Cambridge Health Justice Lab

Account of the Cambridge Health Justice Lab. Committed to revealing and eliminating health inequalities. Based in @Challiance and @Harvardmed.

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

Adam Gaffney (@awgaffney), David U. Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler (@swoolhandler) on Trump’s destruction of America’s health care system
https://t.co/TfydjC44yz

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

The Atlantic notes our finding on the bureaucratic costs of Medicaid work requirements, i.e. each “appropriate” disenrollment will cost the public $5,000 in admin expenses.

https://t.co/GChTsWS7YR

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

See below for a link to the Cambridge Health Justice Lab study study that projected more than 16,500 deaths from the House's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" due to Medicaid cuts alone.

[Annals of Int Med @AnnalsofIM]

Trending at https://t.co/HQyUgwV2bm: #Medicaid cuts in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could undermine the coverage, financial well-being, medical care, and health of low-income Americans. https://t.co/NGXDe4uiML @awgaffney @labcambridge

[Annals of Int Med @AnnalsofIM]

Trending at https://t.co/HQyUgwV2bm: #Medicaid cuts in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could undermine the coverage, financial well-being, medical care, and health of low-income Americans. https://t.co/NGXDe4uiML @awgaffney @labcambridge

[Steffie Woolhandler @swoolhandler]

Mortality of Native Americans exceeds that of other Americans by 42%. Our shocking findings in today’s JAMA.
https://t.co/Grh8KckQsx

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

Taylor's study was covered in the Washington Post, linke below:

https://t.co/hFdQjlVeCJ

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

New study from @LabCambridge published in @JAMAInternalMed, led by @harvardmed student Taylor Weckstein, finds that homeless people are 27x more likely to wind up in the ER for heat-related illness.

[Steffie Woolhandler @swoolhandler]

Heat-Related Illness Among Patients Experiencing Homelessness. New from our group and HMS student Taylor Weckstein https://t.co/6ww4GyWSeK

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

New Study from the Cambridge Health Justice Lab finds that states with abortion bans/restrictions also provide worse general medical care to pregnant women, including those with chronic diseases — differences largely explained by generosity of state Medicaid eligibility.

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

Our new study just published in @AmJPrevMed. Many states have imposed new bans or restrictions on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We examined healthcare access among pregnant women in these (compared to other) states …

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

Article in @medpagetoday: https://t.co/ToIeOIGVhG

Link to study in @JAMA_current : https://t.co/N1XcaAiaX5

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

New @LabCambridge study out at @JAMA_current finds that a large number of healthcare workers face deportation risk — likely exacerbating already severe staffing shortages.

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

Learn more about work and team here:
https://t.co/DOm1kzzAZo

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

We are committed to revealing and eliminating disparities in health.

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

Link: https://t.co/DqlnpvRXv1

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

Disparities in asthma burden emerge in the earliest years of life, new Cambridge Health Justice Lab study finds, published in @AnnalsATS.

These findings underscore need for policies that support health during gestation and early childhood to mitigate inequities in lung health.

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

New study from Cambridge Health Justice lab explores how having a child with cystic fibrosis affects "job lock" and financial security of parents.

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

Our new study in @JAMAPediatrics from @LabCambridge — led by Lenore Azaroff — examines how parents/families with a child with Cystic Fibrosis fare economically

Short answer: they more often experienced job lock, curtailed their employment, or struggled to pay medical bills

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[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

Private Equity is "Health Care' Vampire".

New Op-Ed in @statnews from @LabCambridge's @swoolhandler, David Himmelstein, Elizabeth Schrier, and @hopeschwartzy.

https://t.co/GRibJn8Sa6

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

Our new study just up in @JournalGIM looks at RSV vaccine uptake in MA towns — finding *lower* uptake in communities with *higher* pulmonary risk (e.g. COPD prevalence), & higher uptake in wealthier towns. In other words, not going where it's needed

https://t.co/AWB172ZLhh

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

New @LabCambridge study examines RSV vaccination across Massachusetts. Finds that rates are worse in places with higher risk of severe respiratory disease, and better in wealthier places. Current approach doesn't appear to target to where most needed.

https://t.co/FbUz1EYgqZ

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

In contrast, unemployment and uninsurance are associated with lower healthcare spending for the non-Medicare population, but actually higher spending under Medicare. This may suggest spillovers, supporting a role for health (supply) planning rather than demand management.

[Cambridge Health Justice Lab @LabCambridge]

New @LabCambride study examines differences in state-level healthcare spending over 20 years. States with more hospital beds and doctors have higher healthcare spending, both under Medicare and for other patients.

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https://t.co/A6UpjFuLUn