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No pay. No work hour limits. Poor teaching. Stolen possessions. These were the conditions that led the first resident physicians to unionize in 1934. Our new paper in NEJM examines the history of house staff unions and their impact on the profession nejm.org/doi/abs/10.105…

We found that up to ~15% of cancer survivors experience catastrophic health expenditures (OOP costs > ~40% disposable income) Stark reminder that even seemingly small medical bills can cause financial damage for low-income households authors.elsevier.com/a/1jpk27tCW27G…

4 new papers in NEJM from leading health policy experts on 2024 election Sherry Glied & Ben Sommers on the coverage expansions under Biden-Harris that led to the lowest uninsured rate in US history, and the need to extend ACA subsidies and stabilize Medicaid enrollment. 1/5

"How Democrats are making health care more affordable" (TheHillOpinion) trib.al/ZDTptIr

See below for Kedar Mate, MD and my thoughts in The Hill on the election and bending the health care cost curve for patients!

Had an amazing time at #ACSCC2024 presenting our lab’s work on objective measures of the financial impact of a cancer diagnosis 🎗️ American College of Surgeons BIDMC Cancer Center . Grateful for an incredible tram under Benjamin James ’s mentorship 👨‍🏫 BIDMC Department of Surgery

Among British S Asians (individuals ancestrally from Bangladesh & Pakistan living in East London), a missense variant in PIEZO1 (MAF 3.9%, but very rare in non-SAS) leads to lower HgA1c & thus delayed T2D diagnosis nature.com/articles/s4146… Nature Communications

Kicking off an “arresting” session at #AHA24 - Robert Ariss from Brigham and Women's Hospital TIMI Study Group discussing evolutionary trends in TTM following cardiac arrest 3CPR Council Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network

Some news for my colleagues ... please RT and share!! bostonglobe.com/2024/11/18/bus…

New in JAMA Psychiatry on private equity ownership of opioid treatment centers (fka methadone clinics) in US Led by David Zhu, we report on prevalence, geographic distribution, market concentration, and potentially strategic targeting of clinics by PE firms for acquisition. 1/x

They are your neighbors—your nanny, the worker who harvested the strawberries on your table, the roofer who repaired your home, the cleaner who ensured your streets were clean after the snowstorm. They’ve paid taxes. They’re over 65. And there will be about 1 million of them by

Was an honor to co-present at BIDMC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds this week on the financial burden faced by cancer patients, led by Benjamin James and starring Jorge L. Gómez-Mayorga and Ana Bogdanovski

So fantastic that NPR featured the unexplained troublingly high rates of heart disease among S Asian individuals, and our research efforts OurHealth to address these issues! npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-…

South Asians face a higher risk of heart disease, often going unnoticed. Mass General researchers are studying genetics to uncover why—and how to prevent early deaths. Learn more about this vital work with NPR. spklr.io/60142UGu #HeartMonth

Very excited that our lab’s work was recognized as the Best Clinical Oral Presentation at the 14th Annual Harvard Surgery Research Day!😁 So happy to be surrounded by brilliant and kind colleagues. Excited for what’s ahead! BIDMC Department of Surgery BIDMC Research BIDMC Cancer Center

.Aarushi Bhatnagar, lead CRC of OurHealth, presenting on the representation of South Asian religion-language-regional identities (509 unique groups) amongst OurHealth participants!! #ACC25

Honored to speak on medical debt with Jingxuan Zhao, Zhiyuan Zheng, Kyle Moon AcademyHealth #ARM with a great discussion led by Nora Becker Thankful to Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents, Beth Israel Lahey Health and mentor Benjamin James for allowing me to attend!

Shocking how bad this bill is: - 17 million would lose health care - 30% higher electricity costs - Millions of manufacturing and construction jobs destroyed - Biggest ever cut in food assistance for families, kids, veterans - $4 trillion in deficits - $1 trillion in

The true cost of the reconciliation bill will be measured in lives—over 50,000 per year. It’s a predictable result when you cut off insurance to people who are old, poor and sick. Eric T. Roberts and I discuss in MSNBC NBC News Harvard Health Policy and Management Penn LDI msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Last Friday, a judge struck down a CFPB rule that would've removed medical debt from credit reports The decision will reduce credit access while giving debt collectors more leverage It comes exactly a week after Trump signed a law that will kick 16 million off health insurance