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RN
Safe Staffing Bill Introduced in Congress - Article from the American
Nurses Association. - July 7, 2010 |
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CBO
Director: Potential Health Law Savings Not Enough To Reduce Long-Term Deficits
- Article from Kaiser Health News. News
item from HFMA. - June 30, 2010 |
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Congress'
Failure Puts Renal Patients at Risk - (Registration required, but free.)
Video blog by Jeffrey Burns, MD from Medscape Nephrology. - June 24, 2010 |
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House
Passes Doc-Pay Fix - Article from the New York Times. - June 24, 2010 |
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Despite
Cuts, GOP Continues Block Of Bill To Extend Medicaid Assistance, 'Fix' Medicare
Payments - Article from Kaiser Health News. -
June 24, 2010 |
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Expansion
of Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage - An Imperative Reform -
ASN Kidney News podcast. - June 11, 2010 |
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Health
Law Implementation: Insurance, Coverage And Medicare Payment Questions
- Article from Kaiser Health News. - June 1, 2010 |
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Health
Law Mandates Higher Medicare Payment For Osteoporosis Tests - Article
from Kaiser Health News. - May 31, 2010 |
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House
Passes Doc Pay 'Patch,' Senate Vote Needed To Block 21 Percent Cut
- See 'Top Story' from
InsideHealthPolicy.com. News
item from AHANews.com. - May 25, 2010 |
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Update
on Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act - News from the Polycystic
Kidney Foundation. - April 27, 2010 |
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The
Potential Health Effects of Citizens United - Free, full-text perspective
piece from The New England Journal of Medicine. - April 15, 2010
"On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court reached one of its most
controversial decisions in years, with Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission." |
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Sebelius
Vows Implementation Of Health Law Will Be Clear, Transparent - Summary
from Kaiser Health News. - April 9, 2010 |
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Will
All with Preexisting ills Be Covered under Healthcare Reform? - Article
from The Miami Herald. - April 1, 2010 |
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Obama
Signs Final Health Changes into Law - Article from Kaiser Health News.
- March 30, 2010 |
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NKF
Notes Passage of Affordable Care Act, Says it "Will Benefit Americans
with Kidney Disease" - Blog entry by Bill Peckham from Dialysis
from the Sharp End of the Needle. - March 28, 2010 |
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Final
vote approves US healthcare bill amendments - Article from the BBC.
- March 26, 2010 |
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House
Passes Final Piece Of Landmark Health Reform, 220-207 - Article from
Kaiser Health News. - March 25, 2010 |
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Marking
'A New Season In America,' Obama Signs Health Bill Into Law - News summary
from Kaiser Health News. Article from The
Hill. - March 23, 2010 |
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Kidney
Community Silent on Legislation That Massively Benefits People with CKD
and Those That Provide Our Care - Blog entry by Bill Peckham from Dialysis
from the Sharp End of the Needle. - March 22, 2010 |
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Obama
To Sign Senate Health Reform Bill Tuesday - Article from Kaiser Health
News. - March 22, 2010 |
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What's
Next? Senate Prepares To Consider House-Passed Reconciliation Fixes
- Article from Kaiser Health News. - March 22, 2010 |
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House
Democrats Approve Health-Care Reform Bill - Article from HealthDay.
- March 21, 2010 |
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The
Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill (Updated) - Blog entry from Health
Affairs. - March 19, 2010 |
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House
Passes Bill To Improve HIT Incentives, Delay Physician Pay Cut - Article
from AHANews. - March 17, 2010 |
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Passage
of Health Overhaul Bill Will Unalterably Change the CKD Advocacy Landscape
- Blog entry by Bill Peckham from Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle.
- March 16, 2010 |
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Refresher:
What's In The Health Reform Bills - NPR News story via Kaiser Health
News. - March 9, 2010 |
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Obama's
New Plan To Push Health Reform Forward: Be More Assertive - Articles
from The Hill and Kaiser
Health News. - March 4, 2010 |
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Bipartisanship
Unlikely After Health Summit; Party Unity Obama's Next Best Bet - Summary
from Kaiser Health News. Article from The
Hill. - February 24, 2010 |
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Obama
Releases $950 Billion Health Reform Plan - Articles from Medicare Update
and Kaiser
Health News. Summary
from The White House. - February 22, 2010 |
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Pelosi
Says Congress Close to Health Deal - Articles from Kaiser Health News.
- January 6, 2009 |
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Lobbyists
Continue Efforts To Influence Health Overhaul - Article from Kaiser
Health News. - January 6, 2009 |
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Health
Bills Include Proposals For New Physician Payment System - Article from
Kaiser Health News. - January 5, 2009 |
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Senate-Passed
Health Reform Bill Faces Tough Negotiations with House - Article from
American Medical News. - January 4, 2009 |
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Launching
HITECH - ONLINE FIRST article from The New England Journal of Medicine.
- December 30, 2009
Last week, the government took several critical steps toward a nationwide
and secure electronic health information system. Dr. David Blumenthal, National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, describes the key elements
of the HITECH Act. |
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Ending
End-of-Life Phobia — A Prescription for Enlightened Health Care Reform
- Free, full-text perspective piece from The New England Journal of Medicine.
- December 31, 2009 |
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Senate’s
Reform Package Wrapped Up in Time for Christmas - Free, full-text, Online
Only perspective piece from The New England Journal of Medicine. - December
28, 2009 |
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President
Signs Legislation Delaying Medicare Physician Payment Reductions - News
item from Medicare Update. - December 22, 2009 |
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American
Society of Transplantation Concerned That Kidney Transplant Patients May
Suffer Politics As Usual in Capitol Hill Health Care Reform Debate -
Press release. News item from Kaiser
Health News. - December 15, 2009 |
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Lawmakers'
Plan for Immunosuppressants Spurs Division in Dialysis Community - Article
from The New York Times. - December 14, 2009
Editor's Note: The letter from KCP suggests extending the
MSP from 30 to 42 months for all patients. I believe much, much more could
be accomplished by instead extending the MSP for employed ESRD patients
to an indefinite period. It would transform the dialysis providers into
renal rehabilitation specialists. See this draft
version of RenalWEB's comments to CMS on the proposed bundle. |
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Senate
Democrats Agree on Medicare Buy-In Proposal? - Article from Medicare
Update. Related
article from Kaiser Health News. - December 9, 2009 |
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Reid:
'Broad Agreement' Reached By Senate Democrats On Health Bill - Article
from Kaiser Health News. - December 8, 2009 |
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Seven
Things You Didn't Know Were In The Senate Health Bill - Article from
Kaiser Health News. - November 30, 2009 |
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Reid
pulls together Senate Dems to take huge step forward on health reform
- Articles from The Hill, Kaiser
Health News, and Medicare
Update. - November 21, 2009 |
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Senate
Bill Guts Intellectual Freedom in Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Article from GoozNews. - November 19, 2009 |
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Senate
Health Reform Bill Includes Significant Medicare Payment Reductions
- Article from Medicare Update. - November 19, 2009 |
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ESRD
related language in HR 3590 the Senate health insurance reform bill
- Blog entry from DSEN. - November 19, 2009 |
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With
Senate Health Bill, Reid Tries To Balance Many Interests - Articles
from Kaiser Health News and Medscape
Medical News. - November 18, 2009
Editor's note: Amgen's lobbying efforts appear to have
paid off, as they are listed as a "winner" in this Reuters article. |
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Senator
Grassley Introduces Fighting Medicare Payment Fraud Act of 2009 - Article
from Medicare Update. - November 17, 2009 |
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HR
3962 mandates the inclusion of binders and calcimimetics in the dialysis
payment bundle - Blog posting by Bill Peckham from Dialysis from the
Sharp End of the Needle. - November 16, 2009 |
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Winners
and Losers in the House Bill - Article from GoozNews. - November 11,
2009 |
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On
Hill, Bipartisan Support Emerging For Commission To Control Health Costs
- Article from Kaiser Health News. - November 11, 2009 |
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HR
3962: A Path to Progress or Paucity? - Article from Medscape Today.
Related blog
entry from DSEN - November 10, 2009 |
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House,
Senate Health-Care Legislation: Side-by-Side Comparison - Article from
Bloomberg. - November 9, 2009
"Biologic drugs, made from living cells by companies such as Thousand
Oaks, California-based Amgen Inc., would get 12 years of protection from
generic competition under plans passed by the House and the Senate health
committee. The White House had sought to limit the exclusivity to seven
years as a way of bringing prices down." |
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Democrats
Confront Challenges After House Reform Vote - Articles from Kaiser Health
News. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill late Saturday by
a vote
of 220 215. - November 9, 2009 |
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House
Democrats Unveil Healthcare-Reform Legislation - Article from Modern
Healthcare. - October 29, 2009 |
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Lieberman,
Other Lawmakers Express Opposition To Reid's Public Plan - Article from
Kaiser Health News. - October 27, 2009 |
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Senate
Health Care Reform Legislation to Include Public Option - Video link
from Medicare Update. Articles from Kaiser
Health News. - October 26, 2009 |
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Judiciary
Committee Passes Bill to End Generic Industry Payoffs - Article from
Gooznews. - October 20, 2009 |
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Legislation
Introduced to End Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program - News
article from Medicare Update. - October 15, 2009 |
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Senate
Panel Backs Healthcare Reform - Articles from Kaiser Health News. -
October 14, 2009 |
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Senate
Finance Members Weigh Their Health Bill Votes - Articles from Kaiser
Health News. - October 12, 2009 |
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As
Key Health Vote Draws Near, AST Pushes Senate to Say 'Yes' to Transplant
Drug Extension - Article from PR Newswire. - October 8, 2009 |
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Baucus's
Bill and the Long Road to Reform - Free, full-text perspective piece
from The New England Journal of Medicine. Related article from the Kaiser
Health News. - October 8, 2009 |
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Health
care reform: Saving American lives - Special comment from Keith Olbermann.
- October 7, 2009 |
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Franken,
Klobuchar Back Device Makers - Article from Gooznews. - October 5, 2009 |
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Senate
Finance Committee heath insurance reform bill does not include extension
of transplant drug coverage - Blog entry by Bill Peckham from DSEN.
- September 16, 2009 |
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Baucus
Bill Released; No Public Option - Article from Kaiser Health News. Additional
articles from Kaiser
Health News and The
Hill. - September 16, 2009 |
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Baucus
Circulates $900 Billion Health Reform Plan To 'Gang Of Six' - Article
from Kaiser Health News. - September 7, 2009 |
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Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Increase Lobbying - Article from Kaiser Health News. -
August 20, 2009 |
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Baucus:
Finance Negotiators 'On Track' Toward Bipartisan Health Bill - Article
from Kaiser Health News. - August 19, 2009 |
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Obama
Makes Health Case in Newspaper Opinion Article - Article from MarketWatch.
Obama's
op/ed piece in The New York Times. - August 16, 2009 |
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Olbermann
Harshly Criticizes Members Of Congress Over Health Care Reform: "Legislators
For Sale" - Video and transcript from The Huffington Post.- August
3, 2009 |
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US
House Panel Backs Exclusivity for Biologic Drugs - Article from The
Wall Street Journal. - August 1, 2009 |
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Lawmakers
Struggling With Health Overhaul Bills - Articles from Kaiser Health
News. - July 26, 2009 |
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Doctor
And Nursing Shortage Could Undermine Health Care Reform - Article from
Kaiser Health News. - July 23, 2009 |
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Biotech
firms lobby for say on healthcare - Article from Boston.com. - July
21, 2009 |
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Obama
Administration Releases Independent Medicare Advisory Council Act of 2009
- Article from Medicare Update. On July 17, 2009, the Obama Administration
released a draft
version of the Independent Medicare Advisory Council Act of 2009 (Act).
If enacted, it would give a MedPAC-like panel decision-making authority
to set Medicare payment policy. - July 17, 2009 |
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Consumer
Groups Threaten To Withdraw Biologics Bill Support - Article from Nasdaq.com.
- July 15, 2009 |
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UPDATE:
House Democrats Introduce America's Affordable Health Choices Act -
Article from Medicare Update. - July 15, 2009 |
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House
Dems Unveil 1,000 Page Health Bill, Complete With Surtaxes On The Wealthy
- Article from Kaiser Health News. - July 14, 2009 |
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Transplant
drug coverage bill long overdue - Letter to the Editor from Chicago
Daily Herald. - July 9, 2009 |
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Biotech
Drug Copies Could Be Held Up 13 Years Under Senate Plan - Article from
Bloomberg. - July 8, 2009 |
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Familiar
Players in Health Bill Lobbying - Article from The Washington Post.
- July 6, 2009 |
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House
health reform bill first to tackle Medicare physician pay - Article
from amednews.com - July 6, 2009 |
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House
Proposal Would Add Non-IV Equivalent Drugs to Bundle - Article from
NephrOnline. - June 26, 2009 |
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Baucus
Signals Finance Committee Progress On Health Overhaul Bill - Article
from Kaiser Health News. - June 25, 2009 |
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House
Ways and Means Committee to Hold Hearing on Health System Reform - Article
from Medicare Update. - June 23, 2009 |
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Senate
Health Committee Begins Amending Reform Bill - Article from Kaiser Health
News. - June 18, 2009 |
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Former
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Framework for Health Reform - Article from
Kaiser Health News. - June 18, 2009 |
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Finance
Committee 'Slows Down' It's Health Legislation Schedule - Article
from Kaiser Health News. - June 17, 2009 |
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Lawmakers
Want Federal Rules To Cover Home Health Care Workers And End-Of-Life Care
- Article from Kaiser Health News. - June 12, 2009 |
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Bill
would promote training of health care professionals - Article from AHANews.com.
- June 5, 2009 |
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Daschle
Gives Health Reform 50-50 Chance Of Passing - Article from Kaiser Health
News. - June 2, 2009 |
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Senate
panel finishes health reform hearings, foresees bill by mid-June -
Article from Amed News. - June 1, 2009 |
 |
Senator
Rockefeller Introduces MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 - Article from Medicare
Update. - May 26, 2009 |
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CMS
Information Related to the Economic Recovery Act of 2009 - Overview
from CMS. - May 21, 2009 |
 |
Ten
(10) percent Write-off from the Nine (9) CWF data bases for the Tables
called: Medicare Secondary Payment and Beneficiary ESRD Dialysis Auxiliary,
for the Calendar Years 2000 - 2008 - CMS Program Transmittal (5-page
pdf). - April 24, 2009 |
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Health
Subcommittee Considers Bill To Eliminate Pre-Emption for Medical Devices
- Article from Kaiser Network. - May 14, 2009 |
 |
House
to consider health reform bill before August recess - Article from
AHA News. - May 13, 2009 |
 |
Nurses,
Doctors Arrested at Senate Finance Meeting; Press for Single-Payer System
- News release from the California Nurses Association. - May 12, 2009 |
 |
House
Votes 227-196 To Affirm Democrats' Option To Use Budget Reconciliation
Process To Fast-Track Health Care Legislation - Article from Kaiser
Network. - April 23, 2009 |
 |
The
Struggle for Reform — Challenges and Hopes for Comprehensive Health
Care Legislation - Free, full-text perspective piece from The New
England Journal of Medicine. - April 23, 2009 |
 |
Congress
Approves Budget Resolutions - Article from Kaiser Network. - April
3, 2009 |
 |
Patent
Bill Gets Judiciary Approval, Moves to Senate (Update1) - Article
from Bloomberg. - April 2, 2009 |
 |
Sebelius,
DeParle Discuss Health Care Reform With Congressional Lawmakers -
Article from Kaiser Network. - March 25, 2009 |
 |
NEJM
Supports Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 - Article from Modern Medicine.
- March 19, 2009 |
 |
Legislation
Would Give 12 Years of Market Exclusivity to Brand-Name Biologic Drug
Manufacturers - Article from the Kaiser Network. - March 18, 2009
|
 |
Sen.
Edward Kennedy Working With HELP Committee Members To Introduce, Mark
Up Health Care System Overhaul Legislation Before August Recess -
Article from Kaiser Network. - March 17, 2009 |
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Reps.
Miller, Rangel, Waxman Will Work To Bring Health Care Overhaul Legislation
to Floor by August Recess - Article from Kaiser Network. - March 12,
2009 |
 |
Health
Care and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Free, full-text
perspective piece from The New England Journal of Medicine. - March 12,
2009 |
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American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (PL 111-5) Sec. 5001 Grant Award Summary
- March 2009 |
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Bipartisan
Group of Lawmakers Promotes Bill To Provide Medicare Coverage for Home
Infusion Therapy Services - Article from Kaiser Network. - March 5,
2009 |
 |
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission Issues Proposed Rules for Enforcement
of Genetic Nondiscrimination Law - News summary from Kaiser Network.
- February 26, 2009 |
 |
Sens.
Grassley, Kohl Announce Bill To Require Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Companies
To Disclose Physician Gifts - Article from Kaiser Network - January
23, 2009 |
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Two
House Panels Approve Medicaid, COBRA, Health IT Funding in Economic Stimulus
Package - Article from Kaiser Network - January 23, 2009 |
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House
Appropriations Committee Approves Portion of Economic Stimulus Package With
Health Care IT Funds - Article from Kaiser Network - January 22, 2009 |