CBO projects that House reconciliation bill will cause 1.38 million low-income Medicare beneficiaries to lose Medicaid coverage

We estimate that this will lead to over 18,000 avoidable deaths per year stemming from loss of drug subsidies

Link to our memo led by @pennldi.bsky.social:
bit.ly/4mwfcDA

Using national survey data, we find:

1. No significant differences in total utilization or spending of dental & vision services between vets in MA vs TM.

2. MA plans only spend ~$82 per veteran enrollee on dental care and ~$6 more on vision aids than what TM vets get.

Many veterans enrolling in Medicare Advantage get zero care paid by plans.

MA insurers argue that vets get extra benefits (vision + dental).

But in new @jama.com study, we find that this claim is NOT actually the truth.

@adambeckman.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Quality of care has been improving for older people with HIV (PWH)

In new @JAMANetwOpen study, we show rates of filling older, toxic ART among PWH has substantially declined to near zero in favor of newer/preferred ART regimens.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

After 28 years, the legendary Arnie Epstein is stepping down as chair of HPM at HSPH @hsph.harvard.edu

He’s been an incredible chair that has guided & grown the department for nearly 3 decades, and we will all miss him as our chair…

@harvardhpm.bsky.social

As Harvard prepares for its defense against the federal govt and the looming NIH freeze, Mass General Brigham (MGB) leadership begins to distance itself from the Harvard name…

New @nejm.org study with alarming results.

The wealthiest Americans do not live as long as the wealthiest in other countries.

In fact, mortality among the wealthiest Americans appeared to be similar to people in the poorest quartile in northern and western
Europe.

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Across the board, US states are all falling behind other countries when it comes to avoidable deaths.

Check out great @medscape.com explanation and short video by @fperrywilson.bsky.social on our recent #JAMAIM study

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

How are MA plans recruiting a veterans that get most of their care paid by VA and not by MA?

1. Make it cheap to enroll (offer $0 premiums & cash backs)

2. Offer no Part D drug coverage (rare for MA)

Our new #JAMAHealthForum study led by PhD student Allie Dorneo

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Avoidable mortality has worsened for all US states while other high-income countries show improvement.

And while other countries seem to gain health with more spending, no such relationship exists across US states.

Our new @JAMA_IM study led by @IPapanicolas

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Big congratulations to all medical students matching today!

Especially excited to welcome the new 2025-2026 Class of #Brigham&Women’sHospital (BWH) Internal Medicine Interns!

We are looking forward to working with you all very soon!

@harvardmed.bsky.social

Well, change is definitely coming to the Mass General Brigham (MGB) world…

Nice email to wake up to today…

New #conference for anyone interested in international health systems comparative research!

Hosted by @WUSTL #QUESTCenter

Date: October 29-31, 2025
Location: St Louis, MO

More info:
scienceforhealthsystems.org