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Eric Patashnik

@ericpatashnik.bsky.social

Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. https://home.watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/watson-faculty/eric-patashnik

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This was such a nice surprise. @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social

01.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Many thanks to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social for speaking today
@taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. So many insights into using cutting-edge research to improve government performance!

29.09.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Politics & Policy Lunch: Public Sector Innovation with Professor Elizabeth Linos Join us for the Politics & Policy Lunch series featuring Professor Elizabeth Linos, Faculty Director of The People Lab at Harvard Kennedy Schoo...

Looking forward to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social's Politics & Policy talk to @brown.edu students next Monday, hosted by @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
events.brown.edu/taubman/even...

26.09.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This book is really important!

25.09.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!

Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
cup.org/4nfM2IM

25.09.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 380    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture: Jamelle Bouie (NY Times Columnist), β€œWhat’s The Matter With American Democracy?” Join the Taubman Center for the annual Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture as New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie delivers a provocative examination o...

I am excited to announce that @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net will give the Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social on Oct 8 on the vital question, "What's the Matter with American Democracy?"
events.brown.edu/taubman/even...

22.09.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad the book continues to a be a useful resource for faculty and students. Gene & I welcome suggestions for improvements we can make in the next edition, especially relating to the challenges of policy analysis in an era of AI and whatever we wish to call the current political moment. Email me.

22.09.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
House of Diggs: A Book Talk with Dr. Marion Orr Join the Taubman Center for American Politics & Policy for a special Politics & Policy event celebrating the launch of House of Diggs!

Looking forward to the panel on 9-29 celebrating the publication of "House of Diggs" by my @brownupolisci.bsky.social colleague Marion Orr. The book provides the first biography of Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr., a founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.
www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-d...

18.09.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New leadership at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs for 2025-2026 New directors have been appointed at three centers within The Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

The launch of the Watson School also brought John Friedman as inaugural dean, with new leaders for three centers: @pheller.bsky.social at Saxena Center, @ericpatashnik.bsky.social at @taubmancenter.bsky.social, and @ievajusionyte.bsky.social at CHRHS.

Learn more:

08.09.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New leadership at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs for 2025-2026 New directors have been appointed at three centers within The Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

I am honored to have been appointed director of @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social

home.watson.brown.edu/news/2025-09...

05.09.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Job! 🚨

Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).

Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655

Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!

01.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Yellen not at all pulling her punches in this op-ed for the FT www.ft.com/content/d2ea...

27.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 765    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 24
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

On the #Decline of #Elite-#Educated #Republicans in #Congress

By Craig Volden, Jonathan Wai & Alan E. Wiseman

doi.org/10.1017/S153...

27.08.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The 1994 ambient/ techno album entitled -- wait for it -- "PATASHNIK" by the Norwegian electronic musician and composer Biosphere is not bad background sound for working on a syllabus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ-M...

26.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The One Big Beautiful Bill is a big step back for US health policy. My take in @nejm.org

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

31.07.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives | Studies in American Political Development | Cambridge Core Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives

A new article by David Mayhew and Ethan Yan on "memorable drives" to repeal congressional measures targeting Prohibition, the Taft–Hartley Act, and the ACA. "A congressional enactment can be just a first draft."
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

31.07.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Volume 50 Issue 4 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

And Medicare: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

30.07.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Volume 50 Issue 2 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

@jhppl.bsky.social has published birthday cards in the form of special issues celebrating the 60th anniversary of Medicaid’s enactment: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

30.07.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy 60th birthday to Medicare and Medicaid! Hang in there, I hear 60 is the new 40

30.07.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Implementation Timeline of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act An overview of when the cuts to basic needs programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and student loans and other provisions in the Republicans’ OBBBA go into effect.

Tons of my colleagues at @americanprogress.bsky.social undertook the Herculean task of creating a timeline for when various parts of the "big beautiful bill" begin and when various temporary provisions end. You can read it here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

29.07.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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What does the β€˜One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America? Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

NEW Trending Globally #podcast: What does the β€˜One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America? β€” Dan Richards talks with @ericpatashnik.bsky.social & Margaret Weir about Trump’s β€œOne Big Beautiful Bill Act,” what it means for American society, the GOP, & the 2026 midterms.

25.07.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Volume 50 Issue 4 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

New in JHPPL: special issue marking Medicare’s 60th anniversary.

read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

29.07.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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What does the β€˜One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America? Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

I enjoyed talking about the One Big Beautiful Bill with my @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social colleague Margaret Weir
on the Trending Globally #podcast, hosted by Dan Richards.
player.captivate.fm/episode/05f3...

23.07.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What does the β€˜One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America? Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

I enjoyed talking about the One Big Beautiful Bill with my @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social colleague Margaret Weir
on the Trending Globally #podcast, hosted by Dan Richards.
player.captivate.fm/episode/05f3...

23.07.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!

11.07.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! The health policy community is so fortunate to have you in this leadership role.

08.07.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rebounding with Medicare: Reform and Counterreform in American Health Policy Abstract. America's major health care programs were all enacted on the rebound from defeat of more expansive progressive ideas. Chastened reformers have typically adopted rebound strategies that accom...

And @starrprospect.bsky.social, arguing that after defeats, chastened health reformers have "typically adopted rebound strategies that accommodate some sources of opposition, incorporate elements of counterreforms, and reflect intervening institutional change. " N/N

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05.07.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After Defeat: Conservative Postenactment Opposition to the ACA in Historical-Institutional Perspective Abstract. Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, conservatives have sought to undermine the law's entrenchment. While they have failed in their ambitious quest to repeal the ACA...

@oberlanderunc.bsky.social and me on how conservatives never fully accepted the legitimacy of the ACA, contrasting the partisan battle over the ACA's implementation with the post-enactment politics of Social Security and Medicare. 4/N
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

05.07.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dog That Almost Barked: What the ACA Repeal Fight Says about the Resilience of the American Welfare State Abstract. The 2017 GOP drive to β€œrepeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) arguably constituted the most ambitious effort to dismantle a social program in American history. Certainly it was th...

@jacobhacker.bsky.social and Paul Pierson on the GOP's near miss of ACA repeal in 2017, arguing that "the hurdles facing retrenchmentβ€”in particular, the sway of national public opinionβ€”have not simply diminished; they have changed...." 3/N
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05.07.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Policy Feedbacks and Medicaid on Its 60th Anniversary | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

Andrea Campbell on Medicaid, arguing that despite its growth and reach into the middle class, Medicaid's "welfare medicine image is a constant undercurrent" and "opinion about the program continues to be divided" by party ID and racial sentiment. 2/N
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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