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If we're going to talk about the role health insurers play in the cost of health care, we should be talking more about Medicare Advantage than the ACA.
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To all undergrads interested in learning about AI: be wary of taking “Intro to AI” as your first AI course. In many programs, the class you actually want first is “Intro to Machine Learning”.
AI technology has exploded in the past 15 years thanks to deep neural networks. Yet at many schools, the “Intro to AI” curriculum has barely changed from what it was in 2010, and spends often only a few lectures on machine learning. Unfortunately, revamping “Intro to AI” is controversial at many universities, and inertia tends to dominate.
Don’t decide which course to take based on the name alone. Instead, check the syllabus. Ideally, the course covers linear regression, gradient descent, backpropagation, and reinforcement learning. Each university is different and some “Intro to AI” courses will cover all these topics, but most don’t.
If you plan to pursue AI as a career, I think it makes sense to take “Intro to AI” later for a broader perspective on intelligence. But if your goal is an intro to the technology powering modern chatbots, image recognition/generation tools, and coding assistants, the class you probably want first is “Intro to Machine Learning”.
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You can argue the federal government shouldn’t spend as much on Medicaid. You can argue that CBO’s projections of people losing health coverage are over-estimated. You can’t argue that cuts to Medicaid of over $700 billion over a decade won’t result in people losing coverage.
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🧵New drug pricing EO from President Trump suggests CMS may seek to focus on net drug prices, as opposed to gross prices, in determining how Medicare negotiates Part D prices under IRA. This would extract bigger discounts on drugs with high rebates. 1/3
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New: If enhanced federal payments for the ACA Medicaid expansion are eliminated, states have two choices:
1. Make up for the cut, at a cost of $626 billion over a decade.
2. Rollback the expansion, leading to 20 million people losing Medicaid.
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I am excited to announce the launch of Renaissance Philanthropy, with a phenomenal team including @KumarAGarg. Our goal is to help foundations and philanthropists promote a 21st century renaissance, fueled by advances in science, technology and innovation.
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We are honour and enthusiastic to receive the innovation award for our new catheter #Naja.
Thank you #ESGEDays2024 for this prestigious award and thank you to everyone that helped and supported us through this journey!
@yeni_mtl @ABessissow63634 @agilemv
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The point at which public opinion towards the ACA turned favorable was when Republicans in Congress and former President Trump tried to repeal it. Majority public support has persisted since then.
It's been 14 years since the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare” became law.
Since then, public views about the #ACA have become more favorable, growing from 46% of U.S. adults holding a favorable opinion in April of 2010 to 59% in February of 2024: bit.ly/3PnwZhp
ALT The trendline chart tracks public opinion about the Affordable Care Act since the law began, from April of 2010 to February of 2024. In February 2024, about six in ten U.S. adults (59%) held a favorable opinion of the ACA while about four in ten (39%) held a negative opinion of the law. In April of 2010, 46% of U.S. adults held a favorable opinion and 40% held a negative opinion of the law. The favorability of the ACA has ebbed and flowed over time but began trending up in 2017.
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I’d say it’s a mixture of causality and coincidence. But, one thing is clear: The ACA did not cause health spending to accelerate, even as millions of people got insured or had their coverage improved.
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⬇️ My statement on the Board of Supervisor’s Gaza ceasefire resolution: – at San Francisco, CA
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Congratulations to @DrCoreySiegel of @DartmouthHitch, awarded a 2023 Sherman Prize for pioneering new models of IBD care that have significantly improved outcomes for patients. Learn more about his exceptional contributions to #IBD at shermanprize.org
#crohns #colitis
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🔥🔥Stricturing Crohn’s disease single-cell RNA sequencing reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and intercellular interactions🔥🔥Thank you @AGA_Gastro for highlighting our work!! Let us show you the major findings in below 🧵 1/6 @MRegueiroMD gastrojournal.org/article/S0…
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Can we hire all of you?
The #FutureofGI is BRIGHT! ✨✨
AGA is here for you and we can’t wait to be part of your career journey! #DDW2023
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Barry Salky is showing the benefits of longitudinal compression therapy in treating #crohnsdisease small bowel strictures #CCCongress23 #IBD – at Denver, CO
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2 balloons will come together and cause necrosis of center of #cd stricture & open lumen. Super cool 😎 – at Denver, CO
Barry Salky is showing the benefits of longitudinal compression therapy in treating #crohnsdisease small bowel strictures #CCCongress23 #IBD
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COVID-19 Symptoms occur for 2 very different reasons
1) Symptoms can reflect that the virus is destroying your cells (loss of smell, difficult breathing…)
2) Symptoms (cold-like) can reflect that your body’s immune system is attacking the virus before it grows high
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The first issued U.S. patent covering Applaud's lipid microsphere technology is now up on the USPTO website. Great work by Mike Shuster, Hayan Yoon and the rest of their team at Fenwick & West in bringing this through the USPTO pr…lnkd.in/eiWd_2N lnkd.in/ex7kpUn
Test train on the tracks outside west portal station, must be getting close #muni #twinpeakstunnel
