My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!”
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not a lawyer, but listening to an AI law as a subscription service pitch, and I think any lawyer hearing this would go "privilege, have you thought about that....."
I read @mirandayaver.bsky.social's excellent book on insurance denials and you should too! Review below:
The Accumulated Inconvenience Of Insurance Coverage Denials | Health Affairs Forefront
In a new book review, Senior Editor Margaret Winchester reviews Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States by Miranda Yaver.
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Reading page proofs of an article that was inspired by my teenager's first real job illustrating the gap between prospective and retrospective scheduling I really like this piece
Great reporting from our student journalists at the Duke Chronicle on increases for the most highly paid Duke employees in the wake of unnecessary massive layoffs: www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
As cost-cutting began, Duke’s highest-paid employees took big raises
Tax filings reveal administrators, including President Vincent Price and Provost Alex Gallimore, saw their compensation rise in fiscal year 2025. Managers of Duke’s endowment and standout athletics co...
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When did "turbulence" become "rough air" while flying?
I worked at a distillery most of grad school. We gave a tour talking about the history of bourbon. One of the biggest issues with bootleggers making alcohol illegally was that they’d put crazy stuff like shoe shine in their unregulated whisky. Regulations allow you to make informed choices!
Jason Rasgon@vectorgen.bsky.social · 2w agoPeople don't seem to realize that regulations exist not because liberals like living in a nanny state, but rather because corporations, given a choice, will feed us LITERAL poison to save a buck. They did this. Until literally forced to stop
Good reminder of how hard it is to access health insurance for people who are disabled by their conditions but in the waiting period for coverage for SSDI/Medicare. The mortality during the wait period for people with cancer (neoplasms) is nearly 40%. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/epdf/10....
#manuscript ACCEPTED And we presented the findings on Wednesday at the conference, so feels really good that this is DONE
See y'all at #APPAM2026 as I have a pretty full conference set up already
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Iran’s Human Geography: The Wicked Problem of People, Places, and Things that Complicates US Strategy - Modern War Institute
Joe Karle’s recent article regarding the need for the Department of Defense to get ahead of events and plan for a potential occupation of Iran generated a great deal of buzz. A lot of it, seemingly, f...
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "From this point forward, any time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the US will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran."
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Funded PhD in Health Economics at University of Galway
From: Cullinan, John Subject: [External] Funded PhD in Health Economics at University of Galway Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Health Economics at University of Galway PhD Title: The Economic and Social Impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in Europe Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time funded PhD scholarship starting in October 2026 at the University of Galway. The successful applicant will be based at the Discipline of Economics and Centre for Economic Research on Inclusivity and Sustainability in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics. [...]
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When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector
New white paper from myself + colleagues: Implementation of Medicaid Work Requirements: Key Design Considerations and Strategies to Minimize Avoidable Coverage Loss hsph.me/Medicaid-Wor... We synthesize evidence in the peer-reviewed and gray literature to identify key lessons + recommendations
Argentina got two weight room issues called to bail them out
I've seen really sharp folks over the past couple of days remark on here that they're surprised by Iran's hardline response to Trump & his Team Clown Shoes diplomatic overtures, to keeping the Strait of Hormuz, & the Iranian response to renewed US strikes. There's a reason for the befuddlement. 1/
Don’t need anything nearly this drastic. Just need a (small) fraction of a penny tax on every phone call. Redistribute funds back to everyone with a cell phone each year. Costs human calls approximately nothing (relative to cost of human time) but totally changes the economics of spam bots.
Costa Samaras@costasamaras.com · 3w agoMy proposed glonzo policy: if your cell carrier lets one AI spam call through to your phone, they give you that month of service free. Two? A year. Would solve this quick.
If you tried to mad libs a paper title to get me to click you couldn't do much better than this: The role of nonfinancial factors in the Congressional Budget Office’s health insurance coverage projections www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Manuscript #ACCEPTED 9th of the year and 13 in the trailing 12 months
You guys complain about whiny virgins a lot, but if we didn’t have them who would make midwestern emo. You ever think about that?
listening to a Dutch health economist talk about their $375 EURO deductible as a distinctive attribute is blowing my mind. #EUHEA2026
I am one with the Shiny Objects and the Shiny Objects are with me.... Just a quick scan of Google Scholars email alerts and 2 papers in other insurance where I could have a grad student replicate in the ACA or take our ACA work and replicate in the other insurance. Got to say NO