Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Health care costs going up by 9.6%

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An article in today's Wall Street Journal ( click here - link should be good for about a week) reports that "Americans should exp...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Happy 4th of July

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There's something really stirring about listening to the news-readers and commentators on NPR read the Declaration of Independence every...
Sunday, July 02, 2006

Garry Trudeau on creationism

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Friday, June 30, 2006

Senate to take up stem cell bills

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Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist announced yesterday that he intends to bring up a three-bill package that would provide federal funding for ...
Thursday, June 29, 2006

Is it legal to buy off manufacturers of generic equivalents?

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The FTC thinks it's unlawful for the manufacturer of a patented drug or device to include in the settlement of its suit against the manu...

Words of One Syllable Department

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Drug & device manufacturers and docs: a new twist on an old tale

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Drug and medical device manufacturers have long struggled to devise ways to get tight with physicians who can promote, recommend, prescribe...
Saturday, June 24, 2006

HealthLawBlog is back

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It's been an interesting, fun, and rewarding trip along the HealthLawProf superhighway , but it's time to return to the meandering b...
Monday, November 15, 2004

HealthLawBlog has moved.

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Back from vacation, I've decided to migrate my blog over to http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/healthlawprof_blog/ . This is part of Prof....
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Sunday, October 31, 2004

HealthLawBlog is on vacation.

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While I am on vacation in New England (Nov. 4-14), I will not be posting to HealthLawBlog.
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Back to the future?

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The NY Times has a piece today on Kaiser Permanente, the pioneer among HMOs, suggesting that much that ails the U.S. health care system cou...
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Saturday, October 30, 2004

Medicines Without Borders.

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Nice play on words (the French name of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning medical group, Doctors Without Borders is Les Médecins Sans Frontières ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2004

Jesse Koochin update.

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The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the court battle over Jesse Koochin's care ended on the 27th with the hospital's promise that i...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Ethics panel for CDC: a first.

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As reported today in The New York Times , the CDC has appointed an ethics panel to decide which groups should be given priority in the allo...
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Saturday, October 23, 2004

Physician-hospital joint venture: commentary on IRS' PLR

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On June 9, the IRS issued Private Letter Ruling 200436002 , which generally approved of a proposed physician-hospital joint venture. The rul...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Pain control and the criminal law.

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The New York Times has an essay by Sally Satel, M.D., in today's issue: "Doctors Behind Bars: Treating Pain Is Now Risky Business...
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Monday, October 18, 2004

Update on brain-dead patient in Salt Lake City.

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Today's Salt Lake Tribune has a story about Jesse Koochin, who was transferred from the hospital to home hospice at the end of last we...
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States cut more services for illegal aliens.

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The Wall Street Journal has a front-page story in today's edition (requires subscription) detailing Colorado's recent cut-backs in...
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Friday, October 15, 2004

More on brain-dead patient in Salt Lake City.

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There were two follow-up articles in the Salt Lake Tribune today about Jesse Koochin, the 6-year-old patient whose parents, Gayle and Steve...
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Thursday, October 14, 2004

State Medicaid expenditures eclipse education.

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According to the 2003 State Expenditure Report of the National Association of State Budget Officers , state Medicaid expenditures exceed th...
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