Anne Sosin
@annesosin.bsky.social
Public health pracademic at Dartmouth | Rural health equity & global health | Occasional writer | Opinions are my own. Still getting started here.
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Anne Sosin
@annesosin.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Reimagining Rural Health Equity: Understanding Disparities And Orienting Policy, Practice, And Research In Rural America | Health Affairs Journal
A narrative has taken hold that public health has failed the US. We argue instead that the US has chronically failed public health, and nowhere have these failures been more apparent than in rural reg...
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Reimagining Rural Health Equity: Understanding Disparities And Orienting Policy, Practice, And Research In Rural America
New Commentary with Elizabeth Carpenter-Song in the June 2024 Reimagining Public Health Issue of Health Affairs.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
New Commentary with Elizabeth Carpenter-Song in the June 2024 Reimagining Public Health Issue of Health Affairs.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
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#Measles in an ICE facility is a public health failure.
In my latest for @statnews.com, I argue this outbreak was avoidable and the result of policy choices that concentrate risk without basic prevention. V This is both a health and human rights failure.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/m...
In my latest for @statnews.com, I argue this outbreak was avoidable and the result of policy choices that concentrate risk without basic prevention. V This is both a health and human rights failure.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/m...
Measles in an ICE facility is a public health failure
A marginalized population, a highly contagious disease, no systemic vaccination safeguards — no wonder there’s measles in an ICE detention facility.
www.statnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
#Measles in an ICE facility is a public health failure.
In my latest for @statnews.com, I argue this outbreak was avoidable and the result of policy choices that concentrate risk without basic prevention. V This is both a health and human rights failure.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/m...
In my latest for @statnews.com, I argue this outbreak was avoidable and the result of policy choices that concentrate risk without basic prevention. V This is both a health and human rights failure.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/m...
In my experience, few institutions are as vital to rural communities as their hospitals and schools. Relegating rural healthcare (and education) to AI and implying that healthcare institutions and workers are expendable sends a signal to rural residents that their lives and futures do not matter.1/2
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In my experience, few institutions are as vital to rural communities as their hospitals and schools. Relegating rural healthcare (and education) to AI and implying that healthcare institutions and workers are expendable sends a signal to rural residents that their lives and futures do not matter.1/2
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as someone who worked in rural health policy, this is not a real thing. this is actually called giving up on rural america after your party broke everything and can’t put it back together. perfect time to exploit people with scams
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
as someone who worked in rural health policy, this is not a real thing. this is actually called giving up on rural america after your party broke everything and can’t put it back together. perfect time to exploit people with scams
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Counterpoint: We could NOT slash Medicaid, stop pretending that the Rural Health Transformation Fund is anything more than a drop in the bucket relative to the safety net cuts, and actually support rural hospitals that are at risk of closure… and, you know, stop acting like utter imbeciles.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Counterpoint: We could NOT slash Medicaid, stop pretending that the Rural Health Transformation Fund is anything more than a drop in the bucket relative to the safety net cuts, and actually support rural hospitals that are at risk of closure… and, you know, stop acting like utter imbeciles.
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The tens of thousands of brave and patriotic Minnesotans shame every elite who bent the knee
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The tens of thousands of brave and patriotic Minnesotans shame every elite who bent the knee
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The most important public health story right now in America is that the Trump administration is executing people in the streets, it is kidnapping people of all ages, including 2-year-olds, it is torturing them, & it is putting them in concentration camps where many have been killed or “disappeared”
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The most important public health story right now in America is that the Trump administration is executing people in the streets, it is kidnapping people of all ages, including 2-year-olds, it is torturing them, & it is putting them in concentration camps where many have been killed or “disappeared”
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Even in this day and age, it is easy to find examples of how the Global North continues to see Africa as a laboratory to experiment on
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Even in this day and age, it is easy to find examples of how the Global North continues to see Africa as a laboratory to experiment on
Love and solidarity to everyone in Minnesota today. Grateful for the example of moral clarity, political courage, and practical action you have offered us all at this moment.
January 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Love and solidarity to everyone in Minnesota today. Grateful for the example of moral clarity, political courage, and practical action you have offered us all at this moment.
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But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
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A friend with Project HOME in Maine is asking for urgent help.
With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction.
This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction.
This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
Project Home Emergency Housing Fund
All donations support households unable to cover housing costs due to loss of income from ICE enforcement and fear of detention Families in our community are facing an immediate housing crisis. When p...
projecthomemaine.networkforgood.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A friend with Project HOME in Maine is asking for urgent help.
With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction.
This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction.
This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
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Revisiting this paper for today's lecture of hospital closures and subsequent racial, ethnic, and class inequities in spatial access to acute hospitals pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Did you know that ~95% of historically Black-serving hospitals closed between 1965-95?
Did you know that ~95% of historically Black-serving hospitals closed between 1965-95?
Public Health, Racism, and the Lasting Impact of Hospital Segregation
An official website of the United States government
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Revisiting this paper for today's lecture of hospital closures and subsequent racial, ethnic, and class inequities in spatial access to acute hospitals pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Did you know that ~95% of historically Black-serving hospitals closed between 1965-95?
Did you know that ~95% of historically Black-serving hospitals closed between 1965-95?
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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So moved by the people of Minnesota who—drawing on LA, Portland, Chicago, DC etc—are writing a shining new chapter in the history of nonviolent resistance.
The rest of us need to be taking notes—and helping them!
www.standwithminnesota.com
The rest of us need to be taking notes—and helping them!
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
So moved by the people of Minnesota who—drawing on LA, Portland, Chicago, DC etc—are writing a shining new chapter in the history of nonviolent resistance.
The rest of us need to be taking notes—and helping them!
www.standwithminnesota.com
The rest of us need to be taking notes—and helping them!
www.standwithminnesota.com
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Important reminder: The $50 billion rural health transformation fund is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts that will dramatically erode rural communities' (and many others') health care access.
Trump — who wants the GOP to campaign on health care — rolled out his “Great Healthcare Plan” to shrugs and jeers yesterday.
He’ll try again today by focusing on the administration’s $50 billion rural health fund, which has more substance and support.
He’ll try again today by focusing on the administration’s $50 billion rural health fund, which has more substance and support.
Trump bets on rural health as a winning midterm message
The president is promoting a $50 billion fund, designed to help communities where hospitals are struggling, amid criticism of his deep Medicaid cuts.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Important reminder: The $50 billion rural health transformation fund is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts that will dramatically erode rural communities' (and many others') health care access.
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the rural fund was created as political cover for the much more massive rural healthcare cuts in the BBB. most of those cuts kick in after the midterms, but the impacts have already started. however, it’s unlikely that rural republicans will blame their own party for the cuts they all voted for
Trump — who wants the GOP to campaign on health care — rolled out his “Great Healthcare Plan” to shrugs and jeers yesterday.
He’ll try again today by focusing on the administration’s $50 billion rural health fund, which has more substance and support.
He’ll try again today by focusing on the administration’s $50 billion rural health fund, which has more substance and support.
Trump bets on rural health as a winning midterm message
The president is promoting a $50 billion fund, designed to help communities where hospitals are struggling, amid criticism of his deep Medicaid cuts.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
the rural fund was created as political cover for the much more massive rural healthcare cuts in the BBB. most of those cuts kick in after the midterms, but the impacts have already started. however, it’s unlikely that rural republicans will blame their own party for the cuts they all voted for
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My colleague @adamsearing.bsky.social notes how Trump Admin will allow only 15% of the $50B in rural health funds in H.R. 1 to be used to reimburse rural hospitals despite being framed as a way to mitigate the draconian #Medicaid cuts harming rural hospitals: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/10/21/t...
Trump Administration Severely Limits Rural Health Transformation Funds for Rural Hospitals and Clinics – Capped at 15%
Passage of the budget reconciliation law signed into law by President Trump (HR1) will result in a gross reduction of $990 billion in federal Medicaid and CHIP spending over 10 years and an increas…
ccf.georgetown.edu
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My colleague @adamsearing.bsky.social notes how Trump Admin will allow only 15% of the $50B in rural health funds in H.R. 1 to be used to reimburse rural hospitals despite being framed as a way to mitigate the draconian #Medicaid cuts harming rural hospitals: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/10/21/t...
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The full protocol of the study in Guinea Bissau provides no reassurance. If anything is spells out just how insanely unethical the planned study is. The PI who wrote the protocol tried to defend the indefensible by writing to me directly. I responded publicly.
Read 👇
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Read 👇
substack.com/@bktitanji/n...
January 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The full protocol of the study in Guinea Bissau provides no reassurance. If anything is spells out just how insanely unethical the planned study is. The PI who wrote the protocol tried to defend the indefensible by writing to me directly. I responded publicly.
Read 👇
substack.com/@bktitanji/n...
Read 👇
substack.com/@bktitanji/n...
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My heart breaks for the people of my home state of Minnesota, especially in the Twin Cities. Not just the Renee Good shooting, but the ongoing violence and fear federal agents are instilling on the population. I hope the reign of terror ends soon.
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
My heart breaks for the people of my home state of Minnesota, especially in the Twin Cities. Not just the Renee Good shooting, but the ongoing violence and fear federal agents are instilling on the population. I hope the reign of terror ends soon.
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A Texas rural health consultant said he has “a ton of concerns” about companies taking the money instead of it helping rural hospitals and residents. “I was blown away about how many for-profit companies reached out.”
The Trump administration’s new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund has given every governor in America at least $100 million and a mandate to use it to reinvent rural health care.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans - KFF Health News
Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services judge...
kffhealthnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A Texas rural health consultant said he has “a ton of concerns” about companies taking the money instead of it helping rural hospitals and residents. “I was blown away about how many for-profit companies reached out.”
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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From my new @TIME piece: we should tell the full story about trust and vaccines. Black communities are not outsiders to immunization history.
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
January 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
From my new @TIME piece: we should tell the full story about trust and vaccines. Black communities are not outsiders to immunization history.
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
Sharing an excerpt on Onesimus and what it teaches us about power and whose expertise counts.
Link: time.com/7344423/dang...
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We should expect more from government than being "not crazy" and not write columns praising them for meeting this pathetically low bar statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/08/t...
January 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
We should expect more from government than being "not crazy" and not write columns praising them for meeting this pathetically low bar statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/08/t...
We need to apply a political economy lens to these policy decisions and their proponents. What actors are colluding to undermine evidence-based policy? What are their interests (creating a marketplace for alternatives, their own brand)? What strategies are they employing to advance these interests?
January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
We need to apply a political economy lens to these policy decisions and their proponents. What actors are colluding to undermine evidence-based policy? What are their interests (creating a marketplace for alternatives, their own brand)? What strategies are they employing to advance these interests?