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LDI Monthly November 2025

FEATURE STORIES

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SNAP Cuts Will Affect Millions of Americans

Christina Roberto, Aaron Richterman, and Sameed Khatana discussed how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash SNAP by $187 billion through 2034, and how these changes may increase food insecurity, worsen health outcomes, and result in thousands of premature deaths.

Robert Burke and Rachel M. Werner

Postacute Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Bob Burke, Rachel M. Werner, and colleagues found that Medicare Advantage enrollees used significantly less postacute care than those in traditional Medicare, with similar outcomes.

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Disparities in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Survival

Research by Amanda O'Halloran, Garrett Keim, Cody-Aaron Gathers, Joseph Rossano, and Nadir Yehya found that Black and Hispanic children have higher death rates than white children after in-hospital CPR.

 

Senbagam Virudachalam

Policy Actions on Ultra-Processed Foods

Senbagam Virudachalam proposed three policy actions that state and local leaders can take to reduce ultra-processed food consumption by children and promote a healthier food environment.

SUMR Students

Historic Fundraising Milestone

LDI raised $5.5 million to expand the SUMR program and health care access initiatives, made possible by a $3.5 million gift from the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund and remarkable community support that met a $1 million matching challenge.

 UPCOMING EVENTS

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Financing Long-Term Care: Public vs. Private Solutions

Friday, December 12, 2025
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET


A Conversation with Richard G. Frank, PhD, Narda Ipakchi, MBA, and R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD. Moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD.

 

Virtual seminar open to the public.

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Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where are We and What's Ahead?

Friday, January 16, 2026
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET


A Conversation with Avik Roy, Rachel Sachs, JD, MPH, and Marta Wosinska, PhD. Moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD.

 

Virtual seminar open to the public.

 EVENT VIDEO RECAP

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Value-Based Payment: Time to Replace or Reform?

More than 800 registrants from the health care community, government, and policymaking joined our panel of experts to explore the pros and cons of value-based payment models.

IN THE MEDIA

“Work on Critical Illnesses Halted After Health Department Research Arm Whittles Staff.” David Mandell. Politico

 

“Sickest Medicare Patients Least Likely to Have Social Risks Documented: Study.” Paula Chatterjee and Eric T. Roberts. Becker’s Hospital Review

 

“You Can Still Start the ‘Great Lock In’ To Achieve Health Goals by the End of the Year.” Katherine Milkman. CNN

 

“Ron DeSantis Suggests Change to Health Care For Under 50s.” Mark Pauly. Newsweek

 

“Improving Care for Life-Threatening Blood Clots.” Jay Giri. Medical Xpress

PUBLICATIONS

“Variation in Large Language Model Recommendations in Challenging Inpatient Management Scenarios.” Susan Landon, Thomas Savage, S. Ryan Greysen, Eric Bressman. Journal of General Internal Medicine

 

“Remote, Automated Gamification and Community-Based Physical Activity in Parkinson Disease.” Kimberly J. Waddell, S. Ryan Greysen, Mitesh S. Patel, Madison S. Smith, Abby Yuen Tsz Lau, Sharon X. Xie, Stephanie Wood, James F. Morley. JAMA Neurology

 

“Assessing Deceased Donor Kidneys Through Post-Transplant Survival Prediction Algorithms.” Vishnu S. Potluri, Jeremy Rubin, Jarcy Zee, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Michael O. Harhay, Peter L. Abt, Emily A. Vail, Chirag R. Parikh, Roy D. Bloom, Alessandro Gasparini, Michael Crowther, David S. Goldberg, Peter P. Reese. American Journal of Kidney Diseases

 

“Extended-Release Buprenorphine for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy and Postpartum.” Nia Bhadra-Heintz, Rebecca Schapiro, Navid Roder, Emily Casey, Julia Carney, Judy Chertok, Margaret Lowenstein. Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

“The Effects of a Smoking Cessation Intervention on Mortality After a 32.5-Year Follow-Up Period: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” Jeffrey Zhang, John Connett, Dylan Small. American Journal of Epidemiology

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