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
NBER
Samsun Naher sharing new work at #ASHEcon2026 - did Medicaid expansion crowd out private coverage for Mexican Americans?
She found expansion increased Medicaid coverage by 9.%, decreases private coverage by 2.8% (~30% crowdout)
Today, the AAUP released the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2025–26.
It is sobering.
Full-time faculty salaries are down about 0.4% in real, inflation-adjusted terms. Average full-time faculty salaries remain 9.5% below fall 2019 & about 5.8% below fall 2008.
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Kevin Griffith
This year's Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession finds that faculty salaries are still losing ground to inflation and expands data collection on part-time faculty pay.
If you're still at #ASHEcon2026, let me shamelessly plug two of my presentations:
930am: does congestion explain why veterans tend to see lower quality providers in the VA's community care network?
1230pm: how has Medicaid expansion affected hospitals' bad debt & charity costs pre/post COVID-19?
Kevin Griffith
Rich Nelson sharing evidence on a novel produce prescription program at two VA medical centers
$100/month for 12 mos dietitian coaching. What happened?
↓ blood pressure
↑ BMI (income effect?)
↑ outpatient costs
↓ ED costs
↔ food insecurity
#ASHEcon2026
