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."
Jacob Wallace
@jacobwswallace.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ Yale SPH and Sixers fan. Health economist whose research is focused on the Medicaid program.
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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.
An outstanding job here @yalesph.bsky.social with @jacobwswallace.bsky.social ! 🧪🩺🛟📈
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 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
Can recommend this team!
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 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
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!
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 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
🚨 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
Economics of the Safety Net
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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...
Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows
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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:
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....
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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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
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · last yr.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 👇
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
Benjamin H. Bradlow@bhbradlow.bsky.social · 2y agoURBAN POWER, coming October 22, 2024 with @princetonupress.bsky.social. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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 👇
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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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 👇
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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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...
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)
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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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...
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.
The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid
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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
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 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! 🙏
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...
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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🚨 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!
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 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! 🙏
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/
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 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! 🙏
Great postdoc opportunity
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 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! 🙏
Holy crap this will be an awesome postdoc
Jacob Wallace@jacobwswallace.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 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! 🙏
🚨 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! 🙏
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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