
It’s not a vacation. Let’s start with federal employees; you deserve better. You often could get paid more elsewhere but you want to serve. And instead of saying thank you, Congress asks you to take a seat on the bench and (hopefully) get backpay. It feels awful and I am so sorry you have to…

Suited up: The Department of Justice responded to Merck’s Medicare negotiation suit. It leaned into the argument that this is a negotiation. “Manufacturers that do not wish to make their drugs available at negotiated prices can avoid doing so by forgoing sales of the relevant drugs to Medicare beneficiaries— including by withdrawing from the Medicare…