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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Nov 14

Since there are a lot of new folks on the site I’m re-upping my book about using egalitarian social policy to achieve health equity. Relevant for #episky #medsky #econsky #socsky and more!

Available wherever you buy or borrow books!

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Equal Care

Introduces a vision for the future of health equity and explains practical policy measures for how to achieve it.Health inequity is one of the defining problems of our time. But current efforts to add...

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · 4d

Results of the Healthy Food First trial in @jamainternalmed.com today, showing that a food subsidy led to lower BP than a food box for adults with #hypertension and #foodinsecurity

#medsky #episky

JAMA Internal Medicine @jamainternalmed.com · 4d

A food subsidy led to better blood pressure control than a delivered food box among adults with hypertension and food insecurity. ja.ma/3WxqYlc

A research article titled, "Food Insecurity Interventions to Improve Blood Pressure: The Healthy Food First Factorial Randomized Clinical Trial" published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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JAMA Internal Medicine @jamainternalmed.com · 4d

A food subsidy led to better blood pressure control than a delivered food box among adults with hypertension and food insecurity. ja.ma/3WxqYlc

Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Sep 12

Happy to be on Food First Michigan talking about the health harms of #foodinsecuirty , how our weak income supports policies worsen health, and how to use public policy to improve population health

#episky #medsky #econsky

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Dr. Seth Berkowitz and Dr. Dawn Opel_9.14.25

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is a really helpful and clarifying post, thank you for it!

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 20

so okay! first piece out from me at Common Wealth

"Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy"

the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing

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Beyond Bidenomics | Perspectives

On what is living and what is dead in economic policy.

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨new paper!🚨
In @jamahealthforum.bsky.social with Sanjay Basu and Sadiq Patel @waymarkcare.bsky.social, estimating impacts of changes in Medicaid policy, both for those who lose care and the broader economy

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Projected Health System and Economic Impacts of 2025 Medicaid Policy Proposals

This study uses a microsimulation model to understand broader consequences of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill on health outcomes, health systems, and local economies.

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Jul 17

Loved chatting with @hmkyale.bsky.social & @thehowie.bsky.social on #HealthAndVeritas podcast (@yalesom.bsky.social & @yalesph.bsky.social)! We talked Healthy Opportunities Pilots, health inequity as a power problem, & ⬆️ population health via social policy.
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Seth Berkowitz: The Power Problem

Howie and Harlan are joined by Seth Berkowitz, an internist and health equity expert, who argues that we know how to keep people healthier but are lacking the political will and commitment to do so. H...

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Jun 5

Grateful to be on Episode 10 of the Western North Carolina Health Policy Podcast talking about NC Medicaid’s Heathy Opportunities Pilots

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Podcasts & Media — WNC Health Policy Initiative

Learn more about WNC HPI and Key Health Opportunities in Western North Carolina through news articles and podcasts.

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · May 15

Work requirements should have a work requirement: if they don’t work, we shouldn’t require them!

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Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) @societygim.bsky.social · May 15

🎉 Congratulations to our #SGIM25 Award Winner! 🎉

Please join us in celebrating Renuka Tipirneni, MD, MSc, recipient of the Mid-Career Research Mentorship Award. Their outstanding work exemplifies excellence in general internal medicine.

👏 Help us congratulate Renuka in the comments!

Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · May 10

I think a key pathway that this has happened in society more generally (in addition to ‘local’ impacts within a firm) has been thru labor political parties getting into government, eg:

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The Democratic Class Struggle

First published in 1983. This book combines a case study of class relations, politics and voting in Sweden with a comparative analysis of distributive conflicts and politics in eighteen OECD countries...

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 26

Just came across this and made me think it was relevant to your original questions as well (in the sense that “heavy” selection might be correlated with more trial engagement effects):

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Generalizing and Transporting Causal Inferences from Randomized Trials in the Presence of Trial Engagement Effects - PubMed

Trial engagement effects are effects of trial participation on the outcome that are not mediated by treatment assignment. Most work on extending (generalizing or transporting) causal inferences from a...

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congrats! Really important study!!

Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 23

🙏🙏🙏 to one of the most important researchers of poverty, income distribution, and it’s consequences

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Apr 23

One of the most interesting books published last year was _EQUAL CARE by @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social. I am finally getting to it now and am extremely impressed by is theoretical breadth, & interdisciplinary integration of medicine and political economy literatures.

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Equal Care

Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 23

Too kind!! Thanks so much!

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Anil Makam @anilmakam.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚨New Study in Annals🚨

GLP1ra & SGLT2i are the only diabetes meds that reduce heart attacks & death

But can't work if can't prescribe

TLDR

40% Medicaid enrollees have restricted access to GLP1 & 25% to SGLT2i

much state/plan variability

GLP access plateaued in '22

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Availability of Cardioprotective Medications for Type 2 Diabetes in the Medicaid Program | Annals of Internal Medicine

Background: Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are the only type 2 diabetes medications that reduce cardiovascular disease an...

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Apr 23

Equal Care

Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 14

Back on my podcasting grind talking about why further #SNAP purchasing restrictions are a bad idea, likely to worsen #foodinsecurity, and unlikely to improve diet quality (we have actual RCT evidence on this!)

#medsky #episky #econsky

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Podcast: What We Talk About When We Talk About SNAP w/ Seth Berkowitz | Health Affairs Podcast

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Seth Berkowitz of UNC School of Medicine back to the program to discuss nutrition in the US, the current state of SNAP benefits, and his upcoming paper to be featur...

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 10

Happy to be back on Health Affairs podcast talking about #foodinsecurity and health #medsky #episky

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Podcast: Seth Berkowitz on the Intersection of Income, Food, & Health | Health Affairs Podcast

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Seth Berkowitz of the UNC School of Medicine to discuss his recent paper that explores a new approach to help guide research and policy at the ...

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 8

Delighted to be part of the @healthaffairs.bsky.social special issue on Food, Nutrition, and Health. With Dary Mozaffarian and Hilary Seligman, we try to unpack the interrelationships between income, food security, nutrition security, diet quality, and health.

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A New Approach To Guide Research And Policy At The Intersection Of Income, Food, Nutrition, And Health | Health Affairs Journal

Income distribution, food and nutrition insecurity, and poor diet quality contribute to diet-related disease, which is a major threat to population health and health equity. Based on our review and synthesis of the empirical evidence, we provide a new conceptual model for understanding the interrelationships among income, food security, nutrition security, diet quality, and health. We identify directions for future research and discuss the policy and program implications of the model. Overall, interventions that address income and food security can facilitate, but do not ensure, nutrition security and better diet quality, although they can improve health in other ways. Importantly, even people who are food and nutrition secure and have adequate income frequently have unhealthy diets. Addressing these challenges will require innovative policies to improve nutrition security, diet quality, and health. Such policies should include efforts to increase the availability and accessibility of Food Is Medicine interventions in health care. Health insurance coverage for evidence-based, clinically indicated Food Is Medicine programs is critical to the success of these efforts.

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 7

This obviously portends very badly for everyone but unironically too much of our response to #foodinsecurity during “normal” times is the same type of ‘learn how to budget’ advice.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · Apr 7

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline:
If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter
Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m.

caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · Apr 7

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Apr 3

More and more people are saying this: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Equal Care

Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Mar 27

Looking forward to this!

Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Mar 17

Delighted to be part of the Health Affairs Scholar @commonwealthfund.org Health and Political Economy Collection talking about why social insurance is fundamental for health equity—Especially when our most successful social insurance programs are under attack.

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The fundamental importance of social insurance for health equity

Abstract. People need to consume goods and services that support health, such as nutritious food, medical care, and quality housing, throughout their lives

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Mar 4

Really appreciate the opportunity from @jondavidchurch.bsky.social to write in Merion West about what we need to do to improve population health and #healthequity in the present moment

#medsky #episky

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Getting to Better American Health Outcomes

Merion West is an online magazine for culture and politics.

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Jonathan Church, CFA @jondavidchurch.bsky.social · Mar 4

“We should think about health inequity not as differences in outcomes across categories of individuals but as structural injustice that harms the health of everyone.”

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Getting to Better American Health Outcomes

Merion West is an online magazine for culture and politics.

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Mar 3

In @jama.com, results from the first 1.5 years of NC #medicaid Healthy Opportunities Pilots. We find evidence supporting the central idea that addressing #foodinsecurity, housing instability, and other health-related social needs can improve health.

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Medicaid Spending and Healthy Opportunities Pilots

This study investigates whether the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots program addressing health-related social needs may help improve health for Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Feb 28

Could I, shamelessly, recommend this one too: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Equal Care

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Seth A. Berkowitz @sethaberkowitz.bsky.social · Jan 27

🙏🙏🙏