Amy Dao
@amydao.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Interested in global health, housing and multigenerational households experiences.
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Within the next decade, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in American history. As people live longer, their housing needs will change, but our current housing market is ill prepared for this demographic shift. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
America’s Housing Market Is Failing Older Adults
As the US population ages, more older adults are facing severe cost burdens, with limited ability to move or maintain their homes.
www.urban.org
March 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Within the next decade, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in American history. As people live longer, their housing needs will change, but our current housing market is ill prepared for this demographic shift. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
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When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
propub.li
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
Unaffordability prevents my generation from purchasing homes while simultaneously threatening elder homeowners' ability to keep theirs. This system isn't working.
The number of homeowners with cost burdens rose to 20.3 million households, and the greatest burdens are being shouldered by older adults, households of color, and other vulnerable populations. @dmccue.bsky.social @airbrycki.bsky.social @pjwhit.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/rising-...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/rising-...
The Rising Costs of Homeownership Are Increasing Burdens
Rising numbers of homeowners are burdened by high housing costs. That is the main finding in our new research brief, which explores the most recent Am
www.jchs.harvard.edu
February 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Unaffordability prevents my generation from purchasing homes while simultaneously threatening elder homeowners' ability to keep theirs. This system isn't working.
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How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag?
Your weekend longread:
Your weekend longread:
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices…
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag?
Your weekend longread:
Your weekend longread:
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Will our institutions hold up? 😬
February 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Will our institutions hold up? 😬
As someone who studies insurance and has recently experienced its bureaucratic violence, I'm here to tell you: Insurance is NOT here to save us! www.reuters.com/world/us/los...
Los Angeles wildfires spark insurance anxiety among victims
Many people fear that their insurance policies won't cover the rebuild cost and that future premiums will be astronomical.
www.reuters.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As someone who studies insurance and has recently experienced its bureaucratic violence, I'm here to tell you: Insurance is NOT here to save us! www.reuters.com/world/us/los...
Hi! I'm new here. Looking to rebuild community and learn from the perspective of others.
December 3, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Hi! I'm new here. Looking to rebuild community and learn from the perspective of others.