UCLA GIM & HSR Asst Prof/Doctor, researcher, chaotic good & tennis guy. Studying justice, drugs & the environment. ALUM of BWH IM+CIR-SEIU, YaleMed, Howard U & Forbes30u30. Writing at adversereaction.substack.com Social media is for fun!https://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mgzzuydkec2sThe AHRQ just cancelled all of its grant mechanisms. This is the agency that funds a lot of research on healthcare quality. Congress appropriated them $200+M for this fiscal year. MAHA does NOT care about health. Only healthism. It’s Margaret Thatcher’s fever dream. https://open.substack.com/pub/adversereaction/p/maha-isnt-about-health-its-healthism?r=2b13ri&utm_medium=ios14 Mar 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzzuydkec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mgumo6gag22wIf there’s no society, there’s no obligation to regulate pollution, guarantee food security or access to healthcare. There are only individuals tasked w/ optimizing themselves. Read why I think #MAHA isn’t about health. It’s healthism. My latest in Adverse Reaction. https://open.substack.com/pub/adversereaction/p/maha-isnt-about-health-its-healthism?r=2b13ri&utm_medium=ios12 Mar 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgumo6gag22whttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mf3pasmqhc2qMy latest in @journalgim.bsky.social: Medicaid Coverage Restrictions & On-Label Buprenorphine Rx’ing for Chronic Pain. Current restrictive policies are associated with lower historical uptake of buprenorphine products that are FDA-approved for chronic pain, a safer alternative to traditional opioids17 Feb 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3pasmqhc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mekaq2ub7c25Landing in Vegas tonight for the pregnancy meeting™️ . Pumped to see my MFM friends & mentors. #SMFM2611 Feb 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekaq2ub7c25https://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3meabgyqf3c2nDo I know anyone planning a long-ish stay in Paris? Like 2 weeks or more07 Feb 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3meabgyqf3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mcv5u7jfvs2qCan immigration law people weigh in on whether the suspension of immigration visas from poor countries/non-western|NATO countries applies to citizenship petitions for current permanent residents?20 Jan 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcv5u7jfvs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mcv5sihbac2qRequiring reviewers to log into some portal to review the manuscript as opposed to providing you with a direct link to the review form can legit add a week to two weeks to my review time I’m so sorry.20 Jan 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcv5sihbac2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3mct2ilrn322aI understand that short form videos are what “works” in our new attention economy… how well do mid-length explanatory/criticism videos perform on youtube? I just don’t love the amount of nuance lost in 1-3 min reels/tik tok videos.20 Jan 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mct2ilrn322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m6yed6htbk27Honestly feeling quite a bit of distress re the undoing of public health etc being facilitated by doctors, while many of our professional societies are, it seems, just doing press releases.02 Dec 2025 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yed6htbk27https://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m6tu6j4pcc2fHave you ever had someone you love dearly die from the very failures you spend your waking hours trying to address in our healthcare system?30 Nov 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6tu6j4pcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m66oz6o5as2oMarjorie Taylor Greene might be yalls next president bruh22 Nov 2025 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m66oz6o5as2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m66dgt7qic2mTrump is so simple. He likes Zohran because he’s good looking and charismatic. Lolol21 Nov 2025 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m66dgt7qic2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m4r5i6dlbk2zBuprenorphine is safer than most if not any opioid we prescribe but people still act like dosing it is some esoteric practice. There’s no shortage of resources we can use to figure how to dose a medication for the first time. We should use them when prescribing a new medication.03 Nov 2025 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4r5i6dlbk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m2gannji322pVan Jones Isaiah 48:22!05 Oct 2025 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2gannji322phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m2fm2hcwas2bAsking for the police to be abolished under whatever timeline is not an excess when this is how they act. Fucking insane. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2fm2hcwas2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxjordan.bsky.social/post/3m2flxohd522bAsking for the police to be abolished under whatever timeline is not an excess when this is how they act. Fucking insane. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:qx3gzdoev3achfpmlcb46tyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2flxohd522b