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Miranda Yaver

@mirandayaver.bsky.social

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Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt. Roosevelt Institute Author-in-Residence. Cal bear/Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MSNBC. Writing on health insurance and administrative burden. Pre-order Coverage Denied: https://cup.org/4nfM2IM

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14d

You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!

Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14d

Coming 2026!

@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.

Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊

https://cup.org/4nfM2IM

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 38m

I am so in love with this critter.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 41m

The Onion is so damn good.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 10h

This new piece for @rooseveltforward.org by @resnikoff.bsky.social combines two of my favorite things: building housing and building community. Come for the scaffolding; stay for the Skocpol.

www.firesidestacks.com/p/yimbytown-...

The Place Where Civic Life Still Feels Fun—And What It Teaches Us About YIMBYtowning Our Politics

A visit to YIMBYtown tells you why the movement has been so successful. The lessons it offers may even point the way to a broader democratic renewal. Progressive groups and policymakers should study Y...

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Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social · 3h

The indictment of Letitia James makes clear that calling it an attempted coup is no exaggeration.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals * US politics live – latest updates A federal grand jury indicted Letitia James, the New York attorney general, for bank fraud on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. Lindsey Halligan, the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, personally presented the case to the grand jury on Thursday, the person said. US attorneys do not typically present to a grand jury. Continue reading...

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 3h

Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize about as much as Cillizza deserves a Pulitzer.

Chris Cillizza @chriscillizza.bsky.social · 5h

What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 5h

I have questions about the mechanism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 9h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 6h

Political scientists might call that Pulling a LaCour.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 6h

If she has a baby in her placenta, she has bigger problems.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 7h

I just got called a political nerd by my beloved postdoc advisor.

a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a sign that says moi .

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a sign that says moi .

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 7h

Trump has only ever had a concept of a plan. The reality is that good benefits are an investment. The ACA is literally lifesaving for millions of Americans-- hell, I wouldn't be alive to teach health policy without it. And a good way to promote health care access is to not sign massive cuts into law

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 10h

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

(from the nyt obvi) With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

For President Trump, success in brokering a cease-fire is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 9h

Who’s going to tell him?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 10h

This is shameful and these people should never be able to hold office again.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 10h

Iowa and these other 17 states all back Trump's National Guard deployment in Chicago:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 13h

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11h

16 yrs ago today, I explored NYC for the first time. Hungarian Pastry Shop, wandered the village, and sang Beatles songs at Strawberry Fields for Lennon's birthday. Then raced to NJ to be on the floor of the final Springsteen show at old Giants Stadium, where he climbed on the railing in front of me

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12h

This sweet creature generously moved back her demands for snuggles from 4:15am to 5:15am.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t even know Habeas. He was a coffee boy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 21h

Update: Fauci was so great I don’t even care about the Yankees’ elimination.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to see Anthony Fauci tonight!

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

Literally the best bookstore in America is in Portland. Not that he reads books.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

What a terrific lineup! I wish I could attend, but I'll have a friend in town. We talked about finding ways to shift burden from Medicaid enrollees to employers and the states, improving translation services, form simplification, outreach strategies, etc. But at the end of the day, it's gonna suck.

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

I’m still not sure I have figured out the right way to teach these rapidly changing and often crappy policies, but it feels important that they know these things are going on, and it’s interesting (and calming) to see students think creatively about how to safeguard health care access.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

Taught today on administrative burden in health. We discussed Medicaid work requirements in AR, GA, and the OBBBA. And I had the students get in groups to brainstorm strategies that states could adopt in implementing this new (bad) policy that would minimize burden and wrongful coverage losses.

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