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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

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Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

An outstanding job here @yalesph.bsky.social with @jacobwswallace.bsky.social ! 🧪🩺🛟📈

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Ari B Friedman @abfriedman.com · 09/12/2025

Can recommend this team!

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The Yale crew is awesome and doing incredibly innovative things in the Medicaid and SNAP space. If you're interested in health policy and a predoc, run, do not walk, to apply for this!

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🚨 Predoc Opportunity at Yale! 🚨 Care about research that changes policy? My research team works within state government to advance evidence and learning for a smarter safety net! And our predocs have excellent PhD placements. Apply here! #EconSky #EconTwitter #Predoc #ResearchJobs #HealthPolicy

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Economics of the Safety Net

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Research on insurer coverage rules is in today’s NY Times. Denials are rising. Good managed care or bad administrative burden? Hard to know. Featuring research by @michaelannica.bsky.social @jacobwswallace.bsky.social @mikegeruso.bsky.social me and colleagues. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...

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Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

My kids know an American flag when they see one – but they don't yet know all that it represents. When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them:

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Jason L. Schwartz @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

If people are interested in learning about the ACIP and its decades of contributions to US vaccine policy successes, here’s a short 2014 piece I wrote in NEJM with Adel Mahmoud (timed with its 50th anniversary) www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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A Half-Century of Prevention — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | NEJM

In 1964, after a vaccination program against polio, diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis began, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was created to advise the U.S. government on vaccinati...

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

These are important stats to know as we "debate" the provisions in the budget bill. (#publichealth rigor PLUS impact, right here, from @jacobwswallace.bsky.social!) cc @yalesph.bsky.social

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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Very honored and grateful that URBAN POWER recently been recognized by two sections of the ASA: Charles Tilly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from Collective Behavior and Social Movements Best Book Award (honorable mention) from Sociology of Development

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social) But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed? New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story... Thread below 👇

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SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work

Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.

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SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work

Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

New research letter led by Hannah Factor, a star PhD student here in Harvard's health policy program, finds that damage from SNAP work requirements is hard to undo, likely because of the administrative burdens involved with re-enrollment jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Eric Roberts and @joefigs.bsky.social led a groundbreaking new study on Medicaid and Medicare, out today in NEJM. I’m lucky to have been a part of it. Medicare saves lives. But is it enough to save lives of the most vulnerable Americans? The study suggests no; Medicaid still matters. (1/11)

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Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | NEJM

A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality. U...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Wisconsin! Judge Susan Crawford will work to protect your rights and freedoms. So get out there and vote today by 8pm. You can find your polling place at wisdems.org/vote. If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.

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Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team

This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!

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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Please join us for the next Medicaid Insights Colloquium on Feb. 12 featuring the incomparable @jacobwswallace.bsky.social on how managed care manages care: "The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid" Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Medicaid Insights Colloquium with Dr. Jacob Wallace. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with outstanding faculty incl @jacobwswallace.bsky.social in a dynamic department here @yalesph.bsky.social 👇 🧪🛟📈📉 #econsky #academicsky #healthpolicysky

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Interested in multiple hypothesis testing? The Stata command wyoung is updated to version 2.0 with new support for permutation-based resampling. Install with: ssc install wyoung, replace #EconSky More details here: github.com/reifjulian/w...

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GitHub - reifjulian/wyoung: Control the family-wise error rate when performing multiple hypothesis tests

Control the family-wise error rate when performing multiple hypothesis tests - reifjulian/wyoung

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

🚨 Re-upping this Postdoc at Yale! 🚨 It is a great time to be at YSPH: 1️⃣ We're a newly-independent school 2️⃣ W/ a fantastic new dean @meganranney.bsky.social 3️⃣ The school is doing impactful work in many areas This is a great place to finish the work you've started and launch new collaborations!

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I am *THRILLED* the 2025 Economic Report of the President is highlighting the financial risk protection provided by public insurance programs Excited to see my work with @paulgp.com and Maxim Pinkovskiy included with many other great studies Link to the report: bit.ly/428zURZ 1/

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Great postdoc opportunity

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Holy crap this will be an awesome postdoc

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity Alert at Yale! 🚨 Come work with me & my colleagues @yalesph.bsky.social Why you'll love it: 💸 Competitive salary and benefits 💽 Lots of data to use and projects to join 🤝 Support for your big ideas 📍 New Haven, CT rocks #Econsky #EpiSky #SocSky #PublicHealth Please RT! 🙏

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Health Services Research | Yale School of Public Health

Position Description The Yale School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, is seeking two postdoctoral fellows for its program in Health

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It was a pleasure to write this piece for Health Affairs on risk adjustment in Medicare. Risk adjustment modifies payments to health plans or ACOs based on patient/beneficiary characteristics. Here's a very brief summary of my thoughts🧵 www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Jamie Tam @jamietam.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Our #Tobacco21 project was years in the making and I'm thrilled to finally see it out! Big Thank you to our partners at at PTAF / tobacco21, the whole team at CISNET and our friends at Cornerstone who made this gorgeous website to accompany the paper! Explore T21 effects at tobaccopolicyeffects.org

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Tobacco Control Policy Simulator

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Do folks include booking (eg, Calendly) links in email signatures? Good or awful idea for a faculty member? Tagging those who must get lots of incoming: @paulgp.com @florianederer.bsky.social @causalinf.bsky.social @nickchk.com @povertyscholar.bsky.social @wschpero.bsky.social #EconSky #MedSky

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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The California Policy Lab (@capolicylab.bsky.social) is hiring a researcher who works on consumer finance or related topics to work with the UC-Consumer Credit Panel. capolicylab.org/careers/rese... Come work with us!

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Researcher - California Policy Lab

About the California Policy Lab The California Policy Lab (CPL) generates research insights for government impact. Through hands-on partnerships with government agencies, CPL performs rigorous researc...

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Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'm looking for a third paper for a Medicaid managed care-focused panel for ASHE. DM me if interested! Please RT, I'm new to the blue skies...

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Adam Beckman, MD @adambeckman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

New, clever experiment with a powerful warning–Racial health disparities in Medicaid plans can merely reflect selection bias, rather than true differences in insurance plan performance. By @jacobwswallace.bsky.social, Chima D. Ndumele, Michael McWilliams & team

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

@AEACSWEP announces Maya Rossin-Slater as the 2023 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner! Visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations! @maya_rossin, @StanfordHP

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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

How does transportation affect health equity? Tentatively testing the waters here to say how grateful we are to NIMHD for funding our R01 on the Medicaid transportation benefit. And incredibly excited to lead this work w/ @povertyscholar.bsky.social. More here:

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