Nora Becker
@norabeckermd.bsky.social
MD, PhD, Assistant Prof at UMich | Alum of Penn Med, Wharton, Brigham & Women’s Hospital | Primary care physician and health policy researcher | Mom | Thoughts are my own. #BLM
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Nora Becker
@norabeckermd.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Prof @norabeckermd.bsky.social doing a great job of explaining why Medicaid cuts are an incredibly bad idea
To local news where people listen
www.9and10news.com/2025/03/11/m...
To local news where people listen
www.9and10news.com/2025/03/11/m...
Medicaid cuts could lead to higher long-term costs, advocates say
About 2.3 million Michigan residents are enrolled in medicaid, including close to a million children.
www.9and10news.com
God I hope people are listening
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Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
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Devastated to report that I’m done with the analysis and now have to write the paper
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Devastated to report that I’m done with the analysis and now have to write the paper
My first baby was either a shoulder dystocia or very close to being one. Fortunately, I don’t know which, because my midwife reacted so quickly that it was fixed before it was even a problem.
I read the first paragraphs of this and tapped out, made me too physically sick to contemplate
I read the first paragraphs of this and tapped out, made me too physically sick to contemplate
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My first baby was either a shoulder dystocia or very close to being one. Fortunately, I don’t know which, because my midwife reacted so quickly that it was fixed before it was even a problem.
I read the first paragraphs of this and tapped out, made me too physically sick to contemplate
I read the first paragraphs of this and tapped out, made me too physically sick to contemplate
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I wrote for MSNBC earlier this month on why relying on health savings accounts is untenable. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I wrote for MSNBC earlier this month on why relying on health savings accounts is untenable. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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Wow, Bill Cassidy voted to confirm RFK Jr and all he got was this shitty asterisk
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wow, Bill Cassidy voted to confirm RFK Jr and all he got was this shitty asterisk
Devastated to report that I’m done with the analysis and now have to write the paper
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Devastated to report that I’m done with the analysis and now have to write the paper
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U.S. legislators: "Soldiers and sailors, if you are ordered to kill someone and you believe the order is unlawful, don't do it. Remember your oath to The Constitution.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
U.S. legislators: "Soldiers and sailors, if you are ordered to kill someone and you believe the order is unlawful, don't do it. Remember your oath to The Constitution.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
Wow, Bill Cassidy voted to confirm RFK Jr and all he got was this shitty asterisk
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wow, Bill Cassidy voted to confirm RFK Jr and all he got was this shitty asterisk
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my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
Providence Swedish to eliminate nearly 300 positions
The cuts will affect jobs at Providence Swedish’s First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Issaquah hospitals and nearby clinics.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
What impeccable timing (and excellent work ofc)
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
What impeccable timing (and excellent work ofc)
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
Larry Summers wrote these emails in 2018, lest you read them and assume they are from a past so distant that we no longer need to reckon with it
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Larry Summers wrote these emails in 2018, lest you read them and assume they are from a past so distant that we no longer need to reckon with it
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
Very cool paper and thread—congrats and good luck on the job market!
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Very cool paper and thread—congrats and good luck on the job market!
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The best way to show that MAGA is not part of some dark authoritarian movement is to remove professors who suggest that it is
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The best way to show that MAGA is not part of some dark authoritarian movement is to remove professors who suggest that it is
I inherited many meaningful things from my beloved grandmother, may her memory be a blessing, but the coolest from a professional perspective is this 1948 first edition of the Kinsey Report 😎
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I inherited many meaningful things from my beloved grandmother, may her memory be a blessing, but the coolest from a professional perspective is this 1948 first edition of the Kinsey Report 😎
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can just give up and go home.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can just give up and go home.
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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“Emergency Medicine is the science of making it Internal Medicine’s problem” is a quote I just heard that I am stealing
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“Emergency Medicine is the science of making it Internal Medicine’s problem” is a quote I just heard that I am stealing
Me, when I ask the parents of my kid’s friend what they’re into so I can pick them out a birthday present, and get the response, “they’re really into dragons”:
a cartoon character says i 've been waiting 25 years for this moment .
Alt: Mr Burns saying, “I’ve been waiting 25 years for this moment.”
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Me, when I ask the parents of my kid’s friend what they’re into so I can pick them out a birthday present, and get the response, “they’re really into dragons”:
“Emergency Medicine is the science of making it Internal Medicine’s problem” is a quote I just heard that I am stealing
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“Emergency Medicine is the science of making it Internal Medicine’s problem” is a quote I just heard that I am stealing