The 4 Horsemen of the Healthcare Apocalypse (Do Not Resuscitate #388)

Kennedy-Bhattacharya-Makary-Monarez gallop forward as Injury, Ignorance, Poison, and Disease. Hear how they lay waste to  healthcare, research, environment, and of course our mental health, such as it is. Here are links to all the articles mentioned: 

Malcolm Ferguson, RFK Jr launches bloodbath at health department in mass layoffs,” New Republic, Apr 1, 2025 https://newrepublic.com/post/193418/rfk-jr-health-department-layoffs-hhs

Adam Cancryn et al., “RFK Jr.’s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling,” Politico, Mar 27, 2025 https://bit.ly/3FTfjIs

Shannon Bond & Jenna McLaughlin, “Federal workers ordered back to office find shortages of desks, Wi-Fi and toilet paper,” KVPR/NPR, Mar 26, 2025 https://bit.ly/3RyNvLW

Tina Reed, “RFK Jr.’s emerging vision for HHS: More centralized power,” Axios, Mar 31, 2025 https://bit.ly/4lgOIVR

Adam Feuerstein, “FDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequences,” STAT, Mar 30, 2025 bit.ly/4jfpQfh

Tim Craig, “Veterans crisis line operators say they feel battered by Trump, DOGE,” Washington Post, Mar 27, 2025 https://bit.ly/3RxWkpk

Joyce Frieden, “Public health, environmental experts decry EPA rule rollbacks,” MedPage Today, Mar 21, 2025 https://bit.ly/3RypbK8

Judy George, “Who is David Geier, the man leading federal autism-vaccine study?” MedPage Today, March 27, 2025 https://bit.ly/3R23RwC

Sophie Gardner & Alice Miranda Ollstein, “Trump Administration shuttering long Covid office,” Politico, Mar 24, 2025 https://bit.ly/4iMUblL

Annie Waldman & Sharon Lerner, “NIH ends future funding to study the health effects of climate change,” ProPublica, Mar 24, 2025 https://bit.ly/4i2o2FA

Angus Chen, “Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump,” STAT, March 24, 2025 https://bit.ly/3FSdCuZ

Jason Karlawish, “Cuts to Medicaid will set the U.S. back 35 years in dementia care,” STAT, March 25, 2025 https://bit.ly/42uyzEY and Greg Sergant, “Oops: Trump-Musk cuts just wrecked an NIH org championed by GOPers,” New Republic, Feb 19, 2025 https://newrepublic.com/article/191702/trump-musk-national-institutes-health-wrecked

Lia DeGroot, “Targeting FDA user fees would leave agency gutted, experts say,” Roll Call, Mar 27, 2025 https://bit.ly/4lcYw35

Amudalat Ajasa, “EPA knew it wrongfully canceled dozens of environmental grants, documents show,” Washington Post, Mar 24, 2025 https://bit.ly/41WjLPj

Megan Molteni & Jason Mast, “NIH is removing some outside scientific advisers who evaluate agency research,” STAT, Mar 24, 2025 https://bit.ly/41UTP6E

Ron Lieber, “The big secret about Medicaid: It’s a middle-class benefit,” New York Times, Mar 21, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/your-money/medicaid-trump-long-term-care.html

Wendell Potter, “Maybe the DOJ will be tougher on health insurers than Wall Street thought,” Healthcare Un-covered, Mar 28, 2025 https://bit.ly/4i3ajyq

Amanda Seitz, “Trump nominates Republican once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds as HHS watchdog,” Associated Press, Mar 25, 2025 https://bit.ly/4ja3PP4

Hiroko Tabuchi, “She lobbied for a carcinogen. Now she’s at the EPA. approving new chemicals,” New York Times, Feb 26, 2025 https://bit.ly/42sNlvS

Christina Jewett, “He fought claims of harm from infant formula. Now he regulates it,” New York Times, Mar 4, 2025 https://bit.ly/4cgE39x

Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Brett Murphy & Le Van, “Trump halted an Agent Orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands at risk for poisoning,” ProPublica, Mar 17, 2025 https://bit.ly/42sZrVN

Art Cullen, “Just let the bird flu run its course, these crazy cats say,” Storm Lake Times-Pilot [Iowa], Mar 25, 2025 https://bit.ly/43EZyPk

You can find the entire archive of my 388 weekly digests at www.nypan.org/single-payer-news.