Vaccinating your children is one of the best ways you can protect them from more than a dozen harmful and potentially deadly diseases like measles and whooping cough. Learn more here: bit.ly/2vwV4ZZ #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth #NIAM18

Here's a new reminder that... 1. Health care is still a huge issue in the midterms 2. Republicans are still lying about pre-existing conditions huffingtonpost.com/entry/pre-exis…

The Cruz Amendment would have resulted in non-compliant plans siphoning off healthier people, while ACA-compliant plans would be left with a sicker pool and higher premiums. This is similar to what will happen with the short-term plans being expanded by the Trump administration.

The Congressional Budget Office projects 32 million people will be uninsured in 2020, up 2 million from this year and 4.5 million more than in 2016. cbo.gov/system/files/2…

Our article was featured on Lippincott NursingCenter.com Predictors of Cost and Incidence of 30-Day Readmissions Following Hospitalizations for Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders: A Nationwide Analysis nursingcenter.com/journalarticle… via NursingCenter

Determinants of COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US: Spatial Analysis medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #medRxiv

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CBO on the effect of a minimum wage hike on Medicaid: Health prices go up as lower-paid health workers get paid more. Enrollment goes up as some lose their jobs. Enrollment goes down even more as some Medicaid enrollees earn more and become eligible for ACA subsidies instead.

We (RJWani) are happy to announce that our study on spatial determinants of COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate is published in the Journal of HEOR. Some of the preliminary work from this analysis was also shared in a news article by Elmer Huerta (translated): translate.google.com/translate?sl=a…

Prevalence and source analysis of COVID-19 misinformation of 138 countries medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Just out: Our study published in Taylor & Francis Research Insights assessed the economic burden in the US for HPV related cancers: cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and oropharyngeal. All HPV related cancers had significantly high incremental medical cost burden. Read more on: doi.org/10.1080/030079…

Two-thirds of unvaccinated adults believe or are unsure about one or more COVID-19 vaccine myths. Many -- including 52% of unvaccinated Latinos -- also wrongly believe they have to pay to get vaccinated. There is still a lot of work to do. Drew Altman kff.org/coronavirus-co…

New: Half of emergency ambulance rides could lead to a surprise bill, which is not prohibited by the No Surprises Act. It's hard to imagine a situation where a patient is least able to avoid out-of-network care than when being loaded into an ambulance. healthsystemtracker.org/brief/ground-a…

Just out: Our study published in Taylor & Francis Research Insights assessed the economic burden in the US for HPV related cancers: cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and oropharyngeal. All HPV related cancers had significantly high incremental medical cost burden. Read Full text:tandfonline.com/eprint/QZAJJUD…

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Just out: Our study in tandfonline.com Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics- The study finds that initiating HPV vaccination at 9–10 years of age, compared to 11–12, was associated with a higher series completion by 13 years of age. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…