Medical Education and Health Care in a Just Society
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), representing the president’s administration, has taken aim at three of the nation’s top medical schools.
Medical Education and Health Care in a Just Society

We often think of medical care as between a patient and a doctor. Insurance becomes involved to determine the pricing of that care and whether a procedure or drug is covered.

The False Claims Act — the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) efforts to combat health care fraud — is under constitutional attack.

When AI chatbots are asked about mixing substances, managing withdrawal, or reducing overdose risk, they increasingly provide substantive guidance.

On April 18, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order which he stated would “dramatically accelerate access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs.”

The European Union is in the middle of revising its medicines legislation. This reform, often referred to as the “pharma package,” centers on a proposed new Pharmaceutical Regulation and a proposed new Pharmaceutical Directive. Its stated…

Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken.

New York is now the 14th U.S. jurisdiction to authorize Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), concluding a decade of legislative effort.

Is a 10-year-old capable of understanding their Miranda rights? What about an 8-year-old? This is an age-old policy question: How do we determine the right age cutoffs?
