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Kevin Griffith

@assumenormality.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Vanderbilt w/ expertise in access to care, Medicaid, Veterans' health. Formerly Boston University, Department of Defense, US Army (CIV). Views are my own. #HealthEconomics #PublicHealth

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · May 27

🚨The 21st Century Cures Act required patients to be notified of new test results immediately when ready

We showed the proportion of patients who:

1) Messaged their providers increased 4.5%
2) Made new appointments increased 2.1%

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 21h

I've also been having some terrible luck of the draw, each submission I've gotten someone who doesn't understand a difference-in-differences model.

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 21h

There's a multitude of studies using similar data with similar limitations, including several of my own, and those have been published in top journals. The difference? They had more politically palatable conclusions.

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 21h

I'm having an incredibly hard time publishing a paper, and I can't help but think it's because it upsets the political opinions of medical researchers.

The level of methodological nitpicking exceeds anything I've encountered previously.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 1d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 1d

Approximately .05% of U.S. CO2 emissions per year. Is JAMA just publishing work showing medical care has environmental costs now? Were medical reviewers even equipped to assess their methods?

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This cross-sectional study estimates greenhouse gas emissions from all inhalers approved for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using aggregated dispensing data across the US outpa...

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 5d

So much for the Hatch Act

Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 6d

So much for the Hatch Act

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 8d

Laughing and crying as I write that I only spend 5% effort on research administration on my annual faculty effort disclosure

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 12d

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 12d

Science can be such a headache sometimes.

This study has hit the headlines because the authors claim that it shows that soft drinks cause people to be depressed by negatively impacting their gut microbiome.

Several BIG issues with this 1/n

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 16d

Oh my... I would have to check to see if the journal was blinded, just to make sure it wasn't someone I know pranking me because they knew it'd make my head explode!

Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 16d

I think it's been the bane of my existence, especially on some recent projects where people have strong priors and want to find any reason to invalidate the findings

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 16d

I think that, as a field, we have fundamentally failed to teach our people (students, MDs, PhDs) to recognize the difference between (a) a confounder and (b) anything remotely associated with the outcome of interest

Evidence: Any referee report I've received

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 25d

This is a devastating blow to the availability and reliability of news about the military for a military audience.

Military.com News Guild @MilNewsGuild
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As of this week, @Militarydotcom as we knew it is effectively dead. Talented journalists and other guild members were fired Wednesday evening, and others have been pushed out. Several who are gone are veterans. (1/4)
3:28 PM • Sep 12, 2025 • 110.6K Views

Military.com News G. @MilNewsG... • 7h
The team that made Military.com the leading source of news on the military and veterans community is demolished. Meanwhile, Valnet, the new Canadian ownership, has begun to publish articles by freelancers who have little-to-no journalism experience... (2/4)

Military.com News G. @MilNewsG... • 7h
...and whom the existing staff were not informed were being hired. The articles make clear Military.com is moving away from hard news.
There remains a small contingent of dedicated staff continuing to work... (3/4)

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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 26d

Launch day 🚀

We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game!

Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues!

Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈

Chartle - A daily chart game

Guess the country in red by analysing today's chart

chartle.cc

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 27d

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< CUT OUT I NEAR YOUR COMPUTER OR TVI BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK 1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong. 2. Don't trust anonymous sources. 3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information. 4. There's almost never a second shooter. 5. Pay attention to the language the media uses. • "We are getting reports"... could mean anything. • "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it. • "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb. 6. Look for news outlets close to the incident. 7. Compare multiple sources. 8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers. 9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.

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ON THE MEDIA

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 27d

The core inflation rate increased for the fourth straight month. Annual rates:

1 month: 4.2%
3 months: 3.6%
6 months: 2.7%
12 months: 3.1%

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 27d

Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27d

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 28d

❗❗❗NEW RESEARCH ALERT ❗❗❗

With @beniwalsukriti.bsky.social and @salpykanimian.bsky.social we examine the impact of states converting from Healthcare.Gov to #StateBasedMarketplaces after 2018 in the #ACA

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

TLDR: No detectable effects

#HealthPolicy
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Changes to ACA Individual Insurance Markets After States Leave Healthcare.gov 2016-2023 - David M. Anderson, Sukriti Beniwal, Salpy Kanimian, 2025

To evaluate changes in enrollment, average risk scores, and premiums in the Affordable Care Act individual market after states transitioned from the federally f...

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KFF @kff.org · Sep 5

In 2023, the U.S. spent an average of $13,432 per person on health care — nearly twice the average amount spent by comparable countries ($7,393 per person).

Explore the comparisons: https://on.kff.org/4gdrfmD

KFF bar chart titled “The U.S. Spends Nearly Twice as Much as Peer Nations on Health Care Per Person, on Average.” The chart shows the total annual health expenditures per capita in U.S. dollars, 2023 (current prices and purchasing power parities converted) for the U.S. and peer countries: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, France, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and Japan.

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Kevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · Sep 5

The best part of household surveying is we get to meet the cats

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵

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Jamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sharing some encouraging news re: CDC PRAMS. The CDC has indicated they will weight and clean the 2024 PRAMS data. Also, the PRAMS data collection system (PIDS) is up and running again and some sites have begun 2025 PRAMS data collection. Hopefully restoration of the ARF portal is coming soon too.

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