Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
The Most Important Tweets of 2013
Over the course of a year, thousands, maybe millions or even billions of tweets shoot across cyberspace. In regards to health policy, these are the most important that I have come across. Make sure to read the links.
I don’t think the Swiss health care system is what they think it is http://t.co/lL6eKNa5
— Aaron E. Carroll (@aaronecarroll) February 20, 2013
Is a picture worth a thousand words? Or rather, 10,000? Obamacare In Pictures http://t.co/X8RRA05dt5 via @THCBstaff
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) March 5, 2013
Doctors order 9.1 percent fewer lab tests when they see the price for each procedure. http://t.co/ukUj5PDThr
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) April 18, 2013
Oregon and Medicaid and Evidence and CHILL, PEOPLE! http://t.co/w4LsS3By5H
— Incidental Economist (@IncidentalEcon) May 2, 2013
The #Oregon #Medicaid #study showed the Medicaid coverage lowers the risk of #financial ruin. This is what #insurance is supposed to do.
— Martin Gaynor (@MartinSGaynor) May 2, 2013
On what do health economists agree? http://t.co/eX2YK0YHNb
— Incidental Economist (@IncidentalEcon) June 27, 2013
Evidence-informed policy advocates, take note! | Politics Makes Morons of Us All http://t.co/gNbhQge6pb
— Austin Frakt (@afrakt) September 5, 2013
The two most important numbers in American health care http://t.co/ktuxGOlYkr
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 19, 2013
Before HITECH, just 9 % of hospitals had a “basic” EHR. In 2012, 44% do (non-fed, acute care).[INFOGRAPHIC]: http://t.co/Y1ihxPN6HL
— ONC (@ONC_HealthIT) September 24, 2013
Mark Pauly (father of ind. mandate) to folks who don’t want to get insurance: “Cut the crap. Act like a grown-up.”
— Sam Richardson (@Prof_Richardson) October 17, 2013
Next week’s New Yorker cover is pretty great. https://t.co/ZsnIPtOztq
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) November 1, 2013
“Since 2000,.. price.., not demand for services or aging of the population, produced 91% of [health] cost increases” http://t.co/rPBYnAtNvQ
— Bill Gardner (@Bill_Gardner) November 13, 2013
We have the best health care system in the world, except all the systems that cover everyone and get similar health outcomes more cheaply.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 14, 2013
Now *this* is an actual conservative alternative to Obamacare, or at least foundation of one http://t.co/txnoeTqL7k
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) December 3, 2013
Status quo bias: one bias to rule them all http://t.co/Vm6PZqnNeR (Or, “why we can’t have nice things.”)
— Adrianna McIntyre (@onceuponA) December 6, 2013
Happy New Year!