Seth A. Berkowitz
@sethaberkowitz.bsky.social
I use biochemical reactions to convert burritos into scientific manuscripts. Order Equal Care here: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12917/equal-care sethaberkowitz.com
🚨New paper in @jama.com IM 🚨 Medicare Advantage (MA) costs ~20% more, but offers financial protections that Original Medicare doesn’t. In diabetes, we don’t find evidence that this translates to better outcomes. This raises the ? of what the extra $ is buying jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Medicare Advantage and Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes
This cohort study reports on whether Medicare Advantage, compared with original Medicare, is associated with better outcomes for type 2 diabetes.
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🚨new article in @healthaffairs.bsky.social Forefront talking about about problems with ROI analysis for evaluating interventions that address drivers of health like food insecurity. It’s better to evaluate the full spectrum of health benefits www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
To Evaluate Interventions That Address Drivers Of Health, Look Beyond ROI | Health Affairs Forefront
If the relevant question is how to obtain the greatest health value for the money spent, a cost-effectiveness analysis or cost-benefit analysis is more suitable than return on investment.
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If, like I have, you’ve been reflecting on America’s 250th by thinking about how truly democratic public policy can improve population health, you might enjoy reading Equal Care. If you, like me, love a good deal, the below 👇 40% discount code is nice too! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Equal Care
Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State
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Excited to share this letter led by our brilliant @harvardmed.bsky.social student, Katie Gao, with reflections on @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social's seminal clinical trial. Optimizing Food-Is-Medicine Programs for High Blood Pressure url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Optimizing Food-Is-Medicine Programs for High Blood Pressure
To the Editor We read with interest the Healthy Food First randomized trial by Berkowitz et al1 examining the comparative effectiveness of food-is-medicine interventions to address food insecurity and...
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Happy to be on the @peoplespharmacy.bsky.social podcast to talk about nutrition interventions to improve health. #foodismedicine www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/sho...
Show 1459: Food Is Medicine: Should Your Doctor Be Prescribing Produce?
Would Americans be healthier if their doctors were prescribing produce? Our guests have done a study suggesting they would.
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Great new perspective led by Kurt Hager in @jamainternalmed.com about the importance of nutrition interventions in #Medicaid jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Future of Nutrition Interventions in Medicaid
This Viewpoint describes the importance of individual-level nutrition interventions offered through Medicaid.
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Really enjoyed this podcast and the associated article collection (open access):
@marshallchinmd.bsky.social · 9mo agoAppreciated opportunity to discuss paper "How to Fix a Broken Health Care System" January 2026 issue Diabetes Care on Diabetes Care On Air podcast with Alice Cheng Michael Rickels @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social Mariana Socal @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social diabetescareonair.libsyn.com/site
🚨📢New paper in discussing a key problems in U.S. health: high personal healthcare $$$ along with poor population health. Big picture: what’s keeping the U.S. from better population health is us. But we can fix that! #medsky #episky #econsky Open access link: diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
What’s Keeping the U.S. From Better Population Health?
The “dual problem” of U.S. population health is that population health is poor, while health care spending is high. These issues are interrelated, but only
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If you’re interested in the social policy we need to improve everyone’s health, I’ve got you covered! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Equal Care
Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State
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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11mo agoPROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book! www.versobooks.com/products/303...
Happy to see @npr.org covering the Healthy Food First trial results today: www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Doctors find fresh evidence that fruits and veggies can act as powerful medicine
A spate of "Food Is Medicine" studies point to benefits of prescribing healthy food to people at risk of metabolic and diet-related diseases. A JAMA Internal Medicine study found a Rx Food program led...
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Grateful to be able to comment on a great new study in @jamanetworkopen.com from @monahanna.bsky.social Sumit Agarwal and H. Luke Shaefer on how the Rx Kids program in flint improve prenatal care outcomes jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Improving Family Benefits for Better Population Health
The important new study by Hanna et al1 reports on changes in prenatal care associated with the Rx Kids cash transfer program. The program provides a cash transfer ($1500 during pregnancy and $500 mon...
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Results of the Healthy Food First trial in @jamainternalmed.com today, showing that a food subsidy led to lower BP than a food box for adults with #hypertension and #foodinsecurity #medsky #episky
JAMA Internal Medicine@jamainternalmed.com · 12mo agoA food subsidy led to better blood pressure control than a delivered food box among adults with hypertension and food insecurity. ja.ma/3WxqYlc
Happy to be on Food First Michigan talking about the health harms of #foodinsecuirty , how our weak income supports policies worsen health, and how to use public policy to improve population health #episky #medsky #econsky m.soundcloud.com/foodfirstmi/...
Dr. Seth Berkowitz and Dr. Dawn Opel_9.14.25
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so okay! first piece out from me at Common Wealth "Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy" the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...
Beyond Bidenomics | Perspectives
On what is living and what is dead in economic policy.
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🚨new paper!🚨 In @jamahealthforum.bsky.social with Sanjay Basu and Sadiq Patel @waymarkcare.bsky.social, estimating impacts of changes in Medicaid policy, both for those who lose care and the broader economy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Projected Health System and Economic Impacts of 2025 Medicaid Policy Proposals
This study uses a microsimulation model to understand broader consequences of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill on health outcomes, health systems, and local economies.
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Loved chatting with @hmkyale.bsky.social & @thehowie.bsky.social on #HealthAndVeritas podcast (@yalesom.bsky.social & @yalesph.bsky.social)! We talked Healthy Opportunities Pilots, health inequity as a power problem, & ⬆️ population health via social policy. insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...
Seth Berkowitz: The Power Problem
Howie and Harlan are joined by Seth Berkowitz, an internist and health equity expert, who argues that we know how to keep people healthier but are lacking the political will and commitment to do so. H...
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Grateful to be on Episode 10 of the Western North Carolina Health Policy Podcast talking about NC Medicaid’s Heathy Opportunities Pilots www.wnchealthpolicy.org/media
Podcasts & Media — WNC Health Policy Initiative
Learn more about WNC HPI and Key Health Opportunities in Western North Carolina through news articles and podcasts.
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Congrats to the amazing, Renu! ✨
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)@societygim.bsky.social · last yr.🎉 Congratulations to our #SGIM25 Award Winner! 🎉 Please join us in celebrating Renuka Tipirneni, MD, MSc, recipient of the Mid-Career Research Mentorship Award. Their outstanding work exemplifies excellence in general internal medicine. 👏 Help us congratulate Renuka in the comments!
🚨New Study in Annals🚨 GLP1ra & SGLT2i are the only diabetes meds that reduce heart attacks & death But can't work if can't prescribe TLDR 40% Medicaid enrollees have restricted access to GLP1 & 25% to SGLT2i much state/plan variability GLP access plateaued in '22 bit.ly/3Y72K2z
Availability of Cardioprotective Medications for Type 2 Diabetes in the Medicaid Program | Annals of Internal Medicine
Background: Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are the only type 2 diabetes medications that reduce cardiovascular disease an...
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🙏🙏🙏 to one of the most important researchers of poverty, income distribution, and it’s consequences
David Brady@davebrady72.bsky.social · last yr.One of the most interesting books published last year was _EQUAL CARE by @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social. I am finally getting to it now and am extremely impressed by is theoretical breadth, & interdisciplinary integration of medicine and political economy literatures. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Back on my podcasting grind talking about why further #SNAP purchasing restrictions are a bad idea, likely to worsen #foodinsecurity, and unlikely to improve diet quality (we have actual RCT evidence on this!) #medsky #episky #econsky www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...
Podcast: What We Talk About When We Talk About SNAP w/ Seth Berkowitz | Health Affairs Podcast
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Seth Berkowitz of UNC School of Medicine back to the program to discuss nutrition in the US, the current state of SNAP benefits, and his upcoming paper to be featur...
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Happy to be back on Health Affairs podcast talking about #foodinsecurity and health #medsky #episky www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...
Podcast: Seth Berkowitz on the Intersection of Income, Food, & Health | Health Affairs Podcast
Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Seth Berkowitz of the UNC School of Medicine to discuss his recent paper that explores a new approach to help guide research and policy at the ...
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Delighted to be part of the @healthaffairs.bsky.social special issue on Food, Nutrition, and Health. With Dary Mozaffarian and Hilary Seligman, we try to unpack the interrelationships between income, food security, nutrition security, diet quality, and health. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
A New Approach To Guide Research And Policy At The Intersection Of Income, Food, Nutrition, And Health | Health Affairs Journal
Income distribution, food and nutrition insecurity, and poor diet quality contribute to diet-related disease, which is a major threat to population health and health equity. Based on our review and synthesis of the empirical evidence, we provide a new conceptual model for understanding the interrelationships among income, food security, nutrition security, diet quality, and health. We identify directions for future research and discuss the policy and program implications of the model. Overall, interventions that address income and food security can facilitate, but do not ensure, nutrition security and better diet quality, although they can improve health in other ways. Importantly, even people who are food and nutrition secure and have adequate income frequently have unhealthy diets. Addressing these challenges will require innovative policies to improve nutrition security, diet quality, and health. Such policies should include efforts to increase the availability and accessibility of Food Is Medicine interventions in health care. Health insurance coverage for evidence-based, clinically indicated Food Is Medicine programs is critical to the success of these efforts.
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This obviously portends very badly for everyone but unironically too much of our response to #foodinsecurity during “normal” times is the same type of ‘learn how to budget’ advice.
Caitlin G. DeAngelis@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2y agoyou know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
Delighted to be part of the Health Affairs Scholar @commonwealthfund.org Health and Political Economy Collection talking about why social insurance is fundamental for health equity—Especially when our most successful social insurance programs are under attack. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
The fundamental importance of social insurance for health equity
Abstract. People need to consume goods and services that support health, such as nutritious food, medical care, and quality housing, throughout their lives
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Really appreciate the opportunity from @jondavidchurch.bsky.social to write in Merion West about what we need to do to improve population health and #healthequity in the present moment #medsky #episky merionwest.com/2025/03/03/g...
Getting to Better American Health Outcomes
Merion West is an online magazine for culture and politics.
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“We should think about health inequity not as differences in outcomes across categories of individuals but as structural injustice that harms the health of everyone.” merionwest.com/2025/03/03/g...
Getting to Better American Health Outcomes
Merion West is an online magazine for culture and politics.
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