Aaron Schwartz
MD-PhD professing at the University of Pennsylvania. Health, economics, and health economics.
- One of the most important scientific achievements of the last 50 years was making the causal links between prior viral infections (e.g. EBV) and subsequent serious diseases.
- This is an important issue I’ve come across in our research on denials. Most health insurer claims denials (according to their label at least) have nothing to do with coverage rules.
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzThe Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzA non-journalist friend asked me — is losing 300 people from a newsroom a lot? I pointed out there are about 200 journalists at the Philadelphia Inquirer and about 100 at the Baltimore Banner. Imagine losing both those publications in a day.
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz"When researchers cannot specify and be transparent about what equity means in their work, it risks becoming an aesthetic rather than a commitment." Sharp piece by Choi et al outling several issues with contemporary research that have increasingly troubled me. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Evan Starr's new JEP paper on non-compete clauses includes some important discussion of physicians. Worth a read if you are interested in health care labor markets. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
- There are phenomenal speakers. Sign up, students.
- Next month, the AcademyHealth Health Economics Interest Group is hosting a webinar on navigating the job market for health economists. Here about what hiring committees look for when evaluating candidates. Also probably helpful for non-economists! Sign up here: wustl-hipaa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzOne week from today!
- Next month, the AcademyHealth Health Economics Interest Group is hosting a webinar on navigating the job market for health economists. Here about what hiring committees look for when evaluating candidates. Also probably helpful for non-economists! Sign up here: wustl-hipaa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzThis made me weepy
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Wow
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzFrom my grandmother's story: "One by one our good decent teachers disappeared and instead Nazi teachers replaced them."
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzThis is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzMy friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzAlex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartzagain my heart just breaks for this person, beaten and executed on the street for trying to defend their community, and for the people of Minneapolis, who have just been targeted for this endless dehumanization and brutalization just because of who they are & the inclusivity the city represents
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzTomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- An accessible and urgent read from one of the foremost scholars of economic growth. web.stanford.edu/~chadj/AIand...
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzCongratulations to Joseph P. Newhouse of @harvard.edu who was recognized as a 2025 Distinguished Fellow by Katharine Abraham at the #ASSA2026 Annual Meeting. #econsky aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Aaron Schwartz[Not loaded yet]
- I was very excited about ML innovations in hospital-based ECG testing. Screening could also be a powerful use case.
- Seems fishy. The other contenders didn't stand a chance.
- Congratulations to Janet Yellen, recipient of the inaugural @aeacswep.bsky.social Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
- Reposted by Aaron SchwartzNEW from me: DOGE is officially the largest one-year cut in the federal workforce since the end of WWII, with 279k jobs lost—though it didn't come close to its supposed goal of reducing the deficit & cut some of the federal government's most effective programs 🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/the-econom...
- Our study testing AI/LLM assistance in health care delivery has been released as a World Bank working paper. Good for folks without NBER access. You can find the paper here. documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
- $95 million will go to the two whistleblowers.
- As important as the federal government is for health care, there are non-federal substitutes available for many health policy tasks: Dietary recommendations, vaccine recommendations, clinical guidelines etc. Not the case with the DOJ.
- Our new NBER Working Paper has posted, with Jason Abaluck , Nirmal Ravi, Anja Sautmann, and Robert Pless. We studied LLM-assisted health care in a low-resource setting, with real patients in primary care. Our evaluation involved on-site physicians and lab testing. www.nber.org/papers/w34660
- Health care workers' decisions can make a big difference, especially in health systems with constrained resources. We gave AI LLM assistance to Nigerian health care workers whose training and scope of practice is less than local physicians.
- After the failed merger between MGH-Brigham and South Shore hospital, the Harvard hospitals have decided to expand to a much more southern shore. Palm Beach! www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2...
