Mihir Kakara
@mihirkakara.bsky.social
Neurologist, Disability Health Services and Policy Researcher Assistant Prof of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine via @penn @pennldi Posts my opinion only.
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Mihir Kakara@mihirkakara.bsky.social · last yr.I was 18, an teenager in India, anxiously searching online communities- “can you become a doctor with a stutter”? Found no answers. During med school, I was advised to apply to non-patient facing specialties; not to be ambitious and apply for residency in the US - “too risky”. 1/4
I was 18, an teenager in India, anxiously searching online communities- “can you become a doctor with a stutter”? Found no answers. During med school, I was advised to apply to non-patient facing specialties; not to be ambitious and apply for residency in the US - “too risky”. 1/4
New op-ed in @crainsnewyork.bsky.social! @mihirkakara.bsky.social examines NY’s proposal to end subminimum wages for disabled workers under Section 14(c) - a policy that still allows people with disabilities to be paid less than minimum wage. Read here: www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...
Op-ed: Ending subminimum wage for disabled workers
State lawmakers are pushing to eliminate a controversial 86-year-old policy that allows certain employers to pay people with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage.
crainsnewyork.com
Wrote something for @pennldi.bsky.social based on our recent paper on perceptions of culturally responsive care among people with disabilities Link: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res... #disability
In our recent paper looking at perceptions of care received by people with disabilities (PwD), we found that: -A higher proportion of PwD felt that they were not treated with respect by their healthcare professionals, not asked for opinions about their care, nor given easy to understand information
In @jama.com, results from the first 1.5 years of NC #medicaid Healthy Opportunities Pilots. We find evidence supporting the central idea that addressing #foodinsecurity, housing instability, and other health-related social needs can improve health. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Medicaid Spending and Healthy Opportunities Pilots
This study investigates whether the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots program addressing health-related social needs may help improve health for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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The @inquirer.com dives into the debate over Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which allows subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. Research by @atheendar.bsky.social & @mihirkakara.bsky.social shows repeal could boost job participation. www.inquirer.com/business/wag...
Workers with a disability can make less than $7.25 an hour. UPenn research sheds light on what ending that practice has meant in some states.
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would bring an end to the program nationally. Researchers examined the states of Maryland and New Hampshire that have already repealed it.
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This rule was just released yesterday. Findings from our recent paper provides the first evidence on this. It suggests that after repealing these subminimum wages, labor force participation actually rises at a population level jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @atheendar.bsky.social #disability
Repeal of Subminimum Wages and Social Determinants of Health Among People With Disabilities
This difference-in-differences study estimates whether state-level repeal of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act was associated with employment-related outcomes for people with cognitive dis...
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Josh Eidelson@josheidelson.bsky.social · 2y agoBreaking: Biden Labor Dept is releasing proposed rule abolishing practice of legally paying people with disabilities a lower "special" wage. Records we obtained show employers paying staff as little as 25¢ an hour to sort clothes, 5¢ to cut rags Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
1/ Sometimes our #policies encode assumptions about people that need not be true. I'm really proud of @mihirkakara.bsky.social led this study on a hard question (conceptually+empirically): Would repealing sub-minimum wage allows adults for #disability improve or worsen #labormarket outcomes?
Mihir Kakara@mihirkakara.bsky.social · 2y ago1)For 86 yrs, it's been legal for people with disabilities in certain jobs to be paid subminimum wages. The assumption: they're less productive & if not for these jobs, they would be unemployed. In this @JAMAHealthForum paper, @atheendar.bsky.social & I ask if it’s true. tinyurl.com/23yu86jf
1)For 86 yrs, it's been legal for people with disabilities in certain jobs to be paid subminimum wages. The assumption: they're less productive & if not for these jobs, they would be unemployed. In this @JAMAHealthForum paper, @atheendar.bsky.social & I ask if it’s true. tinyurl.com/23yu86jf
Repeal of Subminimum Wages and Social Determinants of Health Among People With Disabilities
This difference-in-differences study estimates whether state-level repeal of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act was associated with employment-related outcomes for people with cognitive dis...
tinyurl.com
1/ I've been practicing #medicine, as a #primarycare doc and then a #hospitalist, for over a decade. Cross-cutting any #social or #partisan divides is an increasingly common feeling: people are feeling #stuck and #trapped. I think we are seeing the reverberations of that feeling everywhere.
