🎉 Congrats to Andrew Anderson & Catherine Ettman receiving a Nexus Research Award for CLIMB Higher: Addressing Mental Health Through Policy Partnership for Economic Mobility!

This administration is so corrupt. The government should not target specific private institutions just to score political points. Grotesque abuse of power.

BREAKING: FIRE statement on Trump administration revoking Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to escalate its assault against Harvard University by revoking its ability to enroll international students is

Important step from CMS to begin conducting risk adjustment data validation (RADV) audits for *all* MA contracts each year. If implemented well, this could, in effect, reduce MA risk scores by a few percentage points. But a few things to keep an eye on:

Two other closing notes. First, while reporting of invalid diagnoses is part of why risk scores are higher in MA, more intensive coding of *valid* diagnoses is more important. Addressing coding intensity differences attributable to valid diagnoses requires tools beyond audits.

SNAP work requirements caused immediate coverage losses but reversing them did not boost enrollment. ja.ma/4dDRReW

The fake AI citations in the MAHA report are obviously embarrassing. But worse is what this says about how they are evaluating the real studies -- so much work in this space is just garbage correlation-not-causation. I cannot imagine they are thinking about evidence quality.

🎉 Congrats to PhD student Sarah Clark Henderson for winning a Best Student Poster Award at #ARM25! AcademyHealth Her research explores how assets affect mental health among U.S. parents & non-parents. 🗓️ Catch her lightning talk: 🕧 Sat, June 7 | 12:30–1:45 PM

My very hot take: CBO is basically the most functional component of the legislative branch. The staff are super smart, non-partisan (their analysis annoys both Ds and Rs), and prolific--putting out incredibly helpful public materials and backup data. It's Congress's jewel.

I am honored to be named a 2025 Aspen Ideas Health Fellow, joining a diverse group of leaders from around the world who are selected for their "innovative work, inspired accomplishments, and ability to transform ideas into action." sph.brown.edu/news/2025-06-0…

Our nation is facing a deep fiscal crisis. Instead of responsibly addressing it, the Senate advanced one of the largest budget-busting pieces of legislation in American history. Our full statement on the Senate's passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill ⤵️ (1/)

95% of people who lost coverage when Arkansas instituted "work requirements" had jobs. You have to look at what policies *do*, not what they are *called*.

Responding to RFK Jr is like wack-a-mole but here's today's: vaccines do not increase autism by 1135% parentdata.org/no-vaccines-do…

My Briefing Book piece on how OBBBA’s cuts to Marketplaces will hurt entrepreneurs, w/ Vani Agarwal, Helen Levy, Tom Buchmeuller briefingbook.info/p/how-cuts-to-… Failure to extend enhanced premium subsidies will raise costs for small biz owners, forcing them to choose between invesments

Violent crime is at historic lows in Baltimore and cities across the country under the leadership of mayors who have brought together partners from law enforcement, the legal system, and communities to reduce violence. The president could learn a lot about leadership from them.