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American Dental Education Association
Volume 2, No. 79, December 7, 2022
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Student Debt Relief Plan
In the Nov. 16 issue of the ADEA Advocate, we reported that several states Attorneys General (NE, et. al. v. Biden [ [link removed] ] ) had been among groups challenging the Biden-Harris administration’s targeted debt cancelation program announced on Aug. 24. The U.S. District Court judge in the case dismissed the suit due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs. However, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently stayed the loan forgiveness program from being implemented anywhere in the country while it considers the case. The administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to review the circuit court’s stay and SCOTUS granted that request on Dec. 1, setting oral arguments for some time in February 2023.
The states challenging the program—Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and South Carolina— argue primarily that the Department of Education does not have the authority to cancel loans in these circumstances. The states say the pandemic is just being used as “pretext” for fulfilling the Biden-Harris administration’s campaign promise to cancel debt, and they contend that in addition to being fiscally irresponsible, the program will specifically harm the states’ loan authorities—state or nonprofit organizations that service federal loans—by reducing their revenue. The administration counters by stating that its authority under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROS) Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-76 [ [link removed] ] ) gives it the authority in a “war, military operation, or national emergency,” and that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency qualifies under the definition.
House Democrats Elect Leadership for the New Congress
The Democratic caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives elected a new slate of leaders for the 118th Congress, which will convene at noon ET on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.
With the decision of current Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and current Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to step down from the leadership, it represents not only a changing of the guard but also a generational change in the party leadership in the House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Pelosi will become Speaker-Emeritus and U.S. Rep. Hoyer will return to be a senior member of the Committee on Appropriations. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY) will become the party leader. The full slate of the Democratic leadership will be:
Minority Leader - U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY)
Assistant Minority Leader - U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
Minority Whip - U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)
Democratic Caucus Chair - U.S. Rep. Peter Aguilar (D-CA)
New CDC Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain – United States, 2022 [ [link removed] ] . This guideline provides recommendations for clinicians providing pain care—including those prescribing opioids—for outpatients over 18 years of age. It updates the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States, 2016 (MMWR Recomm Rep 2016;65[No. RR-1]:1–49) and includes recommendations for managing acute (duration of less than one month), subacute (duration of 1–3 months) and chronic (duration of more than three months) pain. The recommendations do not apply to pain related to sickle cell disease or cancer or to patients receiving palliative or end-of-life care.
North Carolina Department of Health Releases Updated Dental Opioid Action Plan
The North Carolina Department of Health announced the release of an updated Dental Opioid Action Plan, a result of work done by the state’s Dental Opioid Workgroup. The action plan provides strategies for avoiding opioid misuse and focuses on the following areas:
• Use a coordinated infrastructure,
• Reduce oversupply of prescription opioids,
• Reduce diversion of prescription drugs and flow of illicit drugs,
• Increase community awareness and prevention,
• Expand treatment and recovery-oriented systems of care and
• Measure our impact and revise strategies based on results.
Iowa Dental Board Proposes Recognition of Additional Specialty
The Iowa Dental Board has published a proposed rules change [ [link removed] ] that would add Orofacial Pain as a Board-approved specialty recognized by the American Dental Association. Written comments in response to the proposed rule change ended Sept. 30.
ADEA Advocacy in Action
This appears weekly in the ADEA Advocate to summarize and provide direct links to recent advocacy actions taken by ADEA. Please let us know what you think and how we might improve its usefulness.
Issues and Resources
• Applications open [ [link removed] ] for HRSA Dental Public Health Research Fellowship
• ADEA report [ [link removed] ] on teledentistry
• ADEA report [ [link removed] ] on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Dental Schools
• ADEA policy brief [ [link removed] ] regarding overprescription of antibiotics
• For a full list of ADEA memos, briefs and letters click here [ [link removed] ] .
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