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Holly Jarman, PhD

@hjarman.bsky.social
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Associate Prof Health Management & Policy / Global Public Health, University of Michigan. Political scientist studying regulation of products and markets that impact health. Opinions my own.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 22h
Our title kind of says it all: international organisations agree on the importance of surveillance but not its definition (free to read). I'd just add that the problem is by no means confined to the global planetary health space.
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International organisations agree on the importance of surveillance, but not on its definition
The global health impacts of pathogen spillovers, from outbreaks to epidemics and pandemics, have accelerated in the 20th and 21st centuries.1 In response, multilateral, global organisations, includin...
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sounds very interesting and important! Also, the cap is perfect
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In our latest @jhppl.bsky.social author interview, @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and I interviewed Michael Gusmano and Frank Thompson about their recent health reform brief, "Work Requirements and Medicaid Enrollments: Will States Stanch Erosion?" Give it a listen! soundcloud.com/user-1083235...
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JHPPL Interview with Michael Gusmano and Frank Thompson, on Medicaid Work Requirements
Miranda Yaver and Michael Shepherd interview authors Michael Gusmano and Frank Thompson about their JHPPL article "Work Requirements and Medicaid Enrollments: Will States Stanch Erosion? " on states'
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European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Private equity in healthcare: curse or cure? At 10:30 today, join Gesundheit Österreich GmbH to explore where private investment creates value, where risks arise, and how the public interest can be protected. Register now! ➡️ bit.ly/4wMj6Mm #EHFG2026 #HealthForAStrongerEU
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is horrifying and exactly what a lot of us have been warning against for years. So fucking frustrating. We could have had better—politically, technologically, socially, and economically. We need far better leadership in all fields, at all levels.
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘Their poisonous girl hormones will kill us all…um…somehow! Heed my superior white man hormones! I should be able to call people slurs whenever I want, the very essence of civilization…but you won’t let me…’cause of my man hormones! Fascism is cool!’ Erasing radical gender ideology is going great 👍
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Change the subject matter words and you have the frustrating structure of most of my lectures for the past 18 months
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
who could have seen that coming?
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Hospitals' use of AI coding tools cost BCBSA plans $942M more for similar care: analysis
Hospitals’ increasing use of artificial intelligence for patient coding has increased the frequency of inpatient stays classified as medically complex—boosting the bills sent to payers despite no a | ...
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Michael Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will rural voters turn on the GOP this year? My work suggests don’t bank on it. In the past, even when it has been Republican policies that harmed rural voters, these voters increasingly supported Republicans, in part because of their frustrations about these outcomes.
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good timing for this excellent scholarship. Looking forward to discussing your book in our doctoral seminar this week!
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Isabel M. Perera @isabelmperera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please submit to our special issue on the politics of mental health, for @jhppl.bsky.social ! Christopher Ojeda and I are excited to hear about your work in this area:
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What @mirandayaver.bsky.social said. mirandayaver.substack.com/p/the-medica...
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The Medical Debt Crisis is a Policy Choice
A new report by The Commonwealth Fund highlights the widespread extend to which even people with health insurance bear medical debt – and it’s only going get worse with looming premium hikes.
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 22/09/2026
🎵 Belarus does not have / Sufficient potash / But the northern ally / Has much greater potash 🎵
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looks like this case has just been filed - Slovakia is challenging the legality of new EU law on GMOs www.bgnes.com/politics/fic...
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Fico: Slovakia to Sue EU Over Deregulation of New GMOs
Slovakia will file a lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over the bloc's decision to deregulate new genetically modified organisms
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How is employment by Palantir not Watson’s shameful secret, uncovered by investigative journalism, rather than a public announcement on X?
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Why Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy?
Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. The intermingling of politicians and corporations corrupts our democracy.
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m not sure it’s populism, and it’s definitely not new. But the audacity of any Republican taking a pro-health stance after the one big beautiful bill cuts to Medicaid is astounding!
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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Doing research on the politics of mental health? JHPPL has a call for proposals for a special issue on the politics of mental health, edited by Christopher Ojeda & @isabelmperera.bsky.social. Proposals due Nov. 2, not limited to topics below. Details: assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
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Michael Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We’re used to this “bait and switch” angle: distract with culture war and deliver harmful economic policies. I argue in Rural Pain, Republican Gain that the key is not distraction but rebranding policy areas like healthcare as part of the culture war. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Rural Pain, Republican Gain
An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party—not despite this harm, but becaus...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ali Abazeed, Detroit Chief Public Health Officer: ordinary residents are not aware of the work requirements tsunami that is coming. (Which of course, is by design; they pushed work requirements until after the midterms to duck the electoral blowback).
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my default facial expression when talking about work requirements
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Agreed. This is not a pain I want to experience again.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Which is why Congress created a compensation fund for legitimate injuries from vaccines, rare as they are. Where is the fund for parents whose kids die so RFK can feel superior?
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yup. I always told my staff at HHS OGC that their jobs helped people live longer, better lives. Gutting the administrative state puts lives in danger.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wait, you're telling me a $50 billion rural health fund doesn't make up for $1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts? I'm sorry, but I'm a simple man and don't understand how that could possibly be true. www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/r...
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The GOP’s $50 billion rural health fund is coming up short, hospital leaders say
Hospital leaders were excited about the Rural Health Transformation Fund until they saw the fine print.
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My kid struggles hard with getting vaccines but bravely goes through it each time. But Republicans are desperate for any policy they can sell as a win so science and medicine be damned.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Finally, Cerise Siamof, Michael Youssef and Caitlin McMurtry examine the predictors of health-related ballot initiatives, from 2010-2024 finding that health-related initiatives have a distinct politics compared to non-health related.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Timely in the context of current Medicaid retrenchment, Ashley Fox, Wenhui Feng, and Megan Reynolds use 2000-2020 data to examine what factors shape Medicaid generosity, offering lessons and implications for today.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Next, Liana Woskie and Kimberly Turner also examine questions of policy design and democracy, examining public accountability and democratic response in the context of contraception policy.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Next is an article by @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social, @klunztrujillo.bsky.social & @aleelockman.bsky.social which examines the connections between rural residence and the politics of guns and firearm attachment - a fascinating and detailed examination using ANES and an original survey.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In this issue are two timely & significant essays, one by Christopher Ojeda on the mental health consequences of democratic backsliding, and the other by Andrea Campbell who interprets the OBBBA through a policy design lens, arguing that its submerged design makes democratic response harder.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped! (I unabashedly love the hard copy)! Special issue on “Health Politics and Democracy”, edited by Holly Jarman, @askellyphd.bsky.social, Herschel Nachlis, and @charleywillison.bsky.social.
The cover of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Brown cover, title is Health Politics and Democracy. Table of contents of Volume 51, number 4
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
On Tuesday, the Trump Admin announced they were ending the Medicare Part D subsidy program. Touching the third rail of politics is a heckuva strategy going into midterms (part D open enrollment starts 10/15). My latest analysis for @msnowreports.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump’s Medicare change comes at a curious time
Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, America’s most reliable voting bloc will receive notice of higher healthcare costs.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It has been a real treat to get to chat with the Senate Finance Democrats about what my book Coverage Denied found on health insurance barriers and how to mitigate them. Today, they released a Request for Information on private insurance reform, citing my work! www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
With the Fauci hearing going as expected, read our free book, Coronavirus Politics! Pretty clear how little the US Fed govt did during early stages compared to other countries- lack of central messaging and action under Trump likely caused significant harm. That’s down to Trump, not Fauci.
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Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19 | JSTOR
COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of…
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/07/2026
the only Trojan Horse discourse I’m interested in
Trojan horse meme

Friends welcoming me in

The horse is labeled “normal conversation”

Inside is labeled “discworld”
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 16/07/2026
The air is full of smoke, the food is full of parasites, and the water is full of data center bacteria but at least we stopped all that DEI children's cancer research!
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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
DC folks: On Tuesday (7/21) @prrac.bsky.social is hosting a book talk w/ @profsorelle.bsky.social & I in conversation w/ Chris Genese (from @ourcityrttc.bsky.social). We’ll be talking about access to justice, power, & organizing. Come through! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Prep and wash your fruit and veg!
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
He forgot to say ‘corrupt’
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
One year ago today, Donald Trump signed into law a historic cut to the safety net — a 20% cut to SNAP and nearly $1 trillion cut from Medicaid. This month, you can tell CMS to pare back to draconian nature of its proposed rule on work requirements, which goes beyond OBBBA www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...
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Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-2454-IFC) | CMS
Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-2454-IFC)
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
As someone who does tobacco control research, I’d really like to know who’s fielding this.
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Russell T Davies has really lost his touch in this new Disney era
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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · 18/06/2026
Amazing news! Cervical cancer deaths in younger women have plummeted in England following the rollout of the HPV vaccine, according to new research, published today in The Lancet. Read more: cruk.ink/4ozraO5
Pink graphic with black and white text which reads: “For the first time ever, no women in their early 20s have died from cervical cancer in a five year period in England.”
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ignoring some of the most established science we have endangers readiness; shutting out public health values prevents seeing people as humans and envisioning better ways to interact with other countries.
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Not very long ago, public health measures were seen as necessary. Those I knew working in these spaces have left, been fired, or marginalized.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Off the top of my head, I can think of a half dozen instances when respiratory disease prophylaxis (adenovirus, flu, Bicillin) was stopped and outbreaks hit right on cue. Lost training and readiness, hospitalizations, sometimes even deaths. Preventable.
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I used to do respiratory disease surveillance as an epidemiologist for the Army. Trainees at Basic come from all over the country, bringing local germs with them. They live, train and sleep in close quarters, under huge physical strain. Training camps are famous as outbreak hotspots. 1/2
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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UC Faculty Association @cucfa.org · 16/06/2026
We are hosting a "Comment-a-thon" Zoom workshop with Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi, former NIH Scientific Program Official. New OMB federal rule change would severely affect federal grant process. Written comments from UC faculty can still stop its adoption! Join us! members.cucfa.org/omb-comment-...
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OMB Comment Writing Workshop - Council of UC Faculty Associations
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Holly Jarman, PhD @hjarman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I came to APSA a few times before I found HPP and didn’t enjoy it all that much. I had no idea what I was doing and my attempts to network were awful (I’m awkward)😬. Learning that people in HPP cared about how politics and policies affect people made me finally feel at home in political science!
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