health policy researcher, primary care physician, dad
Michael L. Barnett
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New at Can We Still Govern: The Trump admin released a report saying that Medicaid work requirements will increase work and reduce poverty. There is a technical term for this: malarkey.
Actual experts @chloeneast.bsky.social & @adrianna.bsky.social break it down.
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Examining weight stigma shows that the "obese" cutoff increases patient mortality. Analyses of diagnostic effort and clinical documentation point to stigma as a mechanism, from Manasvini Singh www.nber.org/papers/w35277
i'm on team STAT
Cherry-picked studies and unrealistic assumptions define a new government report
So many fascinating tidbits in this article
✅ 22 specialists
✅ at least one from Harvard (!?)
✅ each probably did their own exam of their own organ per prior WH doc's memoir
my hot take: this is an insane way to practice medicine for anyone
Don Moynihan
tl;dr - scientists ejected from the meeting for distributing flyers with an editorial critical of Jay Bhattacharya. what country are we living in??
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, which has 25 beds, had over 700 positive tests for alpha-gal allergy last year. If you live in Massachusetts, best to get your fill of red meat now
Reminder, if you’re going to @ashecon.bsky.social 2026, come to our Wednesday session of creative uses of recession discontinuity with some of the best in the business, including @aschwartz.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social, @dzeltzer.bsky.social, and @mlbarnett.bsky.social!
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It's worth watching where the jobs are being created.
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Michael L. Barnett
Michael L. Barnett
Michael L. Barnett
President Trump had 22 medical specialists assess him as part of his latest checkup, according to a medical report recently released by the White House, who also declined to identify which physicians assessed him.
Michael L. Barnett
STAT is sticking with ‘health care’ www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/h...
Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.
Is it “health care” or “healthcare”? STAT readers had strong feelings.
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Jay Battacharya speaking now at #ASHEcon2026 🧵
First addresses plight of early career researchers and growing age at first R01 grant award
Nowadays average is 44-45 years? Need to find a way to lower than and support early career scholars
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
If you're buying plane tickets to ASHEcon '26, make sure you stay for our session (last of the conference) of 3 RDs studying heuristics, stigma, & guidelines. With @aschwartz.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social, @dzeltzer.bsky.social, and @mlbarnett.bsky.social! ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2026...
