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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

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Yup.

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Fuck Vance! Fuck President Musk! Fuck Trump!

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How long must we tolerate Donald Trump humiliating the United States with boorish, childish, idiotic behavior?? This is unacceptable and beneath the dignity of the leader of any country, much less the US. We're governed by children! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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We are such fucking idiots…

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I mean, I guess it is accurate to refer to Elon Musk as a “malign foreign actor.”

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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Congratulations to @shelbysteuart.bsky.social on her new job, and even more to UMD DHPM for landing Shelby!! This is a great match!

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(With thanks to Reddit.)

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Dutch court ruled against 'abuse' of market power used to increase drug prices from €46 to more than €13.000. The case of Leadiant and the repurposing of CDCA. drugdevletter.com/p/excessive-... CC: @bradfowd1.bsky.social

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What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

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Health Economics (Early View): New evidence shows that parental leave policies can have many positive impacts on childhood health due to increased involvement in childcare, increased medical expenditure, and higher family labor division. Read more here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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This is absolutely chilling. A glimpse of the totalitarian state to come.

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When a president who controls the US military tells you he will set aside the law and the Constitution in order to effect his revenge and seize absolute power, you don’t make jokes, you don’t make nice… you make plans.

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I really enjoyed the Super Bowl halftime show. Finally we had a halftime with a POV and real visual force. It was subversive AF. Bonus points because it went completely over @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social’s and all the Boomer MAGAs’ heads.

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🤞🏼🤞🏼

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The brilliant @shelbysteuart.bsky.social was bored during this Super Bowl (who wouldn’t be?) and decided to investigate the tone gradient between @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social hands and face using color sample on her phone. Anybody with that much makeup should STFU about drag shows!

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This is an insightful editorial - and worth your time to read for this line alone: "Somewhere, King Charles I is jealous." Probably none of Trump's MAGA cultists get it. But, if Trump does want to be king, following the path of Charles I is fine by me. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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Book your calendars, as our 2025 schedule is now set! We are welcoming 4 great presenters virtually: 2/26 – Maya Lozinski, "Knowledge Growth and Specialization: Evidence from Oncologists" 3/12 – Han Ng, "Performance Scores and Strategic Choices of Kidney Transplant Centers"

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Health Economics(Early View): Morales and Santander find tobacco taxes significantly reduce tobacco consumption while raising large sums of tax revenue, even in countries where the cost of tobacco is low. Read more about it below. 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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You know who else is sweating over it? PEOPLE ON FREAKING MEDICAID!! And I actually really care about those people. The same most definitely cannot be said about my attitude toward GOP House members. They can go ____ themselves. acasignups.net/25/01/23/bit...

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Health Economics (Early View): Chandra and Doshi find cannabis and alcohol are substitutes, but that certain forms of cannabis can be a complement to alcohol. Read more about how drug substitution can impact harm reduction policies below. 👇 doi.org/10.1002/hec....

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Hello everyone! Please extend a hearty BlueSky welcome to Shelby Steuart (@shelbysteuart.bsky.social). She's a health policy researcher and post-doc at UChicago who is seeking asylum from the hateful hordes over on X. If you can, make her feel welcome with a "follow" and wave of the virtual hand!

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Spread the word.

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My mood today.

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Help me get the word out, folks: Health Economics (the journal, not the field) is now live on BlueSky. Please follow the journal's account if you're so inclined - and also repost the announcement (for the same reason). Thanks!

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The Call for Abstracts is out for the Highland Health Economics Symposium (June 9-12, 2025 in Oban, Scotland). Submit abstracts by March 1. Decisions by March 31. The invite link is here: t.co/4NRpoUtguF Organized by David Bradford, Fiona Scott Morten, Steve Parente, and Bob Town.

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Work by Rebaudo, Calahorrano, and Hausmann, recently published in Health Economics, is getting attention in the media. And no wonder! They find compensating potential carers for the opportunity costs of caregiving ⬆️ the probability of providing care. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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It's that time of year when we take stock of what we've accomplished. For me, it's being in the top 99.95 percentile of Indigo Girls listeners. I spent a shocking 24,545 minutes on Spotify - many while running regressions! Since I blast Neil Young while I write, I'm sad he didn't make the list.

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Health Economics (Early View): Rogvi et al. find C-Sections aren’t linked to long-term childhood illness. While preventing complicated births benefits childhood health, C-Sections themselves aren’t likely to cause health issues or educational deficits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Health Economics (Early View): As populations age, more elderly need care, but relatives often can’t help due to other commitments. Mara Rebaudo et al find financial incentives increase willingness to care, but up to 50% remain unwilling regardless. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Health Economics (Early View): A new study by Cícero et al. demonstrates that decreased trade tariffs and looser trade regulations is associated with lower cyclical mortality rates in Brazil. Trade is good for your health! (Very timely research!) doi.org/10.1002/hec....

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Health Economics (Early View): Levin et al. find hospital vertical integration shifts treatments away from physician offices and toward hospital outpatient departments. Spending on Part B drugs increases but physician treatment intensity decreases. doi.org/10.1002/hec....

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A second starter pack of Health Economists is now ready! go.bsky.app/6S4Q9Mn Thanks @shooshan.bsky.social for creating the list! #healtheconomics #healthecon #econsky

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The Gaetz nomination may be good-ish news. (Hear me out.) He is so manifestly unqualified that the only reason he's nominated is to make liberals unhappy. This => Trump prioritizes performance over competence and => less chance agenda items are implemented. Best liberal response is to laugh at him.

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Health Economics (Early View): New study by David Johnston et al finds that lower education is a barrier to mental health care access. University graduates are 50% more likely to seek out and receive MH resources than those with high school education or less. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Health Economics (Early View): Isabel Musse finds opioid use declines while OTC pain med use increases during economic expansions. This association is stronger in high injury industries. This suggests separate pathways for physical vs. mental health Tx. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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