Muskrats run amok (Do Not Resuscitate #382)

The DOGEbags have declared war on the civil service and the country's scientific research infrastructure. Permanent damage to ensue. Medicaid is next--can Medicare and Social Security be far behind? 

Links to the articles discussed in this episode: 

Dave Muoio, “Department of Veterans Affairs lays off over 1,000 probationary employees, promises reinvestment in care,” Fierce Healthcare, Feb 14, 2025 https://bit.ly/419cCJI

Lizzy Lawrence, “FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend,” STAT, Feb 18, 2025 https://bit.ly/42ZBF4r

Helen Branswell, “Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching,” STAT, Feb 17, 2025 https://bit.ly/416XooB

Matthew Herper, “FDA’s former top food official says Trump firings are ‘dismantling’ the division,” STAT, Feb 18, 2025 https://bit.ly/41lRUYj

Adam Feuerstein, “As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA,” STAT, Feb 11, 2025 https://bit.ly/3X7abX8

Christopher Morten et al., Gilead’s short-term win threatens the future of pharmaceutical public-private partnerships,” STAT, Feb 12, 2025 https://bit.ly/418Hiel

Robin Fields, “What a $2 million per dose gene therapy reveals about drug pricing,” ProPublica, Feb 12, 2025 https://bit.ly/3CNSBjY

Suzanne B. Robotti, “FDA clinical trial inclusivity guidelines will be back,” STAT, Feb 6, 2025 https://bit.ly/433uTdX

Stephanie Nolen, “Abandoned in the middle of clinical trials because of a Trump order,” New York Times, Feb 6, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hAm7IZ

Angus Chen & Jonathan Wosen, “Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine,” STAT, Feb 12, 2025 https://bit.ly/42XvcHp

Rachael Robertson, “Meet the world’s healthcare billionaires,” MedPage Today, Feb 13, 2025 https://bit.ly/418Q4J0

Maureen Tkacik, “The DOGE czar’s plan to loot Medicare,” American Prospect, Feb 14, 2025 https://bit.ly/4b8J6Z7

Chad Van Alstin, “Private equity tied to 21% of healthcare bankruptcies for second consecutive year,” Health Exec, Feb 12, 2025 https://bit.ly/3EFV14K

Ken Klippenstein, “Government monitoring those with ‘negative’ views of health insurance companies,” kenklippenstein.com, Jan 18, 2025 https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/government-monitoring-those-with

Jim Reed, “Rise of vaccine distrust—why more of us are questioning jabs,” BBC, Jan 15, 2025 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jgrlxx37do

“States absorb increases for sicker Medicaid enrollees after the pandemic,” Associated Press, Feb 10, 2025 https://bit.ly/4b92OEn

Anna Claire Vollers, “State lawmakers embrace RFK Jr.’s health policies,” Stateline, Feb 12, 2025 https://bit.ly/43lQXkv

Victor Roy, Victor Amana, Joseph S. Ross & Cary P. Gross, “Shareholder payouts among large publicly traded health care companies,” JAMA Internal Medicine, Feb 10, 2025 https://bit.ly/3QtOvRg

Eric Reinhart, “Health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters,” STAT, Feb 11, 2025 https://bit.ly/4gJrRyU

J. Emory Parker, “STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time,” STAT, Feb 14, 2025 https://bit.ly/3QoHm4p

Gregg Gonsalves, “When ‘just asking questions’ about science turns into 300,000 dead,” New York Times, Feb 13, 2025 Opinion | When ‘Just Asking Questions’ About Science Turns Into 300,000 Dead

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