Gregg Bloche
@greggbloche.bsky.social
Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Ethics, Georgetown Law. Revelations & perspective on medicine's uses & abuses, health care disparities, 💰 in the health sphere.
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
"Rationing Medicine for America's Marginalized"
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RationingMedicine
Organized by the Urban Institute/Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity
October 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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
"Rationing Medicine for America's Marginalized"
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/RationingMedicine
Organized by the Urban Institute/Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity
Eye-opening piece by Jill Horwitz @jillh.bsky.social & Mary Beckman on the threat that private equity's pursuit of short-term rewards poses to health care for the least-advantaged among us: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Eye-opening piece by Jill Horwitz @jillh.bsky.social & Mary Beckman on the threat that private equity's pursuit of short-term rewards poses to health care for the least-advantaged among us: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Reposted by Gregg Bloche
Standing up for what's right is harder to do now, but it's more important than ever before for health professionals to do this. #publichealth
When Should Federal Health Professionals Disobey Orders? www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... @greggbloche.bsky.social @kerrywallace.bsky.social
When Should Federal Health Professionals Disobey Orders? www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... @greggbloche.bsky.social @kerrywallace.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Standing up for what's right is harder to do now, but it's more important than ever before for health professionals to do this. #publichealth
When Should Federal Health Professionals Disobey Orders? www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... @greggbloche.bsky.social @kerrywallace.bsky.social
When Should Federal Health Professionals Disobey Orders? www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... @greggbloche.bsky.social @kerrywallace.bsky.social
Just out in Health Affairs: With former #AMA ethics chief David Orentlicher & Urban Institute fellow Kerry Wallace, I'm urging federal health professionals to disobey orders that violate medical ethics.
"Federal Health Professionals' Duties to Disobey"
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"Federal Health Professionals' Duties to Disobey"
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
When Should Federal Health Professionals Disobey Orders? | Health Affairs Forefront
Health professionals need to be ready to say “no,” in the interest of the nation’s health, their own morale and well-being, and democratic mechanisms of public decision-making. Professional organizati...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just out in Health Affairs: With former #AMA ethics chief David Orentlicher & Urban Institute fellow Kerry Wallace, I'm urging federal health professionals to disobey orders that violate medical ethics.
"Federal Health Professionals' Duties to Disobey"
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
"Federal Health Professionals' Duties to Disobey"
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Please join the Urban Institute Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity.
July 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Please join the Urban Institute Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity.
Please access our website for webinars and other information on the Urban Institute-Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity and the Law
www.law.georgetown.edu/urban-instit...
www.law.georgetown.edu/urban-instit...
www.law.georgetown.edu
July 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Please access our website for webinars and other information on the Urban Institute-Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity and the Law
www.law.georgetown.edu/urban-instit...
www.law.georgetown.edu/urban-instit...
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Reposting Article on Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women's Health so that it is accessible
Reposting Article on Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women's Health so that it is accessible
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Reposting Article on Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women's Health so that it is accessible
Reposting Article on Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women's Health so that it is accessible
Important article on Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women's Healthhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1I_dRxyaHCwMp5kPvi8mDnpOSQLGkNG85eOo_1OkZhUQ?usp=drive_fs
July 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Important article on Health Regulation at Risk: The Supreme Court and Women's Healthhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1I_dRxyaHCwMp5kPvi8mDnpOSQLGkNG85eOo_1OkZhUQ?usp=drive_fs
Such a deeply-moving piece, just posted in Health Affairs, remembering Susan Wood, whose integrity & courage ought to inspire us in these surreal times www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Remembering Susan F. Wood, A Woman Who Dared | Health Affairs Forefront
Susan was a scientist, a biologist by training. Her unwavering faith in scientific inquiry was her guiding compass. She dedicated her career to applying scientific evidence to health policy decision m...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Such a deeply-moving piece, just posted in Health Affairs, remembering Susan Wood, whose integrity & courage ought to inspire us in these surreal times www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Rule-of-Law plays with a 2 handicap on this SCOTUS ⛳️🏌️♂️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Justice Samuel Alito’s Dissent in the Alien Enemies Act Case
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law was premature.
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April 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Rule-of-Law plays with a 2 handicap on this SCOTUS ⛳️🏌️♂️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Listen to this piece - it’s important: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Emergency Is Here
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 04/17/2025 · 1h 12m
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April 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Listen to this piece - it’s important: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Kudos to @georgetownlaw.bsky.social & our students for putting it on the line for democracy! Or, as this piece put it, "Georgetown continues to be ranked #1 in cojones" abovethelaw.com/2025/03/geor...
Georgetown Law Student Group Calls Skadden Cowards, Opts Out Of Recruitment Event - Above the Law
Georgetown continues to be ranked #1 in cojones.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Kudos to @georgetownlaw.bsky.social & our students for putting it on the line for democracy! Or, as this piece put it, "Georgetown continues to be ranked #1 in cojones" abovethelaw.com/2025/03/geor...
Medical school acceptances for marginalized racial & ethnic groups are in sudden, steep decline. Join us Fri. March 21, 2 to 3:15 pm EDT, for discussion of the worrisome health implications & strategies for reversing this trend. Register in advance at: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Medical school acceptances for marginalized racial & ethnic groups are in sudden, steep decline. Join us Fri. March 21, 2 to 3:15 pm EDT, for discussion of the worrisome health implications & strategies for reversing this trend. Register in advance at: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Gregg Bloche
Proposed cuts to #Medicaid could endanger #health insurance for low-income Americans.
Join Urban on 3/10 @ 2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual event that will explore these cuts’ potential effects on the program and its more than 70 million beneficiaries. #LiveatUrban
Join Urban on 3/10 @ 2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual event that will explore these cuts’ potential effects on the program and its more than 70 million beneficiaries. #LiveatUrban
Downsizing Medicaid: How Proposed Cuts Could Endanger Health Insurance for Low-Income Americans
The Urban Institute–Georgetown Law Series on Health Justice features conversations with researchers and legal professionals about how we can reduce widespread disparities in medical care and health in...
www.urban.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Proposed cuts to #Medicaid could endanger #health insurance for low-income Americans.
Join Urban on 3/10 @ 2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual event that will explore these cuts’ potential effects on the program and its more than 70 million beneficiaries. #LiveatUrban
Join Urban on 3/10 @ 2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual event that will explore these cuts’ potential effects on the program and its more than 70 million beneficiaries. #LiveatUrban
Family feud? From Pam Bondi's bro's law firm bio: "In 2021, he endowed the Bradley J. Bondi Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship Fund at the University of Florida...for law students who demonstrate a commitment to advancing the causes of diversity and inclusion." www.paulhastings.com/professional...
Brad Bondi | Paul Hastings LLP
Brad Bondi is Global Co-Chair of the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and a nationally recognized litigation partner. He focuses on securities and financial investigat...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Family feud? From Pam Bondi's bro's law firm bio: "In 2021, he endowed the Bradley J. Bondi Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship Fund at the University of Florida...for law students who demonstrate a commitment to advancing the causes of diversity and inclusion." www.paulhastings.com/professional...
Join us online, Mon. March 10, 2 to 3:15 pm EDT, for "Downsizing Medicaid" - part of the "Urban Institute-Georgetown Law Series on Health Justice" Register in advance at: downsizingmedicaid.splashthat.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Join us online, Mon. March 10, 2 to 3:15 pm EDT, for "Downsizing Medicaid" - part of the "Urban Institute-Georgetown Law Series on Health Justice" Register in advance at: downsizingmedicaid.splashthat.com
A pioneer, a giant, & an inspiration! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...
Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health
A psychiatrist at Harvard and an adviser to Jesse Jackson and Bill Cosby, he challenged Black Americans to stand up to systemic bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A pioneer, a giant, & an inspiration! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...
Reposted by Gregg Bloche
WEBINAR 🗓️| Join @UrbanInstitute.bsky.social and #GeorgetownLaw on 2/26 for a virtual event on the conflict between care providers’ Hippocratic duty and immigration enforcement demands. Moderated by @greggbloche.bsky.social #healthjustice bit.ly/4kajeAl
February 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
WEBINAR 🗓️| Join @UrbanInstitute.bsky.social and #GeorgetownLaw on 2/26 for a virtual event on the conflict between care providers’ Hippocratic duty and immigration enforcement demands. Moderated by @greggbloche.bsky.social #healthjustice bit.ly/4kajeAl
Launching the Urban Institute--Georgetown Law Web Series on Health Justice! Wed. Feb 26, 12 to 1 pm ET: How should hospitals & clinics handle government demands that they assist in detaining unauthorized immigrants? Register at georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Launching the Urban Institute--Georgetown Law Web Series on Health Justice! Wed. Feb 26, 12 to 1 pm ET: How should hospitals & clinics handle government demands that they assist in detaining unauthorized immigrants? Register at georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Critically-important post from Julie Linton et al, just out, on how #healthcare institutions can resist pressure from #ICE & other immigration authorities to violate medical ethics (part of Health Affairs' "Ethics & Health Systems Change" series): www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Health Care Institutions And Immigration Enforcement: An Ethical Imperative | Health Affairs Forefront
Given the unprecedented potential for sweeping immigration enforcement actions that may include health care settings, health care institutions have an ethical responsibility to urgently prepare.
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February 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Critically-important post from Julie Linton et al, just out, on how #healthcare institutions can resist pressure from #ICE & other immigration authorities to violate medical ethics (part of Health Affairs' "Ethics & Health Systems Change" series): www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
#FlyEaglesFly tonight! But I'm not happy about Elon Musk's announcement a few hours ago that he's bought Super Bowl ads to promote his lawless #DOGE rampage www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISx...
Elon Musk’s $40 Million Super Bowl Commercials: DOGE Ads Unveil Government Waste!
YouTube video by Trump Train YT
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February 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#FlyEaglesFly tonight! But I'm not happy about Elon Musk's announcement a few hours ago that he's bought Super Bowl ads to promote his lawless #DOGE rampage www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISx...
Why? Bad legal advice? Irrational fear within the Howard Hughes Medical Institute? Some sort of vibe-shift? www.statnews.com/2025/02/06/h... via @statnews.com
Researchers 'stunned' after HHMI abruptly cancels program to make science more inclusive
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute abruptly ended a $60 million program to improve the retention of diverse college students
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February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Why? Bad legal advice? Irrational fear within the Howard Hughes Medical Institute? Some sort of vibe-shift? www.statnews.com/2025/02/06/h... via @statnews.com
Why we hate our health insurers—just posted: www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/h...
We are all complicit in the big lie of health insurance
“Insurers deliver the deception we seek — by promising to pay for ‘medically necessary’ care and telling us nothing about whether and how they weigh cost,” writes M. Gregg Bloche.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Why we hate our health insurers—just posted: www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/h...