Miranda Yaver
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt. Roosevelt Institute Author-in-Residence. Cal bear/Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MSNBC. Writing on health insurance and administrative burden. Pre-order Coverage Denied: https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
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Miranda Yaver
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
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Coming 2026!
@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.
Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊
https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.
Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊
https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!
Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM
Heading back home to Pittsburgh after a relaxing three days in the Amish country of Ohio, during which at the end of an intense year, I succeeded in my goal of not once using my computer.
Soon back to the real world, and presumably a lot of complaints from our cats.
Soon back to the real world, and presumably a lot of complaints from our cats.
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Heading back home to Pittsburgh after a relaxing three days in the Amish country of Ohio, during which at the end of an intense year, I succeeded in my goal of not once using my computer.
Soon back to the real world, and presumably a lot of complaints from our cats.
Soon back to the real world, and presumably a lot of complaints from our cats.
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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About 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money. As the closures mount, a different kind of organization is seeking to fill the void: anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
The Planned Parenthood Closed. A Christian Clinic Seized the Moment.
About 50 Planned Parenthoods have shut down this year, largely a result of efforts by President Trump and Republicans to target the organization.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
About 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money. As the closures mount, a different kind of organization is seeking to fill the void: anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
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All I heard in 2025 was "public health needs to find new ways to reach power and the public" and sadly yes sir I can boogie
December 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
All I heard in 2025 was "public health needs to find new ways to reach power and the public" and sadly yes sir I can boogie
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
Personally, I don’t think the writers needed to reintroduce the Jacob Wohl character.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Personally, I don’t think the writers needed to reintroduce the Jacob Wohl character.
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
I fully recognize that this movie is mediocre and I only watch it because I love Bill Nighy, but this scene hits the spot when we have a Republican in office.
December 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I fully recognize that this movie is mediocre and I only watch it because I love Bill Nighy, but this scene hits the spot when we have a Republican in office.
Breakfast ✔️
Mimosas ✔️
Christmas cat pajamas ✔️
The OG Grinch ✔️
Looking forward to spending the rest of the day with Chinese food and a movie marathon.
Mimosas ✔️
Christmas cat pajamas ✔️
The OG Grinch ✔️
Looking forward to spending the rest of the day with Chinese food and a movie marathon.
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Breakfast ✔️
Mimosas ✔️
Christmas cat pajamas ✔️
The OG Grinch ✔️
Looking forward to spending the rest of the day with Chinese food and a movie marathon.
Mimosas ✔️
Christmas cat pajamas ✔️
The OG Grinch ✔️
Looking forward to spending the rest of the day with Chinese food and a movie marathon.
Enjoyed a nice Christmas Eve dinner out with my husband.
The food was fine. The cocktails were divine.
The food was fine. The cocktails were divine.
December 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Enjoyed a nice Christmas Eve dinner out with my husband.
The food was fine. The cocktails were divine.
The food was fine. The cocktails were divine.
It’s strange seeing how unreserved some people are about being complete fucking creeps.
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It’s strange seeing how unreserved some people are about being complete fucking creeps.
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Just imagining if Merrick Garland’s DOJ had shitposted.
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just imagining if Merrick Garland’s DOJ had shitposted.
The 2025 writers are getting lazy.
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The 2025 writers are getting lazy.
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Elect better representatives. Take that vote seriously.
Arizona GOP lawmaker proposes study on ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
Arizona GOP lawmaker proposes study on ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
A GOP senator in Arizona has filed a bill ordering the state to study what the legislation calls “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
www.wbrc.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Elect better representatives. Take that vote seriously.
We’re watching a bad Christmas movie in which someone — in all seriousness — used the phrase “pathological bedazzling.”
Outstanding.
Outstanding.
December 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We’re watching a bad Christmas movie in which someone — in all seriousness — used the phrase “pathological bedazzling.”
Outstanding.
Outstanding.
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… were they still in the Mar A Lago bathroom?
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
… were they still in the Mar A Lago bathroom?
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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cancel culture run amok
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
cancel culture run amok
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The rule of law is under threat
"Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment & threats have changed their lives. More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges & their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The rule of law is under threat
I can’t look at Chevy Chase without thinking of “it was my understanding that there would be no math during the debate,” but this is fun stuff too.
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I can’t look at Chevy Chase without thinking of “it was my understanding that there would be no math during the debate,” but this is fun stuff too.
A bunch of sick fucks running our government.
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A bunch of sick fucks running our government.
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Oh. This is deeply depressing & incredibly ugly about what it says you can get away with if you have the right elite private university on your academic business card. I thought we were done with this, on this issue, with Emily Oster. Sigh.
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Oh. This is deeply depressing & incredibly ugly about what it says you can get away with if you have the right elite private university on your academic business card. I thought we were done with this, on this issue, with Emily Oster. Sigh.