@janprobst.bsky.social
@janprobst.bsky.social
Jan Probst
~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues
Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe.
Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues
Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe.
Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
Rural adults are more likely to be Medicaid insured than are their urban peers, suggesting that this is one more policy with adverse rural effects. Sam the rural health advoCATe remains hissed.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
Republicans have suggested that Medicaid work rules are aimed at younger people, but their likely to hit middle-aged adults hard.
Researchers say many will be more expensive to treat when they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare.
Researchers say many will be more expensive to treat when they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare.
New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard - KFF Health News
Republicans have said new rules requiring many Medicaid participants to work 80 hours a month will pinpoint unemployed young people who should have jobs. Policy researchers say the rules are more like...
kffhealthnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Rural adults are more likely to be Medicaid insured than are their urban peers, suggesting that this is one more policy with adverse rural effects. Sam the rural health advoCATe remains hissed.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
Grimly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Of note, all the proposed budget cuts are not fully implemented yet.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/417-...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/417-...
www.beckershospitalreview.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Grimly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Of note, all the proposed budget cuts are not fully implemented yet.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/417-...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/417-...
Sam the rural health advoCATe alerts rural cats to this learning opportunity.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthinfo.org/webinars/202...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthinfo.org/webinars/202...?
Looking Ahead: FY 2026 Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Preview Webinar - RHIhub Webinar
Looking Ahead: FY 2026 Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Preview Webinar. A webinar from the Rural Health Information Hub.
www.ruralhealthinfo.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe alerts rural cats to this learning opportunity.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthinfo.org/webinars/202...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthinfo.org/webinars/202...?
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Calling science and wildlife short documentary filmmakers!
Scientific American is searching for powerful, character-driven stories about the science behind conservation research.
💰 Grant amount: Up to $80,000 production funding
🗓️ Apply by 8 March 2026
Apply here: sciam.com/protectors-o...
Scientific American is searching for powerful, character-driven stories about the science behind conservation research.
💰 Grant amount: Up to $80,000 production funding
🗓️ Apply by 8 March 2026
Apply here: sciam.com/protectors-o...
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Calling science and wildlife short documentary filmmakers!
Scientific American is searching for powerful, character-driven stories about the science behind conservation research.
💰 Grant amount: Up to $80,000 production funding
🗓️ Apply by 8 March 2026
Apply here: sciam.com/protectors-o...
Scientific American is searching for powerful, character-driven stories about the science behind conservation research.
💰 Grant amount: Up to $80,000 production funding
🗓️ Apply by 8 March 2026
Apply here: sciam.com/protectors-o...
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My team @propublica.org is hiring.
We're looking for a data reporter itching to do ambitious, impactful investigations that uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Maybe that's you? grnh.se/iunysgl96us
We're looking for a data reporter itching to do ambitious, impactful investigations that uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Maybe that's you? grnh.se/iunysgl96us
Data Reporter
Remote, United States
grnh.se
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
My team @propublica.org is hiring.
We're looking for a data reporter itching to do ambitious, impactful investigations that uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Maybe that's you? grnh.se/iunysgl96us
We're looking for a data reporter itching to do ambitious, impactful investigations that uncover abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust. Maybe that's you? grnh.se/iunysgl96us
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This Friday.
Ethics Grand Rounds is coming up!
The webinar “Three Ways of Looking at Black/White Mortality Inequality in the United States” features @wrigleyfield.bsky.social
🗓️ Friday, Feb. 13
⏱️ 12–1 p.m. (CST)
Free to attend + IPE credit and certificates of attendance for CEUs available.
🔗 z.umn.edu/azu7
The webinar “Three Ways of Looking at Black/White Mortality Inequality in the United States” features @wrigleyfield.bsky.social
🗓️ Friday, Feb. 13
⏱️ 12–1 p.m. (CST)
Free to attend + IPE credit and certificates of attendance for CEUs available.
🔗 z.umn.edu/azu7
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This Friday.
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“Rural health can't survive on half measures,” says Rep. Jill Tokuda. “Rural communities don't have time to wait. We need to revolutionize how we approach health care for all.” #nrha26dc #revitalizerural #ruralhealth
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“Rural health can't survive on half measures,” says Rep. Jill Tokuda. “Rural communities don't have time to wait. We need to revolutionize how we approach health care for all.” #nrha26dc #revitalizerural #ruralhealth
A team that Sam's guardian is part of just received the following in a review of an article submitted to a major journal:
"I think this is a bad idea, but one option to strengthen could be ..."
(Reviewer 2, of course) Ummmm...
"I think this is a bad idea, but one option to strengthen could be ..."
(Reviewer 2, of course) Ummmm...
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
A team that Sam's guardian is part of just received the following in a review of an article submitted to a major journal:
"I think this is a bad idea, but one option to strengthen could be ..."
(Reviewer 2, of course) Ummmm...
"I think this is a bad idea, but one option to strengthen could be ..."
(Reviewer 2, of course) Ummmm...
And those advantages include rural America, points out Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
More immigration into the US raises the number of health care workers and saves the lives of older Americans, from David C. Grabowski, Jonathan Gruber, and Brian E. McGarry www.nber.org/papers/w34791
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
And those advantages include rural America, points out Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
An important observation, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
Considering Racism in Child Maltreatment Research
To the Editor Liu and colleagues1 report that, from 2012 to 2023, Black children in the US experienced persistent and disproportionately high rates of child abuse and neglect, citing poverty as the po...
jamanetwork.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
An important observation, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
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“Dr. Deb Houry, who served as the C.D.C.’s chief medical officer before she resigned in August, noted that Congress had already appropriated the funds.
“It is concerning that H.H.S. is cutting public health funding to local communities that cover core functions in the middle of a measles outbreak”
“It is concerning that H.H.S. is cutting public health funding to local communities that cover core functions in the middle of a measles outbreak”
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
“Dr. Deb Houry, who served as the C.D.C.’s chief medical officer before she resigned in August, noted that Congress had already appropriated the funds.
“It is concerning that H.H.S. is cutting public health funding to local communities that cover core functions in the middle of a measles outbreak”
“It is concerning that H.H.S. is cutting public health funding to local communities that cover core functions in the middle of a measles outbreak”
More research indicating rural disparities in access to substance abuse treatment services, grimly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Travel Time to Methadone Treatment Via Personal Vehicle vs Public Transit
This cross-sectional study investigates the travel time via personal vehicle vs public transit to methadone treatment alongside census block demographics in Connecticut.
jamanetwork.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
More research indicating rural disparities in access to substance abuse treatment services, grimly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Opinion piece, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Rural America needs health care professionals at all levels.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Rural America Needs Immigrant Doctors More Than Ever
Immigration restrictions threaten our workforce
www.medpagetoday.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Opinion piece, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Rural America needs health care professionals at all levels.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
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📢 Calling all early-career physicians! JAMA Internal Medicine editors are accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Editorial Fellowship.
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
📢 Calling all early-career physicians! JAMA Internal Medicine editors are accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Editorial Fellowship.
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
Sam the rural health advoCATe shares 2 AJPH calls for papers on rural health (scroll down the link). He is distressed that the mobile health call is sponsored by a company that makes mobile health units, raising possible ethical issues.
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
AJPH
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe shares 2 AJPH calls for papers on rural health (scroll down the link). He is distressed that the mobile health call is sponsored by a company that makes mobile health units, raising possible ethical issues.
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
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JOB ALERT: Some great reporting positions (for veteran reporters too) covering the environment along the Mississippi River, and others in the Mountain West. agwaterdesk.org/2026/01/22/r...
Reporters: Apply now for six new environmental reporting positions with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Ag & Water Desk
A total of 17 jobs on the environmental beat are open for emerging and experienced journalists via Report for America
agwaterdesk.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
JOB ALERT: Some great reporting positions (for veteran reporters too) covering the environment along the Mississippi River, and others in the Mountain West. agwaterdesk.org/2026/01/22/r...
Sam's guardian received the note below from a reporter with whom guardian had been working on a rural story. Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed. Not the first to note this, but: When he is tired of a toy, Sam ignores it; he doesn't destroy it.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Sam's guardian received the note below from a reporter with whom guardian had been working on a rural story. Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed. Not the first to note this, but: When he is tired of a toy, Sam ignores it; he doesn't destroy it.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
Sam the rural health advoCATe is disappointed. A study on visits to urgent care centers (UCs) that never looks at availability of UCs. Um, rural folks don’t visit because UCs overwhelmingly locate in profitable (urban) places.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
Urgent Care Trends Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012-2019
This cross-sectional study examines urgent care utilization among adults aged 65 years or older and assesses whether utilization rates varied by beneficiary sociodemographic and community characterist...
jamanetwork.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is disappointed. A study on visits to urgent care centers (UCs) that never looks at availability of UCs. Um, rural folks don’t visit because UCs overwhelmingly locate in profitable (urban) places.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
And in every analysis Sam’s guardian has run, young adult mortality is higher in rural than urban US counties. AI Avatars will not address this problem, says Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
High young adult #mortality makes reaching old age less likely in the US than elsewhere. That's true in all states, but in WV and MS more than one-fourth of 20-year-olds are not expected live to retirement age.
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
And in every analysis Sam’s guardian has run, young adult mortality is higher in rural than urban US counties. AI Avatars will not address this problem, says Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
$8M is a trivial amount, observes Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
www.beckershospitalreview.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
$8M is a trivial amount, observes Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
Since urban nurses typically earn more than their rural peers,* current programs will exacerbate shortages in rural America, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
A 'Vicious Cycle': How Nursing Shortage Could Worsen Under Trump Team's Plan
Proposed rule may have 'chilling effect' on graduate nurse applicants, hurt overall RN pool
www.medpagetoday.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Since urban nurses typically earn more than their rural peers,* current programs will exacerbate shortages in rural America, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
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They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
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I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
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🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
📣 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽!
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization