🎉 JMP Thread 🎉
What happens to pharma innovation and drug prices as we see rising levels of pharmaceutical market consolidation?
Full paper is linked here, and here I'll share some of the highlights
🧵 a thread 1/
What a GREAT Sunday surprise! 💗 Thrilled to have an admin again who will love all that DC has to offer — starting with sesame bagels!! Come back anytime
@JoeBiden
@AkilahObviously
@RepDavidRouzer
Maybe if you can’t find people to work for you you aren’t paying them enough?
And if you can’t stay in business because you think you’re paying them too much maybe you shouldn’t own a business?
But I’m an economist. What do I know?
@khoffmanfarms
@Tzipshmil
@DanRather
Hate to break it to ya champ but 88% of Texas's power comes from oil and gas. When you look at the raw data, energy production from oil and gas is what dropped dramatically
@mattyglesias
@jonfavs
I hear you. I’m a healthcare economist and the issue is that especially with mRNA vaccines you are limited to how much you can produce in your own facilities BC of equipment. It also takes time to retrofit other pharma cos with that kind of production BC of the new mRNA
As my unofficial announcement that I will be on the 2023-2024 job market, come check out my poster
@ashecon
at board 110 introducing my job market paper. Can’t wait to see you all there!
#ASHEcon2023
@AmyEliza18
@AJK124
@igorbobic
That’s very misleading. The real reason is that the president denied the dc national guard troop request by the mayor along with the Virginia and Maryland guard until 2 hours later
If there’s one piece of wisdom I can give to future
#econtwitter
job market candidates, it is to invest in a clicker to practice your presentation. It totally changed the game for me regarding preparation
@itsafronomics
Especially in Germany/Berlin, make sure you validate your ticket before you get on the subway (they have little machines on the platform). If you don’t, they will fine you
Also the Turkish food in Berlin is unreal
@marceelias
Also, they made it so the legislature can replace the county elections board with their own people. Scariest part of the law no one talks about
My first HHS report is live! 🥳
I'm excited and proud to work with such a thoughtful and hardworking team on this report detailing how the elimination of vaccine cost sharing will save Part D enrollees around $70 in OOP spending.
Thanks to
@POTUS
’ new lower cost Rx drug law, people with
#Medicare
Part D won’t have to pay out-of-pocket costs for recommended preventive vaccines that can protect them against disease & illness! Providing significant savings for Medicare beneficiaries!
Representation in economics matters!
Thank you Jennifer for highlighting all of the incredible research by women/non-binary job market candidates this year
In DC for a few days and I had the pleasure of catching up with
@ysingh_hopkins
.
Special thank you to the AEA mentorship workshop for women/non-binary PhDs in health economics and policy,
@maya_rossin
and Marika Cabral for bringing us together!
LIFE UPDATE 🎉. Today I am starting as an ORISE fellow at HHS studying affordable drug pricing. I am so excited for this opportunity and to get the chance to visit my second home again
Picture of DC for tax
This.
When we’re talking about CNWDI and related information, normal declassification rules don’t apply.
One more time for all the “POTUS has unilateral declassification authority!!!” folks.
No, no he doesn’t.
@RachelBitecofer
What's the alternative? He is calm, cool, and collected. Looks more presidential than the orange man spewing lies about healthcare and COVID.
@ProjectLincoln
Can we seriously have a Twitter come to Jesus moment where we stop amplifying this woman? She is feeding into the media exposure, good or bad.
If you would like to learn more or chat about the work I do (which, shockingly, centers around healthcare competition and the pharmaceutial industry) or just discuss all things Philly, check me out here!
I’m honored to be the only candidate in this race to receive
@AOC
’s
@CouragetoChange
Policy Pledge Distinction!
We’re building a working-class movement in Queens and Brooklyn, and it all starts next week. Help us petition to get on the ballot:
@mikeshmarbrough
This story is amazing! I too am getting a PhD and this made me think back to all of the people in my life who got me here. Grad school hugs to you!
@YaFavTrashman
@SEPTA
The smoking on the train is really bad on the El in particular. Having asthma on a crowded train car with smoke is just not fun to say the least 🥺