Ross Silverman
@manofsilver.bsky.social
Law, Ethics, Policy, & Politics of Public Health and Healthcare. Husband/Father/Professor & Associate Dean @ Temple🦉 Philly/Bloomington/Jersey Shore. Hoosiers & Hotspur. Personal account.
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Ross Silverman
@manofsilver.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Nominate Someone — Even Yourself — For the ASLME Board! – ASLME
aslme.org
The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum.
aslme.org/nominate-som...
aslme.org/nominate-som...
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“It is unclear how many people end up forgoing their medicine altogether.”
Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the U.S. jumped 25% from 2016 to 2023, according to a new analysis of more than four billion claims, a practice that has contributed to rising public outrage about the country’s private health insurance system. https://trib.al/ZcMrZu5
July 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“It is unclear how many people end up forgoing their medicine altogether.”
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The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum.
aslme.org/nominate-som...
aslme.org/nominate-som...
Nominate Someone — Even Yourself — For the ASLME Board! – ASLME
aslme.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum.
aslme.org/nominate-som...
aslme.org/nominate-som...
The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum.
aslme.org/nominate-som...
aslme.org/nominate-som...
Nominate Someone — Even Yourself — For the ASLME Board! – ASLME
aslme.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics seeks nominees to join its Board. Deadline is March 7, 2025. Home to the Health Law Professors conference & 2 peer-reviewed journals, we’re interested in law, ethics & policy issues across the health and healthcare spectrum.
aslme.org/nominate-som...
aslme.org/nominate-som...
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An important message from the ABA:
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An important message from the ABA:
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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The real emerald city.
January 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The real emerald city.
Geau berds. 🦅
a football player with the number 24 on his uniform
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media.tenor.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Geau berds. 🦅
Saquan with Ronaldo’s calma celebration is the icing on that cake. #GoBirds
a man in a bwin jersey stands in front of a sign that says calm down
ALT: a man in a bwin jersey stands in front of a sign that says calm down
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Saquan with Ronaldo’s calma celebration is the icing on that cake. #GoBirds
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If you’ve been affected by this pause — either as a government worker or as a health care professional — I’d love to hear from you.
Feel free to reply to this post or drop me an email — dan.diamond@washpost.com.
Feel free to reply to this post or drop me an email — dan.diamond@washpost.com.
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you’ve been affected by this pause — either as a government worker or as a health care professional — I’d love to hear from you.
Feel free to reply to this post or drop me an email — dan.diamond@washpost.com.
Feel free to reply to this post or drop me an email — dan.diamond@washpost.com.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of influencers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
January 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of influencers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
At halftime I’m watching the second Rocky-Clubber Lang fight to settle down.
January 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
At halftime I’m watching the second Rocky-Clubber Lang fight to settle down.
This game is being directed by John Woo.
January 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This game is being directed by John Woo.
The beer they’re serving here is terrible. Swill issue.
The pod of blue whales is still hungry. Krill issue.
I've been having trouble getting peppercorns to grind finely enough.Mill issue.
January 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The beer they’re serving here is terrible. Swill issue.
This game is bonkers.
January 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This game is bonkers.
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In @jama.com: Skrmetti is about whether SCOTUS will allow politicians to attack minority groups & ban disfavored health care/treatments for political reasons. Using fraudulent “experts” & studies after the fact means the implications are broad & put all care at risk
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
January 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In @jama.com: Skrmetti is about whether SCOTUS will allow politicians to attack minority groups & ban disfavored health care/treatments for political reasons. Using fraudulent “experts” & studies after the fact means the implications are broad & put all care at risk
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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This op-ed in @nytimes.com by @pauloffit.bsky.social is an absolute must-read. In it, Dr. Offit writes, "I’m an actual vaccine skeptic. In fact, everyone who serves with me on the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee is a vaccine skeptic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Opinion | RFK Jr. Is a Vaccine Cynic, Not Skeptic.
My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This op-ed in @nytimes.com by @pauloffit.bsky.social is an absolute must-read. In it, Dr. Offit writes, "I’m an actual vaccine skeptic. In fact, everyone who serves with me on the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee is a vaccine skeptic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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And speaking of being proud of the work - I am delighted to see this proposed rule get out and grateful to the expert team at FDA who worked hard to make this happen. It's great news for public health!
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FDA's new proposed rule on front-of-package nutrition labeling has been many years in the making and will have very significant public health benefits. If the new admin is serious about healthy nutrition, they push this through to finalization. www.fda.gov/news-events/...
FDA Proposes Requiring At-a-Glance Nutrition Information on the Front of Packaged Foods
FDA Proposes Rule that Would Help Consumers Quickly and Easily Identify how Foods Can Be Part of a Healthy Diet by Requiring a Nutrition Info Box on the Front o
www.fda.gov
January 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And speaking of being proud of the work - I am delighted to see this proposed rule get out and grateful to the expert team at FDA who worked hard to make this happen. It's great news for public health!
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Agreed, and it’s a well written article. In addition to access issues (an increasing concern), it seems undeniable that: shots have become a marker of parent identity/community affiliation; trust in science & professional guidance has dropped; & more people are pursuing use of broader exemptions.
This chart showing changes in the measles vaccination rates of the states from today’s NYT is bleak.
January 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Agreed, and it’s a well written article. In addition to access issues (an increasing concern), it seems undeniable that: shots have become a marker of parent identity/community affiliation; trust in science & professional guidance has dropped; & more people are pursuing use of broader exemptions.
Way to go Packers
a man in a hood says " let the hate flow through you !!! "
ALT: a man in a hood says " let the hate flow through you !!! "
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Way to go Packers
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Trust in public health agencies has fallen and not recovered.
I asked Biden’s top health official what he thinks went wrong.
“I can’t go toe to toe with social media,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
I asked Biden’s top health official what he thinks went wrong.
“I can’t go toe to toe with social media,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
‘I can’t go toe to toe with social media.’ Top U.S. health official reflects, regrets.
Xavier Becerra, who has led the Department of Health and Human Services, says federal agencies are outmatched in a world of “instantaneous information and disinformation.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trust in public health agencies has fallen and not recovered.
I asked Biden’s top health official what he thinks went wrong.
“I can’t go toe to toe with social media,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
I asked Biden’s top health official what he thinks went wrong.
“I can’t go toe to toe with social media,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages #Philly - Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s database shows “over 100 social and educational programs focused on mental health, education, justice reform, environmental protection and more.”
#HealthHumanities 🛟 whyy.org/articles/gre...
#HealthHumanities 🛟 whyy.org/articles/gre...
This Social Impact Database tracks how arts organizations operate in Philly
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance created the online survey tool to support its advocacy of the arts as a civic solution.
whyy.org
January 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Social Impact Database tracks how cultural sector engages #Philly - Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s database shows “over 100 social and educational programs focused on mental health, education, justice reform, environmental protection and more.”
#HealthHumanities 🛟 whyy.org/articles/gre...
#HealthHumanities 🛟 whyy.org/articles/gre...