Week One Trump II (Do Not Resuscitate #379 Jan 31 2025)

This week on "Do Not Resuscitate" we have to talk about the early slash-and-burn governance of Trump II, which looks likely to backfire though who knows these days? I review some of the voluminous material on the impact on scientific research, the opposition to RFK Jr, the ongoing insanity of private equity taking over healthcare, insurance scams galore, and finally the creepy silence of the medical establishment on the slaughter of doctors in Gaza. 

Links to all the articles mentioned are here: 

Angus Chen, Usha Lee McFarling & Jonathan Wosen, “Researchers reel as Trump administration moves quickly to cut funding and end DEI health programs,” STAT, Jan 27, 2025 https://bit.ly/3EeNbih

Amy Maxmen, “The growing inequality of life expectancy among Americans,” KFF Health News/ABC News, Jan 22, 2025 https://bit.ly/4gg8LQO

Stephanie Armour & David Hilzenrath, “Junk food turns public villain as power shifts in Washington,” KFF Health News, Jan 20, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hyi5An

KLG/Yves Smith, “Make America Healthy Again: Is MAHA a trope or a movement?” Naked Capitalism, Jan 15, 2025 https://bit.ly/40PsfqI

Berkeley Lovelace Jr., “RFK Jr’s No. 1 hurdle to take on unhealthy food: Money,” NBC News, Nov 18, 2024 https://bit.ly/3X0i80f

Judy George, “HHS inspector general raises concerns over FDA’s accelerated approvals,” MedPage Today, Jan 16, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hc8uzw

Sharon Lerner, “Donald Trump’s No. 2 pick for the EPA represented companies accused of pollution harm,” ProPublica, Jan 22, 2025 https://bit.ly/4h8zBeI

Hiroko Tabuchi, “Two industry executives join EPA to help oversee chemical rules,” New York Times, Jan 22, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hyeLVV

Matt Taibbi, “What’s the right way to cover the Trump presidency?” Racket News, Jan 22, 2025 https://bit.ly/4gkiaXB

Bob Herman, “Warren wants close FTC scrutiny of drug distributors buying cancer medical groups,” STAT, Oct 29, 2024 https://bit.ly/40PVEkN

Jennifer Henderson, “FTC settles with private equity firm over anesthesia investments,” MedPage Today, Jan 22, 2025 https://bit.ly/4gfOWJ9

Nina Matthews, “Small businesses want low health care costs, but Big Pharma proposals do opposite,” The Tennessean, Oct 13, 2024 https://bit.ly/4axISdN

Ellen Gabler, “How a company makes millions off a hospital program meant to help the poor,” New York Times, Jan 15, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hz8ERf

Fight over Allen Pavilion in New York City <https://bit.ly/4jxYGBk>

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Miranda Yaver, “‘Rationing by inconvenience’: Health insurers count on customers not appealing denials,” STAT, Jan 23, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hdNBUx

Casey Ross, “AI versus AI: The emerging arms race over health insurance denials,” STAT, Dec 12, 2024 https://bit.ly/3Eo7Wb3

Bob Mercer, “House wants voters to vote on Medicaid a third time,” Capitol News Bureau/KELO, Jan 22, 2025 https://bit.ly/42wuH6H

Kyle Pfannenstiel, “Idaho House committee introduces Medicaid expansion repeal bill,” Idaho Capitol Sun, Jan 24, 2025 https://bit.ly/40PIWlR

Shoshana Walter, “Hospitals gave women medications during childbirth, then reported them for using illicit drugs,” Reveal/The Marshall Project, Dec 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/42w77Y0

David Klepper, “The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding,” Associated Press, Jan 26, 2025 https://bit.ly/4hbK4Gs

Mansoor Malik, Ravi Chandra & Gary S. Belkin, “The willful and dangerous silence of the U.S. medical establishment on Gaza,” Mondoweiss, Dec 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/4az29LQ

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