Does anyone know whether R, Stata, Python, or Julia is the fastest for fuzzy string matching? #EconTwitter

Emerging scholar Tamara Beetham, MPH sharing new work on the effects of Medicaid Section 1115 waivers on Medicaid beneficiary access to residential addiction treatment and availability of buprenorphine #ARM24

I suspect people will start to make this argument a lot. A few thoughts: The rules that were promogulated to implement the NSA are very different than Medicare rules. With respect to the NSA implementation, Judge Kernodle in Texas, who has ruled in each of the TMA cases,

Thanks Robert Pearl, MD Jeremy Corr for having me on their podcast, Fixing Healthcare, to talk about our new work showing the consequeces of rising health spending. fixinghealthcarepodcast.com/2024/07/02/fhc…

ICYMI | The Wall Street Journal covers new research from Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Lev Klarnet, Ithai Luri, and Corbin Miller finds that after local hospitals raise prices, companies lay off workers. Read more: wsj.com/health/healthc…

In 3 years, private insurers took $50 BILLION by *intentionally* making 100s of 1000s of incorrect diagnoses for “conditions people couldn’t possibly have,” as well as “deadly illnesses” for which patients received no care. We the taxpayers paid the bill wsj.com/health/healthc…

This is a hugely important study with big implications for rural health. When obstetric units close - which is something we need to be mindful of - there is no impact on material or infant health AND women deliver in higher-quality hospitals. If anything, outcomes improve!

You may be reading this and have many questions; I recommend checking out the episode of @freakonomics, which provides important nuance for interpreting this finding. Corey White talks about this paper in the episode! freakonomics.com/podcast/what-h…

UnitedHealth members are 15x more likely to be diagnosed with diabetic cataracts than patients in traditional Medicare. Why? Medicare pays insurers up to $2700 more annually per diagnosed patient. So much of the healthcare business is just optimizing the billing system. via @wsj

MedPAC mourns the passing of its founding Chair, Gail Wilensky. Gail was a dedicated public servant, full of integrity and wisdom. We are grateful for her leadership. Full blog post here: medpac.gov/medpac-mourns-…

"Hospital mergers that lead to price increases cause middle-income workers outside the health care sector to lose jobs." Read Zarek Brot-Goldberg Zack Cooper Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet on the link between employer-sponsored health care + U.S. labor market outcomes. equitablegrowth.org/hospital-conso…

Rising health care prices are passed onto employers as higher insurance premiums. The result? ⬇️ employment ⬇️ wages ⬇️ tax revenue ⬆️ overdoses ow.ly/YlsE50SKtbe Harris Policy's Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Lev Klarnet, Ithai Lurie, & Corbin Miller.

Very happy to see our paper with Leemore Dafny and Kate Ho make it to print. I started on this project as a first year grad student and have learned more than a ton about research from Leemore and Kate!

Copay coupons issued by drug manufacturers lead to higher prices and utilization. They are considered kickbacks and banned by Medicare, but permitted for commercially insured patients. It would be great to see some federal action on this driver of drug prices

20% of US hospital mergers that occurred between 2002-2020 could have been predicted to lessen competition using the FTC’s standard screening tools. New research brief from Zarek Brot-Goldberg(Harris Policy), Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, and Lev Klarnet. ow.ly/WTNx50RF6vw

Excited to share our latest JAMA Network study which shows that shifting #healthcare from hospitals to outpatient centers or home settings could save the US healthcare system $113B to $147B annually without compromising clinical outcomes⬇️ jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

A fun infographic on our new paper! tobin.yale.edu/sites/default/…