Ezra Golberstein
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Ezra Golberstein
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Health policy and economics. Some Prince, some Minnesota. Opinions my own.

Economics 24%
Public Health 24%
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org

Weird that I don’t remember a reaction like this to the Paul McCartney, The Who, Coldplay, or even The Weeknd’s halftime shows.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.

An additional implication is it further erodes the effectiveness of state insurance regulation in overall commercial insurance markets.
This is a early ACA regulatory decision — punting EHBs to the states — coming home to roost.

This proposed requirement will require states to either put up additional state dollars or (more likely) drop their state-specific EHBs.

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This is a early ACA regulatory decision — punting EHBs to the states — coming home to roost.

This proposed requirement will require states to either put up additional state dollars or (more likely) drop their state-specific EHBs.

Could see some value for IHCRA, maybe 60yo early retirees. But not much else.

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Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.

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a bit late, but why did a rapist tell me I should eat apples

So this is telling me that cancel culture isn’t actually real? So confused

This is cool.
But Prince was better (obligatory).

Can confirm.

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Great thread walking through these complicated details with clarity.
OK, slightly wonky health actuary thread, because the audacity of these MFers

CSR is short for cost-sharing reductions, a component of the ACA. The purpose was to allow lower income people to get a plan with affordable out of pocket (OOP) costs for the same price as a less generous plan
BASH: Can you give me one specific example of a solution the president has put forward that is lowering healthcare costs, beyond prescription drugs?

DR OZ: There's something called a CSR

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OK, slightly wonky health actuary thread, because the audacity of these MFers

CSR is short for cost-sharing reductions, a component of the ACA. The purpose was to allow lower income people to get a plan with affordable out of pocket (OOP) costs for the same price as a less generous plan
BASH: Can you give me one specific example of a solution the president has put forward that is lowering healthcare costs, beyond prescription drugs?

DR OZ: There's something called a CSR

Genuinely impressed

This is awesome.
Free agent guard Mike Conley Jr. plans to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources tell ESPN. The sides are working on timing of him re-signing. Conley was traded twice this week – to Chicago, then to Charlotte – before being released and allowed to rejoin the Wolves.
Free agent guard Mike Conley Jr. plans to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources tell ESPN. The sides are working on timing of him re-signing. Conley was traded twice this week – to Chicago, then to Charlotte – before being released and allowed to rejoin the Wolves.
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.

Upon more thought I see how he plays a role left by NAW.

He's a good player but I don't see the problem that it solves. We now have some combo of Ant/DD/Ayo at shooting guard? Is this just a signal that we're doing some sort of Bones/DD/Ant platooning at PG?

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🧵 New WP with @kaimiele.bsky.social. We document 2 unsettling patterns in mental health care: 1) despite universal coverage, few individuals with mental illness receive guideline-consistent treatment, and 2) the more severe the illness, the lower the treatment uptake & the longer the wait times. 1/n

Again, really looking forward to having you here. So much to discuss.

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Really thankful for the leadership NAMI MN is showing here.

namimn.org/ice-activity...
ICE Activity Is Driving Mental Health Crisis Among Minnesotans Who Live With Serious And Persistent Mental Illnesses - NAMI Minnesota
NAMI Minnesota Urges Use of Mobile Crisis Response Teams as Fear and Trauma Escalate
namimn.org

You’re gonna get bored without reply guys like me

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#AHRQ federal employees by GS series using OPM data as of Nov 2025. Running an Agency with no finance, grant, IT, contract & comms Feds. All replaced by contractors and farmed out to other agencies.

@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social

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Sadly, I have a personal ask: ICE kidnapped a staffer who works at my grandson’s daycare this weekend along with two other family members. Can you help the extended families with legal costs & famity support? It would mean a lot to me. I’m just sick about this. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Daycare Staff Member Detained by ICE, organized by S E
A staff member of our daycare has been detained by ICE (along with two other fami… S E needs your support for Support for Daycare Staff Member Detained by ICE
www.gofundme.com

Ugh. That last night is rosh hashanah. Life's not fair.

I’ve seen similar grabs. But on a hard court, no way.

Lemme see. I’ve always wanted to see them.

What