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Eugene Lin

@eugelin06

Assistant Professor of Medicine at USC, Nephrology; Schaeffer Center Clinical Fellow; Health Policy Nerd

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How do out-of-pocket (OOP) costs at the point of pharmacy affect access to medications? In a paper JAMA Health Forum (with Jillian Caldwell & others), we examine CMSGov TDAPA policy and show that it improved access to calcimimetics likely by reducing OOP 🧵1/ (LINK at end)

How do out-of-pocket (OOP) costs at the point of pharmacy affect access to medications?

In a paper <a href="/JAMAHealthForum/">JAMA Health Forum</a> (with Jillian Caldwell &amp; others), we examine <a href="/CMSGov/">CMSGov</a> TDAPA policy and show that it improved access to calcimimetics likely by reducing OOP

🧵1/ (LINK at end)
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In a study of people on Medicare on maintenance hemodialysis, preoperative decreases in Kt/V(urea) were associated with postoperative mortality. kidney.pub/KID0874 #ASNKidney360

In a study of people on Medicare on maintenance hemodialysis, preoperative decreases in Kt/V(urea) were associated with postoperative mortality. kidney.pub/KID0874 #ASNKidney360
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When is #NephJC returning to X? I boycotted Best Buy for many years after I was wronged by warranty service, but I eventually returned.

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340b masquerades as a safety net program, but instead transfers cash from the poor to the wealthy and from tax payers to hospital executives. Great read from Ge Bai on another example of regulations resulting in financial engineering over real healthcare