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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

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Hi! Law prof in Utah (@SJQuinney). Public health, legal systems, corporate power, FDA. 🏳️‍🌈 He, him. My cat is adorbs - Dolly, forever a kitten. Views are my own. RT ≠ endorse

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Daniel Aaron was an American writer and academic who helped found the Library of America.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · Jan 16

States are justifying their bans of transgender health care on a 388-page report called the Cass Review. Supreme Court justices have invoked it.

Today, in @nejm.org, Craig Konnoth and I conclude the report is unsound because it departs from standards in medical law, policy, and practice. 🧵(1/12)

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 12h

@sjquinney.bsky.social @nusl.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social

Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 12h

Grateful to @healthaffairs.bsky.social

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 12h

Thrilled that my new piece with @drsinhaesq.bsky.social is out. We review different funding models for research and stress the importance of public funding for two reasons: (1) It can support non-profit-driven research, and (2) It can serve as a bulwark against corporate influence over science.

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 14h

NEW with @medlawdan.bsky.social @sjquinney.bsky.social in Health Affairs Forefront:

As An Alternative To Federal Research Funding, Private Investment Brings Significant Risks www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

cc: @slulaw.bsky.social @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social

As An Alternative To Federal Research Funding, Private Investment Brings Significant Risks | Health Affairs Forefront

Researchers and physician scientists who accept private funding from profit-motivated actors must take affirmative steps to ensure it does not compromise the integrity of their work.

www.healthaffairs.org

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 14h

As An Alternative To Federal Research Funding, Private Investment Brings Significant Risks | Health Affairs Forefront

Researchers and physician scientists who accept private funding from profit-motivated actors must take affirmative steps to ensure it does not compromise the integrity of their work.

www.healthaffairs.org

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Indicting political opponents & critics because they are political opponents & critics is terrifying.

It's completely inconsistent with the rule of law & democracy.

It should scare everyone - and (hopefully) will get people to realize that we all need to stand against this.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @weparmet.bsky.social and me in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social on last Supreme Ct term & impact on health. TLDR: Major concerns about the Court's politicizing health agencies, dashing protections for marginalized groups, and eroding access to justice.

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AJPH

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 1d

NEW-ish: Louisiana is suing FDA over its 2023 REMS change for mifepristone, which removed the in-person dispensing requirement. That change allowed mail or pharmacy dispensing of mife after significant data showed it was safe and effective. A few things to note about this new lawsuit.

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 2d

Pew Research finds only 31 percent of transgender adults surveyed said they are accepted by their parents.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone

Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.

www.pewresearch.org

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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 2d

The key thing now is "that the government does not actually have the capacity to successfully negotiate a bespoke 'deal' with every university in the country. All universities have to do now is do nothing—no accepting the compact, no counter-offers, nothing." Great analysis by @fishkin.bsky.social

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 2d

NEW: It’s… another abortion pill lawsuit against the FDA, this time filed by Louisiana and an individual plaintiff, who argue the FDA should reinstate an in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.

And if you guess Alliance Defending Freedom might be involved here, you guessed correctly.

Louisiana et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al 6:2025cv01491 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Justia

Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision case filed on October 3, 2025 in the Louisiana Western District Court

dockets.justia.com

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Gregg Bloche @greggbloche.bsky.social · 2d

For a succinct explanation of the fight that's led to a government shutdown, join us this Friday: 📅 Oct 10 | 1–2:15 PM EDT:

"Rationing Medicine for America's Marginalized"
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RationingMedicine

Organized by the Urban Institute/Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 2d

Lawyers are not only risk averse by nature, but they are trained to think about individual clients. This is a bad problem in the kind of complex Prisoner's Dilemma situation we find ourselves.

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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 2d

New from @pzettler.bsky.social @reshmagar.bsky.social + me in @jhppl.bsky.social.
We describe themes driving historic FDA reforms, explain how what's happening under Trump2 is different + call for principles to guide FDA reform and activity across administrations.
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 3d

I believe they do with a very loose comb - mostly to pick up spam and such

Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 3d

Yah law profs manage them. When you're selecting them, you can often see the manager

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 3d

Oral argument for Chiles v. Salazar, challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is set to begin

Me & @turban.bsky.social talked about the implications of the case in @jamapediatrics.com

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 4d

Please to share the final, citable version of my latest article, The Existential Challenge to the Administrative State, forthcoming in the Georgetown Law Journal. Written mostly before Trump's second term, the paper critiques and responds to the case law that has enabled the current conflagration.

The Existential Challenge to the Administrative State

<div> A set of constitutional claims today strikes at the heart of the administrative authority of the federal government. Claims regarding administrative poli

papers.ssrn.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 5d

I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 6d

Building a bear is not artistic expression

David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 6d

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COUPON CODE: RECESSION50 @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 6d

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 6d

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JAMA @jama.com · 6d

An estimated 61% of U.S. children have been enrolled in #Medicaid or CHIP and 42% have experienced periods of uninsurance by age 18, with insurance disruptions being more common in states with restrictive Medicaid policies.

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JAMA graphs show childhood insurance dynamics. Graph A: Medicaid/CHIP coverage vs. age. "Ever in Medicaid" peaks at 61%. Graph B: Uninsurance vs. age. "Ever uninsured" reaches 42%, while "Always uninsured" is 0%. Published Sept 24, 2025.

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KFF @kff.org · 6d

Most Americans, including most Republicans and MAGA supporters, say they want Congress to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that help make Marketplace coverage more affordable. https://on.kff.org/4q7ElGy

KFF graph showing that more than 3 in 4 adults (78%) support extending the enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act Marketplace coverage, based on a KFF Health Tracking Poll from September 23-29, 2025.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants.

KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I view today's decision as yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. This Court should have stayed its hand. Having opted instead to join the fray, the Court plainly mis- judges the irreparable harm and balance-of-the-equities factors by privileging the bald assertion of unconstrained executive power over countless families’ pleas for the sta- bility our Government has promised them. Because, re- spectfully, I cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference with cases pending in the lower courts while lives hang in the balance, I dissent.

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 8d

As I argued in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social, launching a "war" against purported "terrorists" will not solve the opioid crisis and is likely to damage public health

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

www.nytimes.com

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 8d

Today at 1pm: @mccuskey.bsky.social, Nicole Huberfeld, and I will defy the laws of time by covering Skrmetti 🏳️‍⚧️, Mahmoud🏳️‍🌈, Braidwood💉, VanDerStok🔫, Medina🤰, Chiles🧑‍⚕️, Callais🗳️, 1st Choice🥸, & more in a mere 50min
@buhealthlaw.bsky.social @bulaw.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 8d

The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 9d

Georgia's work reqs program spent "$54.2 million on administrative costs since 2021, compared to $26.1 million spent on health care costs." ~90% of admin. expenditures came from the federal budget "meaning that Georgia’s experiment is being funded by taxpayers around the country."

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

www.propublica.org

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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 10d

Narrator: It is not a reasonable cash price.

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 10d

TrumpRx program promises discounts of 40-85% for Americans buying drugs directly from manufacturers

White House fact sheet says discounts are off list prices

Pfizer’s Xeljanz list price = $6,073/month

40% discount = $3,643/month

@dusetzinas.bsky.social: “How is this a reasonable cash price?”

TrumpRx prescription drug discounts
Eucrisa- dermatitis - 80% discount
Duavee- osteoporosis- 85% discount
Zavzpret- migraine - 50% discount
Xeljanz- rheumatoid arthritis - 40% discount

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 14d

#FireproofingTheFDA @sjquinney.bsky.social @utah.edu

Keynote Speaker Dr. Rita Redberg @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social

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