Sunday, November 30, 2003

Texas Doctors’ Group Settles FTC Price-Fixing Charges

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Another Texas physicians' group came up short in a price-fixing investigation by the FTC. This must be at least the third (possibly fou...

Do religious groups have to follow laws they don't believe in?

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Texas Health Blog provides a link to this AP story about litigation in NY and Calif. concerning whether the Catholic Church's employee...

20 Questions for Senior Judge Richard Arnold.

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Howard Bashman's "20 Questions" session (on his blog, How Appealing ) with Senior Judge Richard Arnold should be required rea...

Keillor on Twain.

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He's been called the Mark Twain of our generation, a born story-teller whose tales from the heartland of America have been embraced by s...

Thanksgiving poem, on the rocks, with a twist.

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Today's Book Review section of the N.Y. Times includes a poem by Susan Kinsolving -- "Fill the Cavity with Crumbs" about Tha...

More reactions to the Medicare reform bill.

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It's been touted -- by supporters and critics alike -- as the most sweeping set of changes to Medicare since its inception in 1965. It ...
Friday, November 28, 2003

US Congress OKs nanotech bill.

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According to a report in the on-line version of The Scientist , Congress has passed S. 189 , the "21st Century Nanotechnology Research...

Organ retrieval practices tightened up in UK.

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As reported in London's Financial Times , "The UK government is to tighten up the rules governing the removal of organs and tissue...

Ideology and science (II)

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The current issue of the eminent journal Science has an editorial by Alan Leshner entitled, "Don't Let Ideology Trump Science...

WSJ.com - Remaking Medicare

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Not sure whether this requires a subscription or not, but for a pretty good roundup of news and analysis of the Medicare reform law, this Wa...

Ideology and science (I)

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An editorial in today's Palm Beach Post is a reaction to an article I missed from the Nov. 21 Wall Street Journal . Here's a snipp...

The Seattle Times: Big Pharm Big Winner in Medicare Sweepstakes.

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The Seattle Times put their finger on a number of important issues in today's editorial on the new Medicare bill: With the closely hel...
Sunday, November 23, 2003

AHLA's Health Law Highlights: House Clears Bill Allowing FDA To Require Pediatric Drug Testing.

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On November 19, the House passed by voice vote a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clear statutory authority to re...
Saturday, November 22, 2003

House tentatively passes Medicare drug bill after lengthy vote.

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It took a 3-hour roll call that ended at 3 a.m. Saturday morning, and the GOP leadership had to quell a rebellion among their more conservat...

Motorized wheelchairs: Medicare billing probe widens.

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An article in the San Jose Mercury News reports that the Medicare fraud investigation into the motorized wheelchair scam is widening . . . ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Medication errors almost doubled over the past year.

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According to its fourth annual report on medication errors, released today by U.S. Pharmacopeia, the number of medication errors in U.S. hos...
Sunday, November 16, 2003

More details on Medicare compromise in The Washington Post.

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Here's a good summary from the Post 's Amy Goldstein.

Maureen Dowd on organ donation.

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Maureen Dowd wrote an excellent op-ed piece today on organ donation. Hope it makes a difference. For a bird's-eye view of the dire si...

"For Middle Class, Health Insurance Becomes a Luxury"

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That's the title of a good article , dateline Dallas, by Stephanie Strom in today's New York Times . The article reports that the f...

Medicare prescription drug benefit deal approved in principle by conferees.

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The deal was struck between "top Republicans in Congress and two Democratic senators" and was announced on Saturday. See article...