Scott L Greer
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Scott L Greer
@scottlgreer.bsky.social
Political scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471
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A research note in the journal of original publication seems like the proper format for something like this. Peer reviewed, but with a presumption that it will be published as an addendum to the originally accepted article.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Sam the rural health advoCATe appreciates recognition that rural populations are both diverse and under-resourced.

Food insecurity is higher in rural.

Remember this on National Rural Health Day, Nov 20!

#PowerOfRuralCats
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just to be clear, it is extremely easy to be less bad than Musk's rampage, which has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths already and is set to cause millions over time (while he might be paid enough to make every dead person he's accountable for into a millionaire)
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This is interesting because a lot of the foot soldiers in the woo movement that MAHA/RFK Jr. rode to power were radicalized by bad experiences with the US health care system: insured, but had difficulty with diagnoses, felt ignored by Drs., etc., looked for alternatives, fell down the rabbit hole.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I think it’s partly that Orban’s takeover was unusually easy (gifted an amending supermajority in a unicameral parliament). If you focus on Orban, you can imagine that a single election is enough to install your in power forever, and then go on to delude yourself that 2024 was such an election.
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM