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Rachel Werner

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General internist, health economist. Executive Director of @PennLDI.bsky.social

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Amanda Kreider @amandakreider.bsky.social · May 30

How do you devastate an already-fragile system? Target its workers AND its funding.

In our @statnews.com op-ed, @rachelwerner.bsky.social and I explore how immigration enforcement & Medicaid cuts will impact millions who depend on long-term care—and what we can do.

www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/l...

Long-term care in the U.S. faces two existential threats: an immigration crackdown and Medicaid cuts

The combined impacts of an immigration crackdown and slashing Medicaid budgets could create an exodus of long-term care workers.

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Courtney Van Houtven @chvanhoutven.bsky.social · Feb 7

@rachelwerner.bsky.social and Norma Coe laying out the evidence. "...we know how crucial nursing home staff members are—and why efforts to roll back the new minimum staffing rules pose such a threat to the residents and their families who rely on these staffers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents

New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Werner @rachelwerner.bsky.social · Feb 7

Read more about our estimates of lives that will be lost here:

www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

And thank you to @warren.senate.gov and her office for her tireless work on this important issue.

www.warren.senate.gov

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Rachel Werner @rachelwerner.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thank you to @nytopinion.nytimes.com for elevating this issue.

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Rachel Werner @rachelwerner.bsky.social · Feb 7

Last year CMS increased nursing home staffing minimums in nursing homes, a major step toward protecting nursing home residents. Norma Coe and I estimate this will save 13,000 lives every year. This regulation is now under threat of repeal.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents

New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.

www.nytimes.com

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · Jan 28

NEWS: Penn LDI and Wharton are thrilled to announce a historic $3.5 million gift from the Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund to support the Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program and LDI programs focused on expanding insurance and health care access.
ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · Nov 26

⬆️Join us on Friday, 12/6 for a virtual seminar where we'll discuss recommendations in the Policy Brief. Register: ldi.upenn.edu/events/integ...
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Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

A panel of experts reviews policy options for meaningful change toward care that truly focuses on the needs of people with both Medicare and Medicaid.

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John Graves @johngraves.bsky.social · Nov 25

Two critically important research articles related to this.

One third (!!!!) of the home health and personal care aide workforce is foreign-born.

amandakreider.github.io/in-progress/... (from @amandakreider.bsky.social)

www.nber.org/papers/w30960

Immigration, The Long-Term Care Workforce, and Elder Outcomes in the U.S.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · Nov 25

As press reports continue to highlight the debate within GOP Congressional leaders as to whether they should block grant Medicaid to pay for their tax cuts, it is worth highlighting that there are 11.7 million seniors/PWD on Medicare + Medicare.
The so-called "Dual-eligibles".

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Rachel Werner @rachelwerner.bsky.social · Nov 21

Over a year ago, the prescient @dusetzinas.bsky.social sent me an invite code to join her here. I signed up but never logged in. Now, finally, I’m here! And @pennldi.bsky.social came along!

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