Jacob Wallace

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti 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.

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."

“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 ! 🧪🩺🛟📈

Can recommend this team!

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!

Sharing with friends, please RT for visibility: @paulgp.com @aschwartz.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @adrianna.bsky.social.

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Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows

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...

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:

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...

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....

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

Congratulations! Don't forget about your college RA when you're famous. 😜

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

This is well said, thanks for taking a close look at the results!

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 👇

Good point, this was not well phrased. Suspended would have been a better choice, thanks for flagging.

cc: @adrianna.bsky.social @acinthedc.bsky.social @lizananat.bsky.social @laurenhlb.bsky.social @paulgp.com @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @aschwartz.bsky.social

SNAP Work Requirements Reversal and Program Enrollment This cohort study assesses the association of implementation and reversal of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements with SNAP enrollment.

RESULT 4:

Some towns reversed work requirements, what happened?

For our cohort, this was *not* associated with a change in SNAP enrollment — people didn't get back on the program

Implication: WR may be a "one-way door" out of safety net coverage

From a new JAMA HF pape that dropped last Friday

RESULT 3: Work requirements led to substantial coverage losses even for those with incomes

Translation — More evidence that not only about whether folks are working, even those with incomes are screened out...

This appears to be about paperwork.

@pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social

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RESULT 2: Sickest folks hit hardest by work requirements

Disenrollment risk was

≈2× higher for people with diabetes

and

≈5.5× higher for older adults (40-49) with ≥3 chronic conditions

Concerning evidence the sickest and most vulnerable folks are screened out by work requirements.

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RESULT 1: Work requirements --> coverage losses

When CT imposed WR, SNAP coverage fell 25% + Medicaid enrollment was flat.

Translation — People lost nutrition support, not because they earned more, but because of paperwork.

If they were earning more they would be losing Medicaid eligibility.

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Work Requirements and Safety-Net Program Participation This cohort study examines the association between work requirements and safety-net program enrollment among Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollees in Connecticut.

METHODS:

Chima Ndumele and Hannah Factor led study of SNAP work requirements taking effect in 87/169 CT towns

Triple-diff w/ variation across time, towns, and populations

Linked Medicaid-SNAP data see health + demographics of those who lost coverage.

First pape in @jamainternalmed.com.

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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 👇

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...

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...

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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