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Ezra Golberstein
@egolberstein.bsky.social
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Health policy and economics. Some Prince, some Minnesota. Opinions my own.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 4h
Ok that is funny

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 19h
Well some will be harder than others, sadly

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 20h
Of course. Can even show you the house that I’m 95% sure was Paul’s.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 21h
I feel like we could arrange you a nice Mpls music tour if you want to come up here.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
Swap London Calling for TUIB. It has a better first song vibe, even if TUIB is overall a better song.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
Actually a great list

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Ezra Golberstein

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 1d
🚨New Paper🚨 US doctors are paid very different amounts for treating different patients—even when providing identical services.

How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?

In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
This study measures disparities across patient racial and ethnic groups in per-visit payment to physician practices from health insurers and other sources, adjusted for visit content, geographic marke...
jamanetwork.com

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
That’s a powerful blow dryer.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
Every clever post of mine has a typo. Every single time.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
You do know that the Rebecca Black Friday sale is just siting there, right?

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
Fascinating.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
JWs don’t do thanksgiving? I had no idea.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 1d
Best dessert is picking turkey off the bone while standing at the counter, anyway

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 2d
I’ll let you know what my kids think

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 2d
But the good news is that if your brother shows clear evidence of enjoying his gift after three months, you will get one too.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 2d
It somehow eluded my spam filter.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 2d
My kids are going to be so excited about their Chanukah present this year!

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Ezra Golberstein, David Darmofal

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
Here it comes: the crisis wave of Americans making the tough choice to drop coverage — in the face or rising premiums.

@reuters.com $XLV
www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
No way

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
Now that’s a conclusion that goes beyond the data!

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
That’s a weird way of saying that. One could just say something like, “I don’t buy your inference bc it relies on assumption X which doesn’t hold for reason Y.” If someone can’t articulate it like that, it just seems ornery.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
Since this is getting reposted a lot, adding that this paper looks great and I’m excited to read this before I teach metrics next semester. bsky.app/profile/susa...
susanathey.bsky.social Susan Athey @susanathey.bsky.social · 4d
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
It was pretty low hanging fruit

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
What does that even mean?

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Joshua Goodman, Aaron Sojourner , and 3 more

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 3d
Looking forward to the next iteration of this work, “F- it, we’re doing four robustnesses.”

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Valerie Mueller, Aaron Sojourner , and 4 more

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Susan Athey @susanathey.bsky.social · 4d
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 6d
The new CDC acronyms write themselves.
Centers for Disease Collaboration and Promotion.

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 6d
“Varied”

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 7d
I always had a feeling that shakshuka caused Trump, but never felt empowered to voice it until now.

Reposted by Ezra Golberstein

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 7d
Some thoughts on optimizing prior authorization in Medicare Advantage, co-authored with some of my favorite scholars @hneprash.bsky.social, @michaelannica.bsky.social, and @egolberstein.bsky.social, and supported by @commonwealthfund.org

www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/re...
Rethinking Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage
Prior authorization can help encourage the efficient use of health care resources in Medicare Advantage, but there should be limits on when it’s required.
www.commonwealthfund.org