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A child on the House floor while @repjohnrose delivers remarks.

It's OK to learn from our experiences. It should not be a partisan issue that we didn't do everything right during the COVID pandemic. The country was literally watching "petri dish science" in real time -- the mistakes, the unknowns, the learning as we go.

*sigh*

I have a new article out in the Providence Journal about the proposed sale of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center in RI. "The sale...doesn’t fit into the nice, clean “mergers and acquisitions are bad” box...What it is is complicated." providencejournal.com/story/opinion/…

Great to see FCC vote 5-0 today to slash prison and jail calling rates. Historically, many voice and video call contracts were awarded to the vendor that offered the highest kickback to the corrections dept. Vendors made these payments by charging those incarcerated astronomical

Why many nonprofit (wink, wink) hospitals in the U.S. are rolling in money. Legal maneuvering, industry lobbying and lax IRS oversight leave lots of room for “operating surpluses,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal wapo.st/3WiT1EJ via The Washington Post

Nearly 40 people were in the Oval Office as President Biden delivered his address explaining his exit, including his children, grandchildren and top two advisers who deliberated with him as he decided to leave the 2024 race.

For those who live with an EpiPen for allergic reactions, how about a needle free, nasal spray? It's on it's way - statnews.com/2024/08/09/all… via STAT Isa Cueto #anaphalyxis #allergies

This is good progress! Nice to see the new buyers are all local (ish), too. Hospital mergers/acquisitions are always complicated, but stability for MA residents is the number one priority right now.

My piece on elder abuse and related mental health impacts out in BehavioralHealthNews special summer issue! Boston University School of Public Health Boston University

Supply of Post-discharge Care: A Key to Reducing Hospital Readmissions - new Incidental Economist post based on some of my past research! theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/supp…

#Milton is an extremely dangerous, life-threatening storm. LEAVE NOW if you are in an evacuation zone; there will not be time to leave on Wednesday. Get help evacuating: floridadisaster.org/disaster-updat…

yes yes yes.

There’s an emergence of Medicare Advantage plans aggressively enrolling Veterans. (e.g., “Honor Plan, Patriot Plan”) Our new Health Affairs study highlights why we think this is a troubling trend leading to billions in wasteful federal spending. healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl… 🧵 1/5