It's DC. My old dress shoes soles literally fell out, I was walking so much during my #healthpolicy orientation. had to drop $200 for emergency pair, but they are right sized, super comfy and have served me well on the Hill.
Unlike merry troupe of imbeciles I won't get blisters and chronic pain

Medicaid can share data with ICE. Here's how that 180-degree change spreads fear When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health cov...

"My daughter's life depends on Medicaid," says P.

P. and her family have legal immigration status, but she fears that the health insurance keeping her medically fragile daughter alive could also put her family at risk of being detained or deported by immigration authorities. #healthpolicy

One-third of Americans Make Sacrifices to Afford Health Care Even high-income households are feeling the pain, pollsters say

A third of Americans say they’ve had to make sacrifices to afford health care — from skipping prescriptions to delaying retirement.
Even wealthy households aren’t immune.
New analysis by Neil Osterweil: medicalnewsinsider.substack.com/p/one-third-...

#Healthcare #HealthPolicy

Medicaid Section 1115 waivers are helping states address health-related social needs like housing, nutrition, and transportation—but challenges remain in funding, infrastructure, and implementation.

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#Medicaid #HealthPolicy #HealthEquity #SDOH #PublicHealth

Florida’s proposed Medicaid work‑reporting rules could raise costs and leave people uninsured — critics say they “still do not make sense.”
https://ow.ly/oHVM50YtJ3t

#Medicaid #Florida #HealthPolicy #SocialSafetyNet

Our principles: viewing HIT implementation as a “system of systems” rather than as individual entities; using appropriate terminology to describe a system; using lifecycles & iterative upstream approaches to guide implementation research. watermark02.silverchair.com/ooag023.pdf #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Federal judge hears arguments in lawsuit over federal Medicaid funding halt A federal judge in St. Paul heard arguments Thursday from the state of Minnesota and the Trump administration over a halt of $259 million in Medicaid payments to the state.

Fed judge hears arguments in lawsuit over MN federal Medicaid funding halt. #healthpolicy

“Zorn’s motion to be admitted in court to represent the federal govt was only submitted Thurs morning (yesterday!) It had not yet been approved when the hearing started.”
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National Patterns of Biomarker Testing in Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancers: Insights From the NIH All of Us Research Program

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
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#healthservices #healthpolicy #precisiononcology #openaccess

Among 522 resident physicians:
92% oppose full independent practice for NPs/PAs.
40% say APP independence laws would make them less likely to practice in those states.
Reflects the growing tension between expanding access and concerns about care quality. @BohlerForrest #HealthPolicy #PrimaryCare

Florida Legislature passes $30.9 million to restore HIV medication program cut to 10,000 residents The Florida Legislature has passed $30.9 million in emergency funding through June 30, 2026.

Legislation to restore Ryan White funds must now be signed by DeSantis.

#Florida #HIV #AIDS #Medicaid #IDsky #publichealth #healthpolicy

Leapfrog Group’s legal defeat underscores challenges of rating hospital quality The legal battle underscores the complicated questions surrounding how best to evaluate hospital safety.

"Leapfrog Group’s legal defeat underscores challenges of rating hospital quality" www.statnews.com/2026/03/13/l... via @statnews.com #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

🧬 Genetic Therapies for Rare Diseases: Developing Ethical Regulatory Policies

🔗https://bit.ly/4sIQl1A

#Bioethics #GeneTherapy #RareDiseases #GeneticMedicine #HealthPolicy

Oregon’s primary care crisis is coming to a head — Join @oregonhealthforum.bsky.social for Part 1 of our primary care series to hear about new developments in the policy space and whether they are enough. Additional panelist TBA.

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#OHF #PrimaryCare #HealthPolicy #Part1

Petition unterschreiben Monatelange Wartezeiten – und jetzt werden psychotherapeutische Leistungen gekürzt?

Those already struggling to access care will be affected the most. Cutting reimbursement risks making the situation worse, for both patients and therapists. 3/3

Therefore, please consider supporting this petition:

www.change.org/p/monatelang...

#Psychotherapy #MentalHealth #PPiA #HealthPolicy

Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale | Yale Tobin Center Research and policy insights from Yale’s Health Care Affordability Lab advancing evidence-based solutions to lower costs and improve the U.S. health system.

The Peterson Center on Healthcare is supporting the launch of the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale buff.ly/YCX3NiV #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon @yalehealthlab.bsky.social

HSJ Podcast: Why staff morale is falling NHS staff are less likely to recommend their employer as a place to work, not as confident about raising concerns and increasingly say they would not want relatives to be treated at their trust.

Why is staff morale falling across the #NHS?

Our CEO @chrisgrahamuk.bsky.social joins the @hsj.co.uk Health Check Podcast to unpack what the latest #NHSStaffSurvey reveals about staff pressure, stress and burnout.

Listen: www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-c...

#staffwellbeing #NHSWorkforce #HealthPolicy

29 states and DC now reject federal vaccine guidance • Stateline Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia now reject at least some federal vaccine guidance as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to de-emphasize the importance of ...

🇺🇸 29 states + Washington, D.C. are now rejecting federal childhood vaccine guidance.
The U.S. is quickly becoming a patchwork of vaccine policies depending on where you live.
🗺️ See the map and read more:
🔵 stateline.org/2026/03/11/2...

#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #Vaccines

One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare Expenses According to new West Health-Gallup research, millions of Americans report cutting back on expenses and delaying plans because of healthcare costs.

"One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare Expenses:
Cost of healthcare also causing many to delay pursuing milestones and life-enhancing goals," buff.ly/adneysT #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

Featured in Becker’s Hospital Review: “To Lead Health Care Well, Physicians Must Learn the System.”

www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-man...

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social #PhysicianLeadership #HealthPolicy

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐚.
The WA State Legislature concludes its session. KCMS actively engaged on 25 pieces of legislation impacting physicians and patients to improve care. KCMSociety.org.

#KCMS #PhysicianAdvocacy #WALeg #HealthPolicy #KingCountyMedicine

Healthcare building boom in SW FL: What's coming that you may need? SW Florida is experiencing a healthcare boom with billions invested in new hospitals, specialty centers, and maybe a medical school.

In America, health is an industry. SW Florida population is booming; so is construction of new health care facilities.

#Medsky #epidemiology #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthlaw #hospitals #primarycare #oncology

Canada spends nearly $400B annually on health care - but experts say Canadians aren’t getting full value from that.

Health-tech leaders say Canada needs to use health data to drive innovation.

Read more: zurl.co/q1sTp

#HealthInnovation #DigitalHealth #HealthPolicy #HealthTech #CanadaInnovation

A Third of Americans Have Cut Spending or Borrowed Money for Health Care

NEW West Health-Gallup Poll: Americans are skipping meals and borrowing money to pay for medical expenses

“It is impacting people every day in their decisions,” Tim Lash, president of the West Health Policy Center, said. “It is getting worse.”

#healthpolicy #affordability

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#HealthPolicy #HealthEconomics #GlobalHealth #UHC #ResourceAllocation

There have been about 15 minutes of laying down the rules, discussing conflicts and whether or not panelists are granted waivers. Such a breath of fresh air in comparison to ACIP meetings.

#IDsky #vaccines #FDA #influenza #flu #healthpolicy

Single values for total health care expenditures per person, per capita growth trend, and total spending on health care in Massachusetts for calendar year 2024.

Total Health Care Expenditures in MA increased 5.7% per capita from 2023—to $11,663 per resident in 2024. Learn more about CHIA’s findings: www.chiamass.gov/annual-repor...
#MassCHIA #healthpolicy

A baby wearing a white onesie receives a vaccine in their upper arm from a healthcare provider wearing blue gloves, while another adult supports the child; a red banner at the bottom reads “ADA NEWS.”

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is no longer aligned with the CDC on the childhood vaccine schedule. .

Read more:
https://loom.ly/kRHBmzc

#ADA #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #HealthNews

The Rise of Colon Cancer in a Low-Fiber World: Ultra-Processed Food, Wealth, Labor, and the Slow Cost to Our Bodies - Interconnected Earth In many high-income countries, the rise of early-onset Colon Cancer reflects changing dietary habits and lifestyle factors impacting our health.

Ultra-processed foods are cheap, engineered for shelf life, and easy to consume — but they’re linked to rising rates of colorectal cancer around the world. Learn why: buff.ly/fubDW5W
#FoodSystem #HealthPolicy #DietMatters

Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy

There’s are SO many things wrong with what RFKjr wanted to find in the wildly unethical proposed Guinea-Bissau hepb vaccine trial that would see babies denied access to a life saving vaccine #HealthPolicy 🧵

The right response is enforcement, testing, surveillance, and public warnings. Not panic policy. #CAPHRA #HealthPolicy bit.ly/4bxbpSQ