Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His)

Boston College health economist. Slowly writing a health econ textbook. Tweets are my own, yada yada yada.

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[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

@philgalewitz But the negative externalities of gasoline use are enormous, so shouldn't we be hoping for high prices (ideally caused by taxes)?

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Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

@KhoaVuUmn I had an advisee win an NSF and still not be able to get into a top program.

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On this day in 1992: George Bush Sr sends out an all staff memo about his very very very very fat dog.

[Andrew Friedson @FriedsonAndrew]

Do any junior health economists have a paper that could use some feedback?

My grad class has a ref report assignment later this semester and I’ll use your paper.

I’ll give my feedback as well as a document that summarizes the useful comments from the class

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

@LindsayMasland At least "other" was an option? My gender-fluid kiddo had to pick male or female on a form to rent skis a couple weeks ago at @jaypeakresort. Why do they even need to know?

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

@uglyburger0 Update idea

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@moontwerk Applied to 8, accepted at 7

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

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[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

-Medicaid expansion is associated with lower COVID death rates, comparing cross-border counties.
-Lung cancer is detected at an earlier stage on average in states that expanded Medicaid. 2/2

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

Results from this semester's student research projects:
-Increased use of clean energy reduces lung cancer incidence.
-Off-patent drugs have faster price increases than those that are on patent
-Higher insulin prices are associated with more inpatient stays among diabetics. 1/2

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

Nerdy thought of the day: why aren't combination locks called permutation locks?

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

Ooh, another reason to support Texas secession

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

With Elon Musk moving to Texas, the world's 3 richest people are set to pay a whopping $0 in state income taxes. Here's why 9 US states don't collect any income taxes. https://t.co/tBQSndFD8p

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

Um, I'm assuming this is the mean, not the median? The stock market is strong, meaning rich people are doing just dandy. Others are not.

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Off topic from most of what's going on — but why this isn't 2008. Some families facing terrible situation, but overall household balance sheets remarkably strong

[Sam Richardson, PhD (He/Him/His) @Prof_Richardson]

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