Michael K. GusmanoResearch Scholar at The Hastings Center.Posts by Michael K. GusmanoBioethics Forum EssayEthics and Evidence in the Search for a Vaccine and Treatments for Covid-19In the rush to find a Covid-19 vaccine and one or more drugs to treat the deadly disease, concerns are being raised that ethical standards for conducting human clinical trials and the evidentiary standards for determining whether interventions are safe and effective, might be loosened.Read Ethics and Evidence in the Search for a Vaccine and Treatments for Covid-19Bioethics Forum EssayHealth Reform and Competing Visions of JusticeOn May 4, 2017, just over one month after abandoning a previous version of the bill, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a 217-213 margin (with one abstention) to...Read Health Reform and Competing Visions of JusticeBioethics Forum EssayNew Homeland Security Rules and Health Care Access for Undocumented ImmigrantsOn February 21, the Department of Homeland Security released new policies prioritizing deportation of undocumented immigrants. Will this policy shift affect health care access for this population of 11 million?...Read New Homeland Security Rules and Health Care Access for Undocumented ImmigrantsBioethics Forum EssayHealth Care Access for Undocumented Immigrants under the Trump AdministrationHealth care access is local; creating, financing, expanding, or restricting health care access for a low-income population involves local, state, and federal policies. During the Obama administration, health insurance for the...Read Health Care Access for Undocumented Immigrants under the Trump AdministrationBioethics Forum EssayThe Challenge of High Drug Prices in the U.S.Drug spending in the United States increased more than 12 percent in 2014 and is projected to rise faster than overall health care spending over the next 10 years. Between...Read The Challenge of High Drug Prices in the U.S.Bioethics Forum EssaySupreme Court Decision in King v Burwell: Backstory and Next StepsThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) relies on three primary strategies for expanding health insurance coverage. First, it regulates the insurance market to prevent practices that made it difficult or...Read Supreme Court Decision in King v Burwell: Backstory and Next StepsBioethics Forum EssayWhy Health Plan Cancellations Do Not Mean Failure for ACAOn November 14, President Obama announced that he would delay by one year the implementation of requirements imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(ACA) that would have led...Read Why Health Plan Cancellations Do Not Mean Failure for ACABioethics Forum Essay“Undocumented Doctors” and the Health of the DreamersLoyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine’s recent announcement that it would accept applications from Dreamers – young undocumented immigrants eligible for Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA)status – is an innovative and welcome...Read “Undocumented Doctors” and the Health of the DreamersBioethics Forum EssayAdministration Reveals Lack of CLASSThe demise of the CLASS (Community Living Assistance Services and Support) Act is the calamitous result of ideological warfare and political cowardice. It would have provided a modest benefit –...Read Administration Reveals Lack of CLASSRelated Posts Presentations Karen Maschke and Michael Gusmano, “Ethical and Policy Challenges for Xenotransplantation.” Hastings Center Board of Trustees. June 3, 2022. Via Zoom. Karen Maschke, “Xenotransplant Clinical Trials: Ethical and Policy...Read Media Interviews Maschke, Karen. Quoted. Organ Trafficking. Can the illicit trade be stopped? CQ Researcher. June 24, 2022; Volume 32, Issue 22, pp. 1-63. https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2022062400 Maschke, Karen. Quoted. Death of...Read Publications Maschke, Karen J., Elisa J. Gordon, Michael K. Gusmano. “Opinion: After the pig-to-human heart transplant, the FDA, clinicians and insurers have some catching up to do,” Washington Post Op Ed,...Read 2022 — A Year of ResultsIn the early days of 2022, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a dying 57-year-old man, a medical first. Hastings Center research scholar Karen Maschke cautioned against rushing into animal-to-human...Read 2022 — A Year of ResultsHastings Center NewsEthics and Pandemic Policies: Democracy in CrisisEthics guidance during the Covid-19 pandemic has been valuable in informing some health policies and practices, such as oversight of research and crisis standards of care. But it has been...Read Ethics and Pandemic Policies: Democracy in CrisisEventDemocracy in CrisisHastings Center president, Mildred Z. Solomon and research scholar, Michael Gusmano will present, “Democracy in Crisis”, at The Global Health Network Epidemic Ethics seminar. Read Democracy in Crisis Delivering in Another Tumultuous YearIn 2021, as the country scrambled to decide how to allocate the Covid-19 vaccine, Hastings Center research scholar Nancy Berlinger led a national team to produce detailed guidance on vaccine ethics....Read Delivering in Another Tumultuous YearEventEnd of Life Care in France and the US with Hastings Center Scholar Michael GusmanoEnd of Life Care in France and the US with Hastings Center Scholar Michael Gusmano, Life & Death Seminar Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, January 21st at Rutgers UniversityRead End of Life Care in France and the US with Hastings Center Scholar Michael GusmanoOur TeamMichael K. GusmanoMichael Gusmano investigates health care equity in the U.S. and other countries. His research and publications have focused on health policy, aging, and comparative welfare state analysis. He is the...Read Michael K. Gusmano
