To fix our health care system, we need more than good coverage for everyone. We also need to make sure anticompetitive mergers don't give companies the power to jack up prices or limit treatment options for patients, especially for those with a life-or-death illness.

I don't owe you a debate about things that are objectively true.

This is exactly the point - Research is costly & doing the same thing again and again only to debunk a rumor comes at a really high opportunity cost - that of actually advancing science & medicine. Wouldn't spending that money on #education be more pertinent here? #VaccinesWork

“If a middle-aged man walked into an [ER] with chest pain...there’s a metric for how quickly you go from diagnosing a heart attack...to a cath lab. “If a woman walks in with a pregnancy complication, there is no rule for how quickly they need to be seen.” nytimes.com/2019/03/05/wel…

#QuestionOfTheDay Are people less likely to smoke because of the higher premiums they would face? And if so, could #insurers charge #antivaxxers more? Not vaccinating your child/yourself is a preventable risky behavior, so shouldn't it be treated the same as smoking?

Gooood Morning #Baltimore! Starting the day right by #working on the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health #OpioidPolicyHackathon with Zana 👣! #PHPWeek2K19 Anna Baetjer Society

Back at it! #myteamisbetterthanyours #phpweek2k19 Zana 👣 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Twitter is a world of its own

I picked up 4-year-old from childcare at coworking space. Me:“Did you enjoy your time w/ (insert caregiver name)?What did she do w/ you?” 4-year-old: “No, mama, he. (Insert name) uses he.” “It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass

Had a blast listening to @dr_dianerowland's talk on #Medicaid Reform Emory University today!

What is going on in texas!!!

In the midst of all the horrible things going on right now, a little ray of kindness: chdliving.co.uk/adopt-grandpar…

1) Stop actively and passively denying that racism exists in economic analysis and in the economics profession. It does, and its consequences are apparent, including in the #AEA Climate study. 12/N

Therapist: what do we say when we've pushed our bodies too far? Me: Personal mess, academic success Therapist: no

🏆 Congratulations to third year Emory Economics graduate student, Hanna Glenn, this year's Economics Graduate Student Teaching Award of Excellence recipient 🌟 Great job! economics.emory.edu/graduate/grad-… Emory LGS Emory College

Thank you! I am very excited to meet everyone soon!

An additional malpractice lawsuit has about the same effect as being located 1 minute further away - an excellent paper by Andrew Smith at @ashecon this year!

Thanks for the #ASHEcon2022 socks Nada Boualam! This will keep my feet warm on the plane

Someone made the mistake of asking me why Arabs have to select "White" on the US census

Thank you Michael Tanenbaum! We loved having you, and we’re so excited for our winners tonight! lnkd.in/eDnYc24G