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Zach Levin

@zachlevin.bsky.social

Economist @ Federal Trade Commission (all opinions my own!) β€’ Passionate about dogs, hospitals, and jorts β€’ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ www.zacharylevin.me

523 Followers  |  140 Following  |  50 Posts  |  Joined: 06.07.2023  |  1.8144

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Had a claim denied by Aetna but joke’s on them because I’m a health economist on furlough. Bet they’ve never seen an appeal with a β€œmethods” section before.

17.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey, I've heard of this program!

14.10.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Highmark now offers reanimation benefits!

10.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can confirm

06.06.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to see my PCP (primary care pastry)

22.05.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@avs.bsky.social better?

08.05.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Forgive me father, for I have put ketchup on a hot dog"

08.05.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Deep dish communion wafers.

08.05.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's true but my posts are for the ill-informed masses.

08.05.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Chicago Pope means we're getting deep dish communion wafers!

08.05.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Must be an Ohio State fan.

27.04.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A nice by-product of tariff discourse has been discovering one of my favorite undergrad economics professors is on this site (the incomparably brilliant @kclausing.bsky.social).

03.04.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh so sorry! I’ll let you know if I hear of anything!

01.04.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AOL warned us of the dangers of logging on. It would play for us the screams of the damned. But we didn’t listen. We didn’t listen.

27.02.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6989    πŸ” 1669    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 40

β€œThe kind of majority achieved only by Ozempic”

20.01.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Twitch but for memes!

19.01.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hearing a lot about TikTok lately, thinking of finally downloading it and signing up for an account.

19.01.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are also provisions in the list of items to increase taxation of university endowments!

17.01.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More detailed list of reconciliation policy options here from Punchbowll (h/t @zachlevin.bsky.social)

punchbowl.news/reconciliati...

ACA proposals include repealing APTC eligibility for DACA recipients, reintroducing the family glitch, and lifting income-based limits on APTC clawback

17.01.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Senators in rural states would definitely get their phone lines lit up on this.

17.01.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨new paper alert!!!🚨

My newest piece (and first solo-author pub!) is out at the Journal of Criminal Justice!

I use daily jail roster data from 20 rural/suburban jails to study the impacts of Illinois' ban on cash bail on actual incarceration patterns.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

13.01.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was pretty cool to meet the Big Boss, FTC Chair Khan today!

17.12.2024 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You have reply with a … well it’s more a comment than a question.

10.12.2024 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think very different than 2012 techno but obviously not as good as 2010.

07.12.2024 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay but does it?!

07.12.2024 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone (other than CBO) tried to estimate the long-term potential cost savings from GLP-1s? A bit of a fool's errand perhaps given the variables and time horizon, but an intriguing/important question!

07.12.2024 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I give him a lot of credit for pissing off basically every faction of Chicago city politics! Quite the accomplishment!

07.12.2024 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't but can I just say there is nothing more annoying than the fact I cannot install Zotero on my work computer so I can ONLY use the web interface?

07.12.2024 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He was at UMN today! Guess I graduated a few years too early.

06.12.2024 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you 😊 I’m getting better at decorating!

29.11.2024 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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