Sharon Post
@postess.bsky.social
Recent MPH grad, interested in community-engaged complex systems approaches to public health problems
Previously worked in aging, disability, and mental health policy
Also a Quaker
Previously worked in aging, disability, and mental health policy
Also a Quaker
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Feels sort of under the radar amidst everything else: CMS has until December 31 — just six business days away — to decide awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Every single state is waiting to learn what share of the $50 billion pie they’ll be getting.
Every single state is waiting to learn what share of the $50 billion pie they’ll be getting.
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Feels sort of under the radar amidst everything else: CMS has until December 31 — just six business days away — to decide awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Every single state is waiting to learn what share of the $50 billion pie they’ll be getting.
Every single state is waiting to learn what share of the $50 billion pie they’ll be getting.
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Insurers increasingly use AI to make coverage decisions, but overreliance risks biased denials and lost clinical judgment. This piece breaks down the dangers. By Brit Vanneman https://healthlaw.org/federal-ai-policy-threatens-prior-authorization-reform/
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Insurers increasingly use AI to make coverage decisions, but overreliance risks biased denials and lost clinical judgment. This piece breaks down the dangers. By Brit Vanneman https://healthlaw.org/federal-ai-policy-threatens-prior-authorization-reform/
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Viewpoint: Measuring and modeling financing variables is essential for evaluating how behavioral health policies are implemented and their impact on outcomes. ja.ma/44lYYp7
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Viewpoint: Measuring and modeling financing variables is essential for evaluating how behavioral health policies are implemented and their impact on outcomes. ja.ma/44lYYp7
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
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Positive News:
Green turtles came back from the brink.
The species came off the ‘endangered’ list. It offers hope at a time when more species are being added to the IUCN’s red list.
61% of bird species are now in decline.
Coordinated actions can reverse populations at risk of extinction.
Green turtles came back from the brink.
The species came off the ‘endangered’ list. It offers hope at a time when more species are being added to the IUCN’s red list.
61% of bird species are now in decline.
Coordinated actions can reverse populations at risk of extinction.
October 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Positive News:
Green turtles came back from the brink.
The species came off the ‘endangered’ list. It offers hope at a time when more species are being added to the IUCN’s red list.
61% of bird species are now in decline.
Coordinated actions can reverse populations at risk of extinction.
Green turtles came back from the brink.
The species came off the ‘endangered’ list. It offers hope at a time when more species are being added to the IUCN’s red list.
61% of bird species are now in decline.
Coordinated actions can reverse populations at risk of extinction.
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Mamdani's response to Cuomo's claims that he's too inexperienced to be NYC mayor: "What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what you don't have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience."
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Mamdani's response to Cuomo's claims that he's too inexperienced to be NYC mayor: "What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what you don't have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience."
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“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“The Government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. . . . If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Kavanaugh in Vasquez Perdomo:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Not a lawyer but 2 things I think are true:
1. Under the doctrine of command responsibility, a combatant commander has a duty to follow the law;
2. There is no statute of limitations for murder.
So Halsey was right IMO to "raise concerns about the mission" & resign rather than continue to go along.
1. Under the doctrine of command responsibility, a combatant commander has a duty to follow the law;
2. There is no statute of limitations for murder.
So Halsey was right IMO to "raise concerns about the mission" & resign rather than continue to go along.
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Not a lawyer but 2 things I think are true:
1. Under the doctrine of command responsibility, a combatant commander has a duty to follow the law;
2. There is no statute of limitations for murder.
So Halsey was right IMO to "raise concerns about the mission" & resign rather than continue to go along.
1. Under the doctrine of command responsibility, a combatant commander has a duty to follow the law;
2. There is no statute of limitations for murder.
So Halsey was right IMO to "raise concerns about the mission" & resign rather than continue to go along.
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more of this
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
more of this
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As far as I can tell no one else has yet reported (tell me if I missed something!) on the DOJ dictating what meetings NIH employees can attend, which, well, seems odd to me.
Why Is the DOJ Telling NIH Staff They Can't Attend a Public Health Conference?
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On Wednesday, employees at various parts of the National Institutes of Health received an odd email. Sh...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
As far as I can tell no one else has yet reported (tell me if I missed something!) on the DOJ dictating what meetings NIH employees can attend, which, well, seems odd to me.
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Interesting shutdown politics thread by health policy expert and former OMB official Topher Spiro.
September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Interesting shutdown politics thread by health policy expert and former OMB official Topher Spiro.
The summer blockbuster is this thread on a Berkeley city council meeting about building more housing
Happy Thursday, folks!
I'm spending my evening (virtually) in Berkeley, where the City Council will *finally* vote on the Middle Housing Ordinance to legalize duplexes, fourplexes & small apartments in most neighborhoods throughout the city.
Grab some 🍿, 🧵 starts here!
I'm spending my evening (virtually) in Berkeley, where the City Council will *finally* vote on the Middle Housing Ordinance to legalize duplexes, fourplexes & small apartments in most neighborhoods throughout the city.
Grab some 🍿, 🧵 starts here!
June 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The summer blockbuster is this thread on a Berkeley city council meeting about building more housing
A too-often neglected approach to unjustly neglected disease—a community-centered project to prevent and treat Chagas’ disease
Our team was in #Colombia to witness a successful pilot project bringing #diagnosis and #treatment for #Chagas disease to the Wiwa community, deep in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains.
Watch the video to learn more: youtube.com/shorts/W6ONK...
Watch the video to learn more: youtube.com/shorts/W6ONK...
A journey to the Sierra Nevada mountains to bring Chagas care
YouTube video by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A too-often neglected approach to unjustly neglected disease—a community-centered project to prevent and treat Chagas’ disease
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There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.
The US has hust dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, according to Trump, bringing American military forces into Israel’s war with Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.
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Only Congress has the power to declare war and our elected officials must take that power back. Urge your senators to use their constitutional authority with the war powers resolution: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Then do the same with your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Then do the same with your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
June 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Only Congress has the power to declare war and our elected officials must take that power back. Urge your senators to use their constitutional authority with the war powers resolution: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Then do the same with your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Then do the same with your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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For more @centeronbudget.bsky.social analysis of the bill, find our live blog with ongoing updates here: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Tracking Senate Action on Tax and Budget Reconciliation Plan | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Senate is beginning to consider Republican leadership’s tax and budget reconciliation legislation. Follow this space for our analyses of the legislation.
www.cbpp.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For more @centeronbudget.bsky.social analysis of the bill, find our live blog with ongoing updates here: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
A clear-eyed look at what’s at stake is f’ing horrifying
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A clear-eyed look at what’s at stake is f’ing horrifying
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Excited that my JAMA Pediatrics article with @jeremyfaust.bsky.social @bhrenton.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social and others is now published. It turns out that permissive firearm laws aren’t great if you want to reduce pediatric firearm deaths. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US
This study attempts to measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010).
jamanetwork.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Excited that my JAMA Pediatrics article with @jeremyfaust.bsky.social @bhrenton.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social and others is now published. It turns out that permissive firearm laws aren’t great if you want to reduce pediatric firearm deaths. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Finally a small win: NIH rescinds requirement to denounce DEI as a condition for receiving funding.
Which is great, since saying I don’t care to create inclusive spaces is antithetical to my mission as an educator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Which is great, since saying I don’t care to create inclusive spaces is antithetical to my mission as an educator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-124: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-124. NIH
grants.nih.gov
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Finally a small win: NIH rescinds requirement to denounce DEI as a condition for receiving funding.
Which is great, since saying I don’t care to create inclusive spaces is antithetical to my mission as an educator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Which is great, since saying I don’t care to create inclusive spaces is antithetical to my mission as an educator.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Since the Trump administration greenlit immigration raids in previously off-limits areas like healthcare facilities, it's crucial that staff in nursing homes and adult day centers know their rights.
Remember: ICE agents need warrants to legally enter private areas such as resident rooms.
Remember: ICE agents need warrants to legally enter private areas such as resident rooms.
Immigration Enforcement in Nursing Facilities and Other Settings for Older Adults - Justice in Aging
The federal government's aggressive deportation stance raises the possibility of immigration raids in nursing homes and facilities serving older adults.
justiceinaging.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Since the Trump administration greenlit immigration raids in previously off-limits areas like healthcare facilities, it's crucial that staff in nursing homes and adult day centers know their rights.
Remember: ICE agents need warrants to legally enter private areas such as resident rooms.
Remember: ICE agents need warrants to legally enter private areas such as resident rooms.
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I really appreciate @briannosek.bsky.social for being clear from the start that this EO is in no way a win for open science.
"The executive order converts principles of good practice into weapons against scientific evidence."
"The executive order converts principles of good practice into weapons against scientific evidence."
1/ For this @opinion.bloomberg.com column, I looked at Trump's executive order to restore a gold standard in science. After talking to @briannosek.bsky.social and others devoted to reform, it became clear this order will not help the us get better quality science. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
This Isn’t How You ‘Restore Gold Standard’ Science
President Trump’s executive order is really about giving government officials the power to reject any scientific evidence they disagree with.
www.bloomberg.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I really appreciate @briannosek.bsky.social for being clear from the start that this EO is in no way a win for open science.
"The executive order converts principles of good practice into weapons against scientific evidence."
"The executive order converts principles of good practice into weapons against scientific evidence."
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Earlier this evening, the Univision crew grabbed their gear and started running when federal police began shooting pepper balls at us. @lataco.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Earlier this evening, the Univision crew grabbed their gear and started running when federal police began shooting pepper balls at us. @lataco.bsky.social