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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

@medlawdan.bsky.social

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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 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 · 13h

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

Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 23h

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

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

Building a bear is not artistic expression

David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING

COUPON CODE: RECESSION50 @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING:

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KFF @kff.org · 3d

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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JAMA @jama.com · 3d

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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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 4d

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."
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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 · 5d

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...

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

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 6d

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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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 5d

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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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 7d

Narrator: It is not a reasonable cash price.

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 11d

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

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

cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 11d

#FireproofingTheFDA
Panel 2: FDA, Politics, and Public Health

(1) @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social
(2) @pzettler.bsky.social @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social
(3) Lewis Grossman @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social
(4) Joseph Daval @portalresearch.org

Moderator: @teneille.bsky.social @sjquinney.bsky.social

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 11d

At @sjquinney.bsky.social #FireproofingTheFDA

Panel 1: Improving the Safety and Effectiveness of Medical Products

Panelists:
(1) Shannon Brownlee
(2) @saragerke.bsky.social
(3) George Horvath @uclawsf.bsky.social

Moderator: Jim Ruble @utah.edu College of Pharmacy

cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social

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

Thrilled to have you Michael!

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 12d

Looking forward to "Fireproofing the FDA: Power, Politics, and Public Health" tomorrow! I will be on the last panel of the day: "Repairing the FDA." Kudos to @medlawdan.bsky.social @sjquinney.bsky.social for organizing!

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

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Forbes @forbes.com · 13d

The Department of Education’s failure to process income-driven repayment plan applications could result in harm for millions of student loan borrowers, with some facing extra taxes, suit alleges.

Trump Administration Delays Could Stick Student Loan Borrowers With Huge Tax Bills, Lawsuit Says

The Department of Education’s failure to process income-driven repayment plan applications could result in harm for millions of student loan borrowers, with some facing extra taxes, suit alleges.

www.forbes.com

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 13d

UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

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University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law @sjquinney.bsky.social · 13d

Associate Professor @medlawdan.bsky.social, a health law expert, is quoted in this @nytimes.com article about the FDA's approval of a drug for autism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled that HLPP is hosting Risk and Resistance on Oct 3! Honored to celebrate @azizaahmed.bsky.social’s groundbreaking book and so grateful to our amazing co-sponsors, speakers, and panelists who will make this such an inspiring event.
#RiskandResistance
#healthlaw

AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 14d

Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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