averages $24,725/year, or about 34% of median household income, and that's before deductibles & cost-sharing. www.ibj.com/articles/jon... #healthcare
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Jonathan S. Levin: Indiana cannot ignore market power hospitals wield - Indianapolis Business Journal
Given the depth of consolidation in Indiana, additional policy changes will still be needed to improve affordability and slow the growth of hospital prices.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"American workers need affordable healthcare: Congress can help by requiring price transparency" www.linkedin.com/pulse/americ... #healthcare #pricetransparency #healthecon #healthpolicy
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American Workers Need Affordable Healthcare: Congress Can Help by Requiring Price Transparency
Most Americans—nearly 165 million people—get their insurance through their jobs. Employers spend $1 trillion each year on healthcare.
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Joshua Bay @joshuabay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My latest for @insidehighered.com: More than 43 million Americans have college credits but no credential. A new report from ReUp Education outlines how states can improve efforts to re-engage them
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States Need Better Adult Learner Strategies
More than 43 million Americans have college credits but no credential. A new report from ReUp Education outlines how states can improve efforts to re-engage them.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Bob Herman from @statnews.com is doing a series on the high cost of employer-sponosred #healthinsurance and how it harms workers and employers www.statnews.com/health-insur... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Soaring health care costs explored in 'Out of Pocket, Out of Reach'
America’s employer-based health insurance system is crumbling in slow motion. See how, and why, in STAT's 8-part series 'Out of Pocket, Out of Reach.'
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Squalene is July's #lipidofthemonth. "Our skin produces an oil called sebum, which contains a high proportion of squalene, a triterpene which acts as an emollient, but also a natural sunblock...Squalene was first isolated from the liver of the squalidae family of sharks, hence its name."
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A growing number of states are moving to cap what hospitals can charge commercial payers and employers, turning hospital pricing into one of the most active battlegrounds in state health policy www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hosp... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Eight Oklahoma hospitals...received federal warning letters over healthcare price transparency requirements. Regulators say pricing data must be publicly accessible” bit.ly/4eF1o7Y #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Tulsa-area hospitals among 8 Oklahoma facilities warned by federal government over hidden prices
Eight Oklahoma hospitals, including three in the Tulsa area received federal warning letters over healthcare price transparency requirements. Regulators say pricing data must be publicly accessible.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"This union negotiated hospital prices to save on healthcare" 32BJ cut out the middleman and is on track to save tens of millions of dollars www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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This union negotiated hospital prices to save on healthcare
Fed up with rising healthcare costs, one New York union cut out the middleman and is on track to save tens of millions of dollars.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 22/06/2026
Indiana tries government price controls to help employers get better deals from hospitals. kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
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Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers - KFF Health News
“Government has to intervene, because healthcare is run like an unregulated utility,” Indiana’s GOP governor says of the state’s effort to regulate hospital prices.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Employer-sponsored insurance is increasingly unaffordable but ERISA could be a powerful tool for change. Georgetown's CHIR identifies ways to strengthen ERISA to address PBM and TPA costs chir.georgetown.edu/ERISA/afford... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Is ERISA Up for the Job? Improving Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Affordability | Center on Health Insurance Reforms
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Do TPAs still lock up employer claims data? House hearing witness says yes" #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon www.benefitspro.com/2026/06/11/d...
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Do TPAs still lock up employer claims data? House hearing witness says yes
One big union plan saved $100 million per year by cutting one hospital out of its network.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Peterson Center on Healthcare seeks a Senior Manager to support the ideation, development, and execution of work in our health technology policy portfolio petersonhealthcare.org/careers/seni... #healthcare #jobs #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Senior Manager, Policy
The Center seeks a Senior Manager to support the ideation, development, and execution of work primarily within its health technology policy portfolio.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
June's #lipidofthemonth is the deadly Oenanthotoxin, a 17-carbon polyacetylene alcohol found in hemlock water-dropwort www.lipidmaps.org/updates/lipi...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ERISA was enacted in 1974 but is drawing new scrutiny in #healthcare because of lawsuits alleging fiduciary breaches. A new brief from Center on Health Insurance Reforms provides much-need context & clarity about how ERISA could help employers address high spending chir.georgetown.edu/ERISA/
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Is ERISA Up for the Job? Improving Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Affordability | Center on Health Insurance Reforms
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Peterson Philanthropies is launching Peterson Health Analytics to provide employers with the insights they need to take greater control of their #healthcare spending and purchase more affordable, higher quality care for employees and families petersonanalytics.com/peterson-phi...
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Peterson Philanthropies Launches Peterson Health Analytics
New mission-driven company empowers employers with actionable data to deliver higher value care for workers
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"With decades of economic evidence demonstrating that hospital consolidation raises prices and does not systematically improve quality, this transaction is about market power" #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon www.carolinajournal.com/opinion/merg...
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Mergers only make hospital monopolies worse
Healthy competition benefits consumers through lower prices and improved quality. With NC's hospital markets already highly concentrated, officials should regard further mergers with suspicion, especi...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
June 2 I'll be at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown for a discussion on ERISA and its role in advancing #healthcare affordability, moderated by Stacey Richter of @relentleshealth.bsky.social Register at bit.ly/ERISA26
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
On June 2, I'll be joining Georgetown CHIR in DC for a discussion of ERISA, the 1974 federal law governing employer-sponsored health plans, and its role in improving #healthcare affordability. Register to attend www.eventbrite.com/e/is-erisa-u...
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Is ERISA Up for the Job?
A breakfast policy briefing hosted by the Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Is ERISA up for the job? I'm looking forward to this conversation June 2 at Georgetown on how ERISA can keep #healthcare costs in check, where it is falling short, and opportunities to help employers purchase more effectively, with Stacey Richter of @relentleshealth.bsky.social bit.ly/ERISA26
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
How much do nonprofit #hospitals spend on management consultants and does consulting impact their finances, operations, or quality of care? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Changes in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Finances, Operations, and Quality of Care After Using Management Consultants
This cohort study compares financial, operational, and quality-of-care measures among US nonprofit hospitals that used a management consultant firm for the first time from 2009 to 2023 with observatio...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This month's #lipidofthemonth is Juvenile Hormone III, the most prevalent of a family of acyclic sesquiterpene hormones which function to suppress metamorphosis in insect larvae www.lipidmaps.org/updates/lipi... via @lipidmaps.bsky.social
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LIPID MAPS
LIPID MAPS website provides open-access to a large number of globally used lipidomics resources, including databases, tools and educational materials.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On May 27, I'll join Raymond Tsai from Purchaser Business Group on Health for a webinar hosted by Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care to discuss how employers can use price and quality data to purchase #healthcaer more effectively tbgh.wildapricot.org/event-6657415
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TBGH - Leveraging Health Care Price Transparency, The PBGH Data Project, Implications for Texas Employers
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"Employers flex healthcare muscles on Capitol Hill as costs spike" bit.ly/41MZB9u #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Employers flex healthcare muscles on Capitol Hill as costs spike
Escalating costs and new responsibilities have employers pressing Congress on healthcare policy like never before.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"the colleges that dominate the headlines are not the colleges that most Americans attend their core mission: to serve students from all backgrounds, at a price families can actually afford, prepare graduates for real careers and meaningful lives." www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...
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The College Affordability Crisis is Real, but the Media is Looking at the Wrong Schools
Sturges Hall (Photo by Keith Walters ’11) Opinion By Costas Solomou, Vice President, Enrollment Management Published by the Office of Enrollment Management When Yale University released its Committee ...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Maryland state affordability board sets its first price cap for a medicine: The board will oversee a process to lower the cost of Jardiance by January 2027, via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
After Man’s Death Following Insurance Denials, West Virginia Tackles Prior Authorization bit.ly/4bPCjpu #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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After Man’s Death Following Insurance Denials, West Virginia Tackles Prior Authorization - KFF Health News
After Eric Tennant died, his widow vowed to speak out against West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency, which had denied cancer treatment recommended by Tennant’s doctor. Her efforts paid…
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Glad to work with Raymond Tsai on this overview of how transparent #healthcare price data can empower employers to compare prices across insurance carriers www.ajmc.com/view/employe... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Employers Can Now Save by Comparing Health Care Prices | AJMC
Employers can use price transparency data to reconsider their choice of carriers or plans, negotiate prices with their carriers, and steer employees toward high-quality, reasonably priced providers.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"The Trump administration could also build on the PBM reforms and proposed DOL rules by exploring whether similar transparency standards should apply to TPAs and claims administrators." www.newsweek.com/pbm-reform-w... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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PBM reform was a start. Now make health plan claims transparent | Opinion
"In no other area of business would a company spend millions of dollars without receiving an itemized invoice."
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Raymond Tsai & I have a new article in Population Health, Equity & Outcomes about how transparent #healthcare price data helps employers compare actual negotiated rates, not just discounts, driving smarter purchasing www.ajmc.com/view/employe... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
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Employers Can Now Save by Comparing Health Care Prices | AJMC
Employers can use price transparency data to reconsider their choice of carriers or plans, negotiate prices with their carriers, and steer employees toward high-quality, reasonably priced providers.
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David Schleifer @davidschleifer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
April's #lipidofthemonth is firapolol, an extremely unusual lipid molecule from the saliva of Draig goch, a native, but very rare, Welsh reptile lipidmaps.org/updates/lipi... via @lipidmaps.bsky.social
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LIPID MAPS
LIPID MAPS website provides open-access to a large number of globally used lipidomics resources, including databases, tools and educational materials.
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