John Mullahy
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John Mullahy
@johnmullahy.bsky.social

UW-Madison, Univ. of Galway, NBER

C.V.: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/kkaquhtv5b2og4yo6md5p34f7q7gx1ju

Banner image: Free Clinic (detail), Jacob Lawrence, 1937

Economics 46%
Mathematics 17%

Yes, but earthquake, hurricane, and tsunami risks are low.

Very much looking forward to joining CMS for something wasteful and inappropriate.

Characteristically lucid explanations by Justin Sydnor.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwbusiness.bsky.social risk management and insurance professor @justinsydnor.bsky.social explains why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising and the impacts of uncompensated care.
Justin Sydnor on rising costs for ACA health insurance plans
Justin Sydnor on why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising.
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Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwbusiness.bsky.social risk management and insurance professor @justinsydnor.bsky.social explains why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising and the impacts of uncompensated care.
Justin Sydnor on rising costs for ACA health insurance plans
Justin Sydnor on why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising.
pbswisconsin.org

RFK Jr. vs. . . .

December 1950: "With an aging population, medical economics becomes a part of a much larger problem of the need to change our social concepts to fit a new world. People made conscious of the magnificent achievements of American medicine look for more and more. And more and more they will have."

"Why Medical Economics?" JAMA, December 9, 1950.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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The aluminum in vaccines isn’t foil or metal. It’s a compound of aluminum salts. Rather than doing harm, these adjuvants help shots work better.

@celinegounder.com reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing - KFF Health News
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that the aluminum ingredients in vaccines cause a variety of harmful reactions, from allergies to autism. Scientists say that’s wrong and warn of risks if th...
kffhealthnews.org

"To [Amira] Hakimi, vaping is corny. 'Smoking cigarettes is a very timeless act,' she said."

"When vaping became uncool, it paved the path for cigarettes." 🤔

Occasional re-up; somehow seems fitting as Thanksgiving week begins.

poets.org/poem/weighing

Seeking the perfect holiday gift for your cherished MAGA loved ones?

“This is a find,” [Ton Koopman] said. “Both pieces are very important additions to the repertory of organ. You analyze the pieces and you see that it can only be a great composer. It’s daring music. It’s someone who knows what harmony is.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/a...
Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work
www.nytimes.com

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“Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual.”

😤 😡 😖 🤨 🤬 🙄

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022.

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We hope everyone flies free this weekend.

BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.

Italy commemorates the 100th birthday of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Nov. 20, 1925), largely overlooked in Senator Kennedy's home country.

filatelia.poste.it/1000002661-f...

Mr. President: Stop, just stop.
President Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.” https://to.pbs.org/4r5aZZH
Trump says Democrats' video message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — cal...
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You read that right. The President of the United States has called for execution of legislative opponents .
President Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.” https://to.pbs.org/4r5aZZH
Trump says Democrats' video message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — cal...
www.pbs.org
President Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.” https://to.pbs.org/4r5aZZH
Trump says Democrats' video message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — cal...
www.pbs.org

Hopefully that is broadly correct.

She says nobody comes in asking for Mar-a-Lago face by name; the most obvious clue is when a patient with visible lip filler comes in wanting more. “I have to say: ‘I cannot put any more in there safely.’”
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.