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Atul Grover
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Clin Prof of Medicine @GWSMHS & Assoc @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Former AAMC Executive
Walker of #Jasmine
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Atul Grover @atulgrovermd.bsky.social · Nov 15
If we want to make America live longer, i'd keep vaccinating &

-lower poverty
-increase educational attainment
-Tx/prevent substance use disorders
-Reduce firearm injury

www.aamcresearchinstitute.org/our-work/dat...
Narrowing the Gap: The Burden of Alcohol, Drugs, and Firearms on U.S. Life Expectancy
An analysis of the impact on national life expectancy from three preventable causes of death highlights opportunities to add years of life for Americans.
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“anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2007, is permanently banned from buying, using or being sold cigarettes or any other tobacco products in the country”

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Maldives Becomes First Nation to Ban Smoking for an Entire Generation
The Maldives has become the first country in the world to ban tobacco use for an entire generation, after a new law took effect.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"Two big pharmaceutical companies were willing to get into an expensive bidding war for one obesity drug company while ignoring all the others on the playing field. This leaves investors … pretty much where they were before the Metsera deal."
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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PSA for 2025: Correlation is NOT causation!
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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the monster mash by bobby "boris" pickett and the crypt-kickers

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October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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States that expanded Medicaid coverage had significantly better cancer survival among patients in rural and high-poverty areas as compared with non-expansion states

www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyon...
Medicaid Expansion Linked to Better Cancer Survival at 5 Years
Residents of rural, high-poverty areas derived greatest benefit versus non-expansion states
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October 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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"Once they adjusted for the contribution of genetics, the association between acetaminophen and autism virtually disappeared"

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Trump’s Tylenol warning cited a Harvard dean’s research. But a judge called his shifting conclusions ‘unreliable’
A Harvard dean whose work was cited as justification for curtailing Tylenol use provided what a judge called 'unreliable' expert testimony against the drug’s maker
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September 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump and RFK Jr’s claims about Tylenol and autism:

“Talk to your OB about it. But secondly, I was talking to a woman, she goes, ‘Oh, this is great. Two men telling me not to take the only thing I can take when my back's hurting and I'm pregnant.’”
September 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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#Science 2025 style

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September 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Not 'news' to anyone in medicine but thought it was worth keeping on the radar and perhaps putting it plainly for the public.

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America's Doctor Shortage Is Getting Worse. Abortion Bans Are to Blame.
Why America's future doctors are avoiding abortion-ban states.
time.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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The U.S. faces a doctor shortage, partly due to outdated Medicare caps on residency slots, crucial for training physicians. The bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 (S. 2439/H.R. 4731) would help. Len’s story shows what’s at stake. www.aamc.org/news/when-do...
When the doctor shortage is personal
Eight years after surviving a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis, the author urges Congress to pass legislation to help fund training for more doctors.
www.aamc.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The study is believed to be the first national-level analysis after the ruling, and its findings raise concerns about the future diversity of the healthcare workforce. @atulgrovermd.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t... via @statnews.com
Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts
The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The White Stripes - We're Going to be Friends

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July 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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for those old enough to remember the "cornhusker kickback" (in a bill that reduced the deficit...)

Alaska Allotment/Arrangement/Allowance ?

Non-CONUS Nest Egg?
July 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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"New York has a population about the size of Israel, except compared to them, we are practically a utopia, where people of very different backgrounds live peacefully (if grumpily) side by side"
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jun 26
This is … something pollsters very keenly understand and account for.
ryanlcooper.com ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Jun 26
"The problem with the polling and all the emphasis on data in contemporary politics is that it does not take into account that the electorate doesn’t really exist until election day, and the politician and his or her campaign are actively creating that electorate."
June 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says.

Scoop from @aniloza.bsky.social

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NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says
The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows
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June 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"3. Insurance companies are already supposed to be doing some of these things."

www.healthleadersmedia.com/payer/5-take...
5 Takeaways from Health Insurers' New Pledge to Improve Prior Authorization
Trump administration officials applauded the insurance industry for its willingness to change, but also acknowledged limitations of the agreement.
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June 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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BREAKING: federal judge overrules hundreds of NIH grant terminations

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Federal judge rules that hundreds of NIH grant terminations were 'void and illegal'
A federal judge ruled that some of the grant terminations by the National Institutes of Health on DEI grounds are “void and illegal.”
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June 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.bsky.social - the health policy journal of the JAMA Network - is now on BlueSky!! #MedSky #ARM25
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Job alert: My colleague Ari Ne'eman is looking for an RA (to be based in the Boston area) to help with some health policy research focused on Medicaid and people with disabilities

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June 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next ten years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
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The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next ten years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
The uninsured in the U.S. dropped by about 40% since the passage of the ACA; projected effects of legislation would raise uninsured 60%, nearly wiping out all the gains since the ACA was implemented
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June 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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"Altogether, 16 million people could become uninsured over a decade, the same number who were at risk of losing their insurance when Republicans attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017, CBO said."

we've come full circle

www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/t... via @statnews.com
10.9 million people would lose health insurance under Trump’s tax cut bill, CBO projects
'Big, beautiful bill' would result in 10.9 million people losing health insurance, primarily Medicaid.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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"The physician shortage is already here. But what we do now determines how dire this issue will become." www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/u... via @statnews.com
America is running out of doctors. Congress must step up
The U.S. can’t afford to lose more doctors. Expanding international students’ access to American medical schools is a good place to start.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"They're not work requirements, they're paperwork requirements...

if you're an Uber driver, an independent contractor, what does that requirement look like?"

Good questions on #Medicaid from
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June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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