Government Claims It Has “Extensive” Analysis Backing the Travel Ban—It’s Not True
In justifying President Trump ’s travel ban to the Supreme Court last month, his attorneys repeatedlyreferenced a confidential report. They told the Court that this “extensive” analysis of “every country in the world” resulted from a “worldwide multi-agency review” and proves that the president did not act with religious animus. Yet they refuse to release it, and the information that they have released about it refutes their claim that it was extens ive. In fact, it was far from rigorous.In response toa lawsuit by the Brennan Center for Justice in New York, the governmentdisclosed that its final secret report...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 24, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Circuit Court Strikes Blow to Maryland Drug Pricing Measure
On April 13, 2018, the United States of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down the first-in-the-nation law aimed at lowering the price of off-patent or generic drugs. The Court, in a two-to-one ruling, stated the law is in violation of the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and therefore, is unconstitutional.
In 2017, Maryland became the first state to allow its attorney general to take legal action against drug companies after they increase the price of off-patent or generic drugs. The bill was passed by the Maryland legislature but became law without the signature of the state’s governor, Larry Hoga...
Source: Policy and Medicine - May 1, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
U.S. Approves Far Fewer Muslim Refugees, Immigrants, & Travelers
ConclusionPresident Trump appears to be fulfilling his campaign promise.
The United States is accepting the fewest Muslim refugees in
decades, and immigration from the Muslim world has received an
unprecedented cut under his administration. On the campaign trail,
President Trump assured voters that the Muslim ban would be a “temporary ban.” In the coming months, we will find out how
temporary these policies discouraging Muslim immigration turn out
to be. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 23, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Proposed Medicare Changes to Limit Opioid Prescribing
by Chad KollasOn February 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS)published its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2019. Included in these proposed rules were several directives intended to reduce" Opioid Overutilization ” (see p. 202), including formal adoption of the “90 morphine milligram equivalent (MME) threshold cited in the CDC Guideline, which was developed by experts as the level that prescribers should generally avoid reaching with their patients (p. 203). ” CMS proposed “adding additional flags for high-risk beneficiaries who use ‘potentiator’ drugs (such...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - February 4, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CMS health policy kollas medicare opioids Source Type: blogs
Proposed Medicare Changes to Limit Opioid Prescribing
by Chad KollasOn February 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS)published its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2019. Included in these proposed rules were several directives intended to reduce" Opioid Overutilization ” (see p. 202), including formal adoption of the “90 morphine milligram equivalent (MME) threshold cited in the CDC Guideline, which was developed by experts as the level that prescribers should generally avoid reaching with their patients (p. 203). ” CMS proposed “adding additional flags for high-risk beneficiaries who use ‘potentiator’ drugs (such...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - February 4, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CMS health policy kollas medicare opioids Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 311
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 311th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Do you have an ED spa at your shop? Invest in yourself and see the results as you flourish. O...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - December 18, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Patients made this doctor care about politics
Before I went to medical school, I had little interest in politics. It wasn’t that I didn’t care about my country; I spent seven years serving in the United States Navy and have always taken pride in being an American. I suppose the reason for my political apathy was because things had always gone pretty well for me.
I grew up in a conservative, upper-middle-class family with two working parents. I lived in a nice house, attended private school for several years, and went on vacations with my family. My parents worked hard (and still do) for what we had, and I’m confident they made sacrifices that I didn’t know abo...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 15, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/chad-hayes" rel="tag" > Chad Hayes, MD < /a > Tags: Policy Public Health & Washington Watch Source Type: blogs
All I Want for Christmas is the Travel Ban to End
On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Courtallowed thethird version of the President ’s travel ban, which limits the entry of citizens fromeight countries, to go into effect. The White House claimed the Supreme Court decision as a victory, with spokesman Hogan Gidleysaying, “The proclamation is lawful and essential to protecting our homeland. We look forward to presenting a fuller defense of the proclamation as the pending cases work their way through the courts.”While thedomestic implications of the Supreme Court ’s decision will unfold in the next few weeks, the foreign policy implications will be widespread, and...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 14, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Sahar Khan Source Type: blogs
Muslim Ban? Fewer Muslim Refugees, Immigrants, and Travelers Enter U.S. in 2017
During his campaign, President Trumppromised to ban all Muslims outright until he could figure out “what is going on.” Helater explained that this idea had developed into several policies that would have the same effect. Since his inauguration, Trump has begun to implement them —they includeslashing the refugee program,banning all immigration and travelers from several majority Muslim countries, andimposing new burdens on all visa applicants as part of “extreme vetting” initiatives. So far, these policies appear to have “worked,” strongly reducing Muslim immigration and travel to the United States.Muslim refu...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 12, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
All I Want for Christmas …Is Information about U.S. Military Deployments
2017 has been a year of massive expansion for the Global War on Terror, but you could be forgiven for not noticing. In addition to the media focus on the ongoing chaos in the Trump White House, the Pentagon has consistently avoided disclosing where and who America ’s armed forces are engaged in fighting until forced to do so.Take Syria, where the Pentagon long claimed that there wereonly 500 boots on the ground, even though anecdotal accounts suggested a much higher total. When Maj. General James Jarrardaccidentally admitted to reporters at a press conference in October that the number was closer to 4000, his statement w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 11, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Emma Ashford Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 307
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 307th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Here’s a series of integrated Sepsis lectures from the Maryland CCProject. [SO]
Th...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 19, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Prior Presidents ’ “Travel Bans” Are Different From President Trump’s Ban
President Trump ’stravel ban Proclamation that bans immigration and travel from seven countries (and limits it from an eighth) is based on authority in immigration law that other presidents have used. But all but one of these bans were quite different from President Trump ’s. They banned at most a few thousand—almost always specifically named—individuals based on their personal conduct, not their nationality. In the one exception, not all nationals were banned, and the requirements to end the ban were very clear. Neither of which can be said for the Trump ban.Different in ScaleNo president has attempted to ban as m...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 16, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Adding Uzbeks to the Travel Ban Will Further Expose its Phony Criteria
Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek national,killed at least eight people with a truck in New York yesterday. Uzbekistan is a central Asian country north of Afghanistan ofalmost 30 million people—88 percent of whom are Muslim. President Trump did not include Uzbeks inhis travel ban released last month, but he is already sounding bellicose,writing that he will not allow ISIS to “enter our country” andthat he “ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program,” a phrase which hesometimes uses as shorthand for the travel ban.But adding Uzbekistan to the travel ban would be unwise for a president whose...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 1, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
How a Football-Loving SLP Views Potential Effects of Repeated Head Injuries
When I was in high school applying for colleges, I had two criteria for my potential university: strong academics and football. I knew I wanted the camaraderie of a football game day. My older sister, Beth, attended Marshall University during the Randy Moss/Chad Pennington years, and I was fortunate to attend many Thundering Herd home games during her time there.
I chose the University of Tennessee for my undergraduate degree. Saturday game day in the Southeastern Conference with the Vol Navy was even more than I had expected. The power-T and tailgating were even enough to get my parents to make the drive from Williamson,...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 12, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Katie Suggs Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Cognitive Rehabilitation Language Disorders Traumatic Brain Injury Source Type: blogs
Travel Ban Is Based on Executive Whim, Not Objective Criteria
ConclusionFor countries on the list, and for any country wishing to remain off the list, it is vitally important that they understand which factors led to their inclusion or exclusion. If the United States is acting in good faith —seeking to change behavior as opposed to looking for an excuse to ban people—its criteria should be clearly explained and understood. The Iran nuclear deal, for example, hasvery precise requirements for Iran to avoid sanctions, down to the exact percentage of purity for its enriched uranium. This is very far from the case here.No consistent combination of factors or mitigating factors trigger...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
