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@academyhealth.bsky.socialIf you're hearing a lot of single payer claims this fall, look past the headline number.
What is being measured? What assumptions drive the estimate? What does the evidence actually support? Our new guide walks through the major estimates. buff.ly/ZrdANLb
@academyhealth.bsky.socialToday AcademyHealth released Modernizing Federal Health Evidence: A Blueprint, a nonpartisan plan to strengthen the institutions, data systems, workforce, and protections behind federal health evidence, built to hold across administrations. buff.ly/c777bmN
@academyhealth.bsky.socialHealth services research focuses on the things people experience every day: cost, access, quality, and patient safety.
In a recent podcast interview, CEO @aaronecarroll.bsky.social explains what's at stake as AHRQ's grantmaking infrastructure continues to be dismantled. buff.ly/uK0TkdY
@academyhealth.bsky.socialThe GAO has confirmed that AHRQ funding was illegally withheld.
$80 million in health services research authorized by Congress never reached researchers, disrupting studies focused on patient safety, access, quality, and affordability.
Read our response: buff.ly/k5xJhBS
@academyhealth.bsky.socialHaving data about who is accessing the over-the-counter oral contraception pill adds to the growing body of evidence supporting reproductive health care access. Watch our
Evidence Effect interview with Dr. Maria Rodriguez to learn more: buff.ly/myAzcoc
@academyhealth.bsky.socialAcademyHealth's Scaling Cancer Biomarker Testing Coalition aims to transform cancer care in the U.S. A new strategic roadmap outlines how the coalition will address systems-level challenges to achieve this goal through collective action: buff.ly/NC1xpMO
@academyhealth.bsky.socialOne assumption has an enormous effect on single payer cost estimates: what Medicare for All would pay hospitals and physicians.
Change payment rates, and the savings or costs can change dramatically. Our new guide explains why. buff.ly/s1WMjPC
@academyhealth.bsky.socialIf trust in science is declining, researchers can't afford to communicate only with other researchers. New from AcademyHealth: ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
@rasushrestha.bsky.socialReposted by @academyhealth.bsky.social71 percent of Americans say they are unwilling to listen to someone they disagree with.
~ David Bersoff of the Edelman Trust Institute
@julierovner.bsky.socialReposted by @academyhealth.bsky.socialnew #WTHealth pod up! @rachelroubein.bsky.social, @shefali.bsky.social and @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social on MAHA, recissions, and 50 years of Hyde, plus @academyhealth.bsky.social's Aaron Carroll on the dismantling of AHRQ.
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@academyhealth.bsky.socialIf stakeholders only see the intervention, they've missed the decision that mattered most.
Christine McClure explores why meaningful engagement begins before the problem is defined. buff.ly/85Y9tpf
@academyhealth.bsky.socialA single email changed everything.
In the latest Work Interrupted: Voices from the Field reflection, Siham Ahmed, MPH writes about losing the Payne Fellowship, rebuilding her path, and finding purpose beyond disruption. buff.ly/Mjm8HJa
@academyhealth.bsky.socialA Yale preprint estimates that single payer could save $1 trillion a year. A competing analysis estimates $47 trillion in federal costs over a decade.
Why the huge difference? They are making different assumptions and measuring different things. Our new guide talks evidence. buff.ly/s1WMjPC
@academyhealth.bsky.socialAs new members join the USPSTF, AcademyHealth's CEO @aaronecarroll.bsky.social emphasized the importance of transparency, conflict-of-interest safeguards, and public trust in the recommendation process. buff.ly/jDUWV3F
@rasushrestha.bsky.socialReposted by @academyhealth.bsky.socialHealth Datapalooza is on 🔥
Stop finding reasons we can’t. Together, with evidence and data, we CAN fix healthcare.
@rasushrestha.bsky.socialReposted by @academyhealth.bsky.socialHealth Datapalooza isn’t really about data
It’s about what we do with evidence
Data should inform research
Research should inform policy
Policy should improve practice
Practice should improve people’s lives
That is the health-data flywheel.
Keep it turning.
@academyhealth.bsky.socialAs federal health policy continues to change, will the research infrastructure needed to evaluate those changes still be there?
Our latest Situation Report explores AHRQ, NIH, USPSTF, Medicaid drug pricing, and more. buff.ly/QFiO94c
@academyhealth.bsky.social"Putting people back in the chairs doesn't rebuild the evidence system they need to do their job."
AcademyHealth's CEO @aaronecarroll.bsky.social spoke with Reuters about why the future of the USPSTF depends on more than new appointments. buff.ly/6calbXa
@academyhealth.bsky.socialSurprise medical charges usually come from missing info: hidden fees, unclear prior auth rules, fragmented bills. Watch our final Pain Points episode to understand how better communication can save time, money, and health outcomes. buff.ly/EIfAAoC
@medpagetoday.comReposted by @academyhealth.bsky.social"Can the Task Force do its job as intended?" -- Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, of @academyhealth.bsky.social, questioning the impact of RFK Jr.'s 8 new picks for the USPSTF. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
