Miranda Yaver
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MSNBC. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Pre-order Coverage Denied (out 4/23): 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
I appreciated the chance to write this short piece for @academyhealth.bsky.social on communicating about health policy in a manner that can go beyond narrowly academic audiences to inform debates and improve health care access. academyhealth.org/blog/2026-02...
Beyond the Journal Article: Turning Health Insurance Research into Real-World Impact | AcademyHealth
academyhealth.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I appreciated the chance to write this short piece for @academyhealth.bsky.social on communicating about health policy in a manner that can go beyond narrowly academic audiences to inform debates and improve health care access. academyhealth.org/blog/2026-02...
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This is pretty appalling.
Our first job as journalists is to get the facts right, something the Pulitzer Prize-winning Mississippi Today failed to do when "reporting" brochures were removed from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument that called his murderer a “racist.”
That myth soon spread.
That myth soon spread.
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is pretty appalling.
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Bizarre editorial. It says bringing back prohibition would be a disaster, but the federal government should tax weed and regulate its potency. Fair enough, but that requires federal legalization. You can't tax something if it's illegal to sell it.
February 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Bizarre editorial. It says bringing back prohibition would be a disaster, but the federal government should tax weed and regulate its potency. Fair enough, but that requires federal legalization. You can't tax something if it's illegal to sell it.
Regime change first.
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Regime change first.
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Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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They are saying Kid Rock handed his Grammy to lil’ Kyle Rittenhouse during the halftime show.
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
They are saying Kid Rock handed his Grammy to lil’ Kyle Rittenhouse during the halftime show.
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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My music taste is very Boomer but this is a blast and I love knowing that some racist assholes’ heads are exploding.
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
My music taste is very Boomer but this is a blast and I love knowing that some racist assholes’ heads are exploding.
I love you Billie Joe!
February 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I love you Billie Joe!
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My first grader (a US citizen) came home from school crying because a friend from class (also a US citizen) hasn’t been coming to school because his parents (one of whom is not a citizen) are afraid of ICE.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
My first grader (a US citizen) came home from school crying because a friend from class (also a US citizen) hasn’t been coming to school because his parents (one of whom is not a citizen) are afraid of ICE.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
I wrote for @msnownews.bsky.social when TrumpRx was first announced, and expressed a lot of skepticism about its value. I have not changed my mind as more info has come to light. Most still can’t afford TrumpRx prices and have better alternatives available already. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
February 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I wrote for @msnownews.bsky.social when TrumpRx was first announced, and expressed a lot of skepticism about its value. I have not changed my mind as more info has come to light. Most still can’t afford TrumpRx prices and have better alternatives available already. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
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tfw even Bari can't bury it
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
tfw even Bari can't bury it
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Democracy runs on ambition. But Trump's *private* ambition doesn't make Madisonian sense, and helps explain why he's so bad at presidenting. Also: DId W. have any ambition at all? Plus all the links! goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumps-pri...
Trump's Private Ambition
And all the links.
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Democracy runs on ambition. But Trump's *private* ambition doesn't make Madisonian sense, and helps explain why he's so bad at presidenting. Also: DId W. have any ambition at all? Plus all the links! goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumps-pri...
I miss the days when white supremacy earned people ostracism rather than a party nomination.
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I miss the days when white supremacy earned people ostracism rather than a party nomination.
A literal “not today, Satan” moment.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A literal “not today, Satan” moment.
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Something wrong Hon, you've barely touched your meat and ferments.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Something wrong Hon, you've barely touched your meat and ferments.
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There is not one five year old American that is better off because we threw his classmate in a concentration camp. Period.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There is not one five year old American that is better off because we threw his classmate in a concentration camp. Period.
Another example of why Democrats need to compete everywhere. And make Republicans spend money everywhere.
Late result for anyone still awake: Na’Cole Thompson, the Democratic candidate in the mayoral race today in Leander, Texas, has won the election.
She got 57% and won’t need a runoff, with two Republicans adding up to 43%.
She got 57% and won’t need a runoff, with two Republicans adding up to 43%.
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Another example of why Democrats need to compete everywhere. And make Republicans spend money everywhere.
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
