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Publishing null results *is* hard. Thrilled to finally see this paper with @danielnposner.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social investigating the impact of bottom-up accountability on healthcare outcomes in print in the JOP. Thread 👇
doi.org/10.1086/736577
![First, those leaders in the Congress who purportedly were to serve as
guardrails for Sec. Kennedy need to acknowledge they were misled and
withdraw their support from his dangerous policies. They should listen
to Doctors for America, which says that Sec. Kennedy is “unfit to serve as
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary” and “has used his position
to advance health misinformation, dismantle public health services, and
undermine HHS’s mission to “to enhance the health and well-being of all
Americans.”” [28] Doctors for America and the American Public Health
Association are both calling for RFK Jr. to resign or be fired [27,29].
Congress can hold hearings and investigate RFK Jr.’s actions, and pass
legislation correcting the worst of Mr. Kennedy’s actions—or at least
resolutions calling them out.
References:
[27] Zhou F, Jatlaoui TC, Leidner AJ, Carter RJ, Dong X, Santoli JM, et al. Health and economic benefits of routine childhood immunizations in the era of the vaccines for children program - United States, 1994-2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73(310):682–5.
[28] Doctors for America. Statement Release: Doctors for America calls for the resignation or removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://doctorsforamerica.org/statement-release-rfk-resignation/; April 15, 2025.
[29] American Public Health Association. Secretary Kennedy and his policies are a danger to the public’s health. https://www.apha.org/news-and-media/news-releases/apha-news-releases/secretary-kennedy-and-his-policies-are-a-danger-tothepublic’s-health; April 9, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nuqrjelqx4a2ewqzvwekhuro/bafkreie4ksqesmy6u33lwj5sv6jtdrmjfznx5ixvzk4sp5waloy72ukl4u)
