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[Meghan Bellerose @MeghanBellerose]

Such a joy to work with @jamie_daw and @LaurenCollin713 on this systematic review on the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on pregnancy insurance and health, out in @Health_Affairs. https://t.co/PXQdGqEbYt

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Spoke with @CBSMornings this AM.
Discussed rapid tests:
Are they accurate
Do they stay positive
Should the CDC update their new isolation guidance

[Institute for Medicaid Innovation @Innov8Medicaid]

Evidence-based models of care amplifies community connections & prioritizes cultural congruency resulting in increased breast-feeding rates & patient satisfaction and reduces #PerinatalHealth disparities. Read more on policy opportunities: https://t.co/RKoLxpjtXM @Health_Affairs

[Sam Arsenault Wilson @ArsenaultWilson]

We must uncouple shame from addiction treatment, this requires a paradigm shift around abstinence. Read more by Dr. Nora Volkow on @Health_Affairs #addiction
https://t.co/0fbpCy9RJu

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

An interesting twist on population density. Kilometers of roads per 100 people across the US and the EU (2019-2020 data). Source: https://t.co/p8uB61JUwM

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

One of the better defenses of the CDC shortening the quarantine interval to 5 days (without a testing requirement) was that, while it might not have been optimal, it was at least simple.

The new policy is ... anything but simple!

https://t.co/4w4a2fDQTO

[marion renault @MarionRenault]

my latest for @statnews is about how emergency medics are regularly locked out of electronic health records—and why we should care.

“It’s like going up to a concrete wall and chucking a note over and walking away. It’s brutal," an EMT in Alaska told me.

https://t.co/V7S5Dnn9sG

[Charleston Gazette-Mail @wvgazettemail]

Federal COVID-19 pandemic relief and stimulus funds boosted federal grants to states to record levels in the 2019-20 budget year, an analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts found. https://t.co/RxxQugI7wS

[Healthcare Finance @HC_Finance]

"The result is that either patients must then pay for their care without any assistance from their health plan, or the emergency department and clinicians who care for the patient forego billing and absorb the loss of reimbursement," - @ahahospitals https://t.co/1rEKPFlbyr

[Sumedha Gupta @DrSumedhaGupta]

Honored that my study with Jon Cantor, @KosaliSimon, @AnisabelBento ,@coady_wing and @CM_Whaley is the most read @Health_Affairs article of 2021. Couldn’t have asked for a better platform than @Health_Affairs to disseminate our work. It’s been a privilege to work with all of you!

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

Wondering how the Paxlovid and Molnupiravir rollout is going? I was on @NPRWeekend Sunday with @eyderp to talk about what I learned. https://t.co/xiLXtrp6za

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

All of these cases happened when schools were closed. Yet another reminder that closing schools is not a covid mitigation strategy.

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

In 2017 in Philadelphia, 16% of opioid-related hospital admissions resulted in self-directed discharge, more than 5x higher than in other patients. Study by Peggy Compton, @shoshiaronowitz, et al. points to the presence of acute pain as a risk factor.

https://t.co/Wt33uwEG3B

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

A question I get a lot since raised by Fauci/CDC:

Q: Do Rapid Ag tests stay pos long after people are infectious?

A: No, Rapid Ag tests don’t magnify the signal like PCR. They require a LOT of virus protein to turn Pos. That only exists w Active Replicating virus.

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Routine reminder:

Rapid antigen tests are not affected by your symptoms

Rapid antigen tests do NOT care about symptoms - they do not detect symptoms.

Rapid tests work identically well to detect the virus regardless of if you are asymptomatic or symptomatic.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

@NateSilver538 September 2020: https://t.co/f6UmBoBLGT

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Yep. I'm usually sympathetic to policy failures because, hey, life's complicated, and we don't get all the evidence in advance. But on **closing public schools for a year or more**, the harms were pretty obvious all along.

[KFF @KFF]

Pre-pandemic, 10% of enrollees had a gap in #Medicaid coverage of less than 1 year.

Enrollment "churn" went away during #COVID19 because of continuous enrollment requirements tied to special Medicaid funding, but it will resume when the reqs end. https://t.co/h5QIrgr6ty

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Not only about schools, but I think it was noteworthy how reopening things sometimes came to be framed as an "experiment", when gathering in person is very much the default condition and extended closures of schools, social activities, businesses, etc. is the experiment.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

@aaronsibarium The tell here is that they aren't subjecting faculty to the same restrictions, who are just as likely to transmit, at more risk to themselves, and subject the school to more disruption if they test positive.