Stacie Dusetzina
@dusetzinas.bsky.social
Health services researcher at Vanderbilt Health Policy. Avid coffee drinker, investigator of drug policies & prices. RT not an endorsement. Opinions are mine.
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I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
Some? LOL.
Some policy experts struggle to make sense of new Trump health plan - ABC News share.google/ALlpZ72XzQw9...
Some policy experts struggle to make sense of new Trump health plan - ABC News share.google/ALlpZ72XzQw9...
Some policy experts struggle to make sense of new Trump health plan
Experts weighed in on Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan."
share.google
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Some? LOL.
Some policy experts struggle to make sense of new Trump health plan - ABC News share.google/ALlpZ72XzQw9...
Some policy experts struggle to make sense of new Trump health plan - ABC News share.google/ALlpZ72XzQw9...
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Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
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The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
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www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
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Glad to have the opportunity to join @nejm.org for a new podcast about this article with @dusetzinas.bsky.social. It's especially timely in light of the newly released BALANCE model, which aims to instantiate the agreements reached with GLP-1 manufacturers. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Summarizing the current state of pricing and coverage for GLP1s in the US with @rachelsachs.bsky.social in @nejm.org this week!
Read it before things change (again)!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Read it before things change (again)!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Insurance Coverage and Pricing of Weight-Loss Drugs in the United States | NEJM
The Trump administration’s agreements regarding glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists
could reduce prices and improve access for some patients — and lead to substantial
additional spending.
www.nejm.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Glad to have the opportunity to join @nejm.org for a new podcast about this article with @dusetzinas.bsky.social. It's especially timely in light of the newly released BALANCE model, which aims to instantiate the agreements reached with GLP-1 manufacturers. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Congratulations! That is amazing!
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Congratulations! That is amazing!
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NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! This week, I invited my @bloomberg.com colleague @agordon.me to break down data I obtained related to DOGE & govt hiring that took me nearly a year to pry loose.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025
The IRS hired 1,313 employees in January 2025. Over the next two months the agency laid off 11,000 workers, or about 11% of its workforce. Additionally, the data identifies employees tied to DOGE.
www.bloomberg.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! This week, I invited my @bloomberg.com colleague @agordon.me to break down data I obtained related to DOGE & govt hiring that took me nearly a year to pry loose.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., internationally recognized leader in health policy and economics, beloved teacher, loving patriarch, and inaugural chair of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), passed away on January 1, 2026.
“Our country has lost a legend.” masshpc.gov/news/press-r...
“Our country has lost a legend.” masshpc.gov/news/press-r...
January 9, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., internationally recognized leader in health policy and economics, beloved teacher, loving patriarch, and inaugural chair of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), passed away on January 1, 2026.
“Our country has lost a legend.” masshpc.gov/news/press-r...
“Our country has lost a legend.” masshpc.gov/news/press-r...
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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I'm monitoring first awful reports of two people shot in Portland by federal law enforcement. I'll keep you updated, but Trump's deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence — and must end.
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I'm monitoring first awful reports of two people shot in Portland by federal law enforcement. I'll keep you updated, but Trump's deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence — and must end.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
This is a good example of skewed distributions and how they influence medians and means.
It's an interesting move for Trump's Treasury Department to suggest Americans will receive a $3,750 tax cut and $7,200 in higher wages this year.
I'm skeptical it's going to work well for them because Americans are unlikely to see anything like this. 🧵
www.treasury.gov/wftc/index.h...
I'm skeptical it's going to work well for them because Americans are unlikely to see anything like this. 🧵
www.treasury.gov/wftc/index.h...
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is a good example of skewed distributions and how they influence medians and means.
Rest in peace, David. What an amazing legacy working to make medicine more affordable.
I was very sad to learn of the passing of David Mitchell,
a cancer patient who turned his own battle into a fight to make medicines more affordable. Here, @pharmalot.bsky.social gets at why Mitchell was so special.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/d...
a cancer patient who turned his own battle into a fight to make medicines more affordable. Here, @pharmalot.bsky.social gets at why Mitchell was so special.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/d...
With political savvy and outrage over drug prices, advocate David Mitchell was ahead of his time
David Mitchell, who helped launch Patients for Affordable Drugs to raise awareness of high drug prices and seek to bring them down, died at age 75.
www.statnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Rest in peace, David. What an amazing legacy working to make medicine more affordable.
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Next Up:
▶️ Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
🗓️ January 16, 2026 @ 12pm ET
Featuring experts @avik.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @martawosinska.bsky.social, and LDI Executive Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social.
Register today:
ldi.upenn.edu/events/drug-...
▶️ Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
🗓️ January 16, 2026 @ 12pm ET
Featuring experts @avik.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @martawosinska.bsky.social, and LDI Executive Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social.
Register today:
ldi.upenn.edu/events/drug-...
Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where are We and What’s Ahead?
This panel will bring together experts to explore the evidence for whether the Trump administration’s initiatives are likely to deliver meaningful relief for consumers and to discuss what to expect fr...
ldi.upenn.edu
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Next Up:
▶️ Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
🗓️ January 16, 2026 @ 12pm ET
Featuring experts @avik.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @martawosinska.bsky.social, and LDI Executive Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social.
Register today:
ldi.upenn.edu/events/drug-...
▶️ Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
🗓️ January 16, 2026 @ 12pm ET
Featuring experts @avik.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @martawosinska.bsky.social, and LDI Executive Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social.
Register today:
ldi.upenn.edu/events/drug-...
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Go check our new study out -- this work was the 2nd of my dissertation chapters! 😊
Interested in the relationship between place-based social determinants of health (SDoH) and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias biomarkers?
Check out this new research published in #BSEA!
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Check out this new research published in #BSEA!
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#AlzSky
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Go check our new study out -- this work was the 2nd of my dissertation chapters! 😊
So sad to see this. Stuart was a wonderful person and giant in the field of health policy. He will long be remembered.
We mourn the loss of Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., a leader in health policy and economics and the inaugural chair of the HPC.
“Dr. Altman dedicated his life to a health care system that is affordable and accessible for all,” said HPC Executive Director David Seltz.
“Dr. Altman dedicated his life to a health care system that is affordable and accessible for all,” said HPC Executive Director David Seltz.
HPC Statement on Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D. | Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Image BOSTON — Stuart H.
masshpc.gov
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
So sad to see this. Stuart was a wonderful person and giant in the field of health policy. He will long be remembered.
My decorating has come a long way this year. Hope 2026 is better for grants / funding / science than 2025 was!
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
My decorating has come a long way this year. Hope 2026 is better for grants / funding / science than 2025 was!
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Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
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You can explore all ten parts of the series here: www.statnews.com/american-sci...
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You can explore all ten parts of the series here: www.statnews.com/american-sci...
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This looks like Sinbad died and got reincarnated as a chair.
December 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This looks like Sinbad died and got reincarnated as a chair.
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Oncologists should support - not oppose - Medicare drug price negotiation. Lower drug prices benefit patients; this should supersede revenue concerns.
So @dusetzinas.bsky.social @rachelsachs.bsky.social and I argue today in @jamaoncology.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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So @dusetzinas.bsky.social @rachelsachs.bsky.social and I argue today in @jamaoncology.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Oncology Drug Revenue and Price Negotiation
This Viewpoint examines the potential impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act and negotiation of oncologic drug prices on payments to oncology specialists.
jamanetwork.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Oncologists should support - not oppose - Medicare drug price negotiation. Lower drug prices benefit patients; this should supersede revenue concerns.
So @dusetzinas.bsky.social @rachelsachs.bsky.social and I argue today in @jamaoncology.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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So @dusetzinas.bsky.social @rachelsachs.bsky.social and I argue today in @jamaoncology.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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We played Nintendo (original) Jeopardy from the early 80s at Thanksgiving. It was brutally hard! 😅
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We played Nintendo (original) Jeopardy from the early 80s at Thanksgiving. It was brutally hard! 😅
Amazing how consistent these findings are and how the academy still does not change. When I am on hiring or promotion committees I always aim to bring this up at the start. Good reminder during PhD application reviews, too. Letters are so persuasive and we know those also differ by gender/race.
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Amazing how consistent these findings are and how the academy still does not change. When I am on hiring or promotion committees I always aim to bring this up at the start. Good reminder during PhD application reviews, too. Letters are so persuasive and we know those also differ by gender/race.
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In the spirit of the holidays, we've been featuring people with innovative fixes to health care's toughest challenges.
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities.
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Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities.
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One Doctor’s Crusade to Improve Health Literacy
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in.
tradeoffs.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the spirit of the holidays, we've been featuring people with innovative fixes to health care's toughest challenges.
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities.
tradeoffs.org/2023/02/02/h... less
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities.
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Merry Christmas Eve! Max and Wiley want to wish everyone a great Holiday week!
December 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Merry Christmas Eve! Max and Wiley want to wish everyone a great Holiday week!