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David Anderson

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Assistant Professor, Health Services, Policy & Management @ University of South Carolina. I study individual choice health insurance. All opinions are mine and mine alone.

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · Aug 31

I am chairing the search for two (2) Tenure Track positions at the Department of Health Services, Policy and Management at
@uscarnoldschool.bsky.social

We are looking to move relatively fast so please get your applications in quickly

#HealthPolicy
#AcademicSky

uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Assistant/Associate Professor (2 Vacancies)

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 9h

Holy shit this thread bsky.app/profile/olli...

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 9h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 14h

It's that time of year: pumpkin spice Stata

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 1d

R&R #2 for the week back to co-authors

Tomorrow's problem is to knock out R&R #3 for the week

And then yell at Past Dave for writing a complex mid term that Near Future Dave has to grade.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 2d

Well that's a significant difference.

#NCSen

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Utilization and self reports of health

David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that would have required deep subject area expertise rather than knowing how to run xtreg in STATA

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Read a working paper that found people who maintain 10 years of Medicaid are worse off then people with 10 years of ESI? And that we should reform Medicaid to close this quality gap

That is one interpretation

Or UNOBSERVABLES rule!

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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · 2d

For decades, the narrowly defined Emergency Medicaid (EM) program has reimbursed hospitals for emergency care provided to uninsured, low-income immigrants.

In @nejm.org, we write in defense of state flexibilities in EM, which seem at risk: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM

States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants, beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and potential recoupment of funds.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 2d

a media organization that increased voter turnout, is funny, breaks news, holds parades and fun events and has a point of view?

why, that’s us.

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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 2d

Rough week for Mark Sanchez www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 2d

I think I figured out how to fix the Jets. Here’s the plan:

1) Cut everyone. Woody has to absorb the costs.
2) Close the team. Tear it all down. Nuke Florham Park.
3) NFL does expansion. Creates new team called Le Jets. Mascot is a jet in a top hat with monocle.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 4d

getting everything together for our election forum tonight at Steel String. Come hang out with your local band of doofuses.

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Rachel Sachs @rachelsachs.bsky.social · 4d

Glad to see my piece with Hayden Rooke-Ley on consolidation in the pharmaceutical wholesaler market out now in @nejm.org. Back in April, @bobjherman.bsky.social called this an "under the radar" issue - hopefully that's beginning to change. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 1/2

Pharmaceutical Wholesalers — Under-the-Radar Middlemen? | NEJM

Lawmakers and regulators have grown alarmed about vertical integration and the role of “middlemen” in the U.S. health care system. Yet pharmaceutical wholesalers have largely evaded public scrutiny.

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Alison Galbraith, MD, MPH @alison-galbraith.bsky.social · 4d

We studied Marketplace enrollees before the enhanced tax credits were in place and around a third a people with incomes >400%FPL had financial burden and forgone care and more than 10% spent more than 20% of income on OOP cost and premiums

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Affordability and Access Challenges Among US Subscribers to Nongroup Insurance Plans

This cohort study assesses cost-related experiences in non-group plans purchased on or off Marketplace and variation by Marketplace enrollment, decision support use, and other characteristics.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 4d

Even real trials have an ideal target trial

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · Nov 21

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

Illustrated image divided into four panels, each showing a head of a bat with a text label. Top left: little guy, a regular looking back with a dark face and light colored fur, top right: little guy deluxe, a bat with a mask and large ears alongside a bat with a leaf shaped nose, bottom left: what is even going on here, a visored bat with a large forehead next to a bat with a large, wrinkly nose, bottom right: o hi doggie, a fruit bat with its tongue sticking out.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 5d

“We are clean on OPSEC!”

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 5d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social · 5d

If premium tax credit enhancements expire, uninsurance will increase 21% overall, with the biggest increases in southern states that haven’t enacted ACA Medicaid expansions. (1/3)
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4.8 Million People Will Lose Coverage in 2026 If Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire

In this brief, we estimate the impact on coverage of the expiration of enhanced PTCs that would occur in 2026 without action by Congress. Our estimates inclu…

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 5d

this is an easy and enjoyable R&R to complete today.

David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 5d

We should expect a decent number of no claim individuals in any health insurance pool... Seeing an NP and having them say " doing good. See you next year" is a waste of time and money

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 6d

Just in time

David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 6d

chir.georgetown.edu/the-crucial-...

The Crucial Role of $0 Premium Plans in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces | Center on Health Insurance Reforms

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