Troy Tassier
@troytassier.bsky.social
Public health, health equity, economic inequality, complex systems, social networks
Economist at Fordham
Author: The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks (JHU Press)
Book webpage: troytassier.com
Economist at Fordham
Author: The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks (JHU Press)
Book webpage: troytassier.com
Everyone has heard the phrase "it's not what you know but who you know." However, what you know is often tangled up in who you know and vice versa. Interesting paper on social mobility and these issues in the pics.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Everyone has heard the phrase "it's not what you know but who you know." However, what you know is often tangled up in who you know and vice versa. Interesting paper on social mobility and these issues in the pics.
He has killed 400,000+ kids already.
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One of the most shameful acts of selfishness in the history of the world.
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One of the most shameful acts of selfishness in the history of the world.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
He has killed 400,000+ kids already.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
One of the most shameful acts of selfishness in the history of the world.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
One of the most shameful acts of selfishness in the history of the world.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
All those “manly” manufacturing, mining, and warehouse type jobs are coming back home, just like the President promised.
Winning like we’ve never won before.
Winning like we’ve never won before.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
All those “manly” manufacturing, mining, and warehouse type jobs are coming back home, just like the President promised.
Winning like we’ve never won before.
Winning like we’ve never won before.
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And the US will be right behind them as we close in on a year of continuous cases.
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And the US will be right behind them as we close in on a year of continuous cases.
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
And the US will be right behind them as we close in on a year of continuous cases.
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
And the US will be right behind them as we close in on a year of continuous cases.
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
Figure from @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
And what happens as a result, 50% have their condition worsen.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And what happens as a result, 50% have their condition worsen.
Yes. Huge problem. Nearly 40% of US adults do exactly this.
Source: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications....
Source: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications....
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yes. Huge problem. Nearly 40% of US adults do exactly this.
Source: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications....
Source: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications....
This plus, no lender is going to give you a 15 year loan for a good that lasts only 15 years on average and many will be ready for the junk yard and worth nothing well before 15 years. Or if they do, it’ll be a much, much higher interest rate than a 6 year loan.
@darrigomelanie.bsky.social
@darrigomelanie.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This plus, no lender is going to give you a 15 year loan for a good that lasts only 15 years on average and many will be ready for the junk yard and worth nothing well before 15 years. Or if they do, it’ll be a much, much higher interest rate than a 6 year loan.
@darrigomelanie.bsky.social
@darrigomelanie.bsky.social
From $480/ month to over $1,900 and forced to drop vision and dental care.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
From $480/ month to over $1,900 and forced to drop vision and dental care.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
Over $23,000/ year. That's more than half of the individual median income in the US.
Plus an additional $9,900 in out of pocket costs. Almost $33,000 per year in total.
That's what Dems were fighting against.
GOP called the projected effect of DOGE’s elimination of USAID and other foreign aid hyperbole.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
GOP called the projected effect of DOGE’s elimination of USAID and other foreign aid hyperbole.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
600,000 dead, 400,000 of them kids.
Next up, watch them downplay the loss of the ACA subsidies and call the increase in numbers of uninsured and the subsequent morbidity and mortality exaggerated.
Almost 3/4 of people without health insurance have at least one full time worker in their home. The biggest reason these people don’t have health insurance is the cost. And that cost is going up dramatically for millions of hard working Americans who depend on the ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Almost 3/4 of people without health insurance have at least one full time worker in their home. The biggest reason these people don’t have health insurance is the cost. And that cost is going up dramatically for millions of hard working Americans who depend on the ACA.
The next GOP lie will be, the ACA is a failure, and then they will act to repeal it.
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The next GOP lie will be, the ACA is a failure, and then they will act to repeal it.
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
Whatever faults the ACA has, it cut the uninsured rate in half. Prior to it being passed 1 in 6 people in the US were uninsured. 1 in 6!
Think about how barbaric that is in a country as wealthy as the US!
I don’t care whether Tesla gives Musk $1T or $100T. I do care that insanely rich people like Musk & Trump use their $$$ to accumulate power & use that power to kill kids. USAID may have had some flaws. But it was cheap($24/person) & effective. Its dismantling has already cost 600k lives-400k kids.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I don’t care whether Tesla gives Musk $1T or $100T. I do care that insanely rich people like Musk & Trump use their $$$ to accumulate power & use that power to kill kids. USAID may have had some flaws. But it was cheap($24/person) & effective. Its dismantling has already cost 600k lives-400k kids.
Today in Manhattan.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today in Manhattan.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
For all the folks still claiming the ACA is a failure. Would it be better if nearly 1 in 5 people didn't have health insurance? That's certainly a way to help some families' budgets, right? At least until they can't afford out of pocket medical care bc of an unexpected illness or accident.
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For all the folks still claiming the ACA is a failure. Would it be better if nearly 1 in 5 people didn't have health insurance? That's certainly a way to help some families' budgets, right? At least until they can't afford out of pocket medical care bc of an unexpected illness or accident.
Seeing lots of folks on the right claiming “ghetto” (their word) people need to get jobs and get off snap benefits, as if poverty was primarily an urban unemployment issue. Short response, it isn’t. A couple of educational graphs below.
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Seeing lots of folks on the right claiming “ghetto” (their word) people need to get jobs and get off snap benefits, as if poverty was primarily an urban unemployment issue. Short response, it isn’t. A couple of educational graphs below.
All these companies and rich cats have enough loose change to fund a gaudy ballroom…
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
All these companies and rich cats have enough loose change to fund a gaudy ballroom…
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
🤔🤔🤔
Did they really need the tax break Trump and the GOP gave them?
Again and again, Trump chooses them over us!
Why does it seem so difficult to get ahead when AVG income goes up and AVG inflation seems to have slowed?
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Why does it seem so difficult to get ahead when AVG income goes up and AVG inflation seems to have slowed?
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
(Partial) ANSWER: The cost of necessities is skyrocketing.
Scary, scary graphs.
The 19th century NYC tenement acts made the city safer from infectious disease. Areas w/ older non-compliant tenements had the most infectious disease deaths per capita. Areas w/ newer tenements were some of the safest in the city despite having most pop density. 1/2
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The 19th century NYC tenement acts made the city safer from infectious disease. Areas w/ older non-compliant tenements had the most infectious disease deaths per capita. Areas w/ newer tenements were some of the safest in the city despite having most pop density. 1/2
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
www.peacham.co/journal/the-...
When will the GOP finally look to other countries for guidance on health care. Our market based health care system is clearly failing us. Only fools fail by doing the same thing over and over without looking for a better way.
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When will the GOP finally look to other countries for guidance on health care. Our market based health care system is clearly failing us. Only fools fail by doing the same thing over and over without looking for a better way.