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Another Big Run on Pharma's Bank Account
What exactly did that $80 billion deposit for health reform buy?
Lots of industry CEOs traveled to the White House and shook hands with President Obama during the spring and summer of 2009, and while the specifics of those conversations haven’t been made public, the result was industry support of healthcare reform, and a pledge of [...]
Posted in Regulatory, healthcare Also tagged CMS, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PhRMA 2 Comments
Governor Howard Dean: Financing the Future of US Drug Innovation
Will it be More Good Pills — Or that Porsche?
The Obama Administration’s signal achievement to date — passage of comprehensive health reform legislation — continues to inspire confusion and contradictions across the political spectrum. Despite its scope, the bill is dismissed by many Democrats for what it does not do, while the GOP [...]
Posted in FDA, R&D, Regulatory, healthcare Also tagged FDA, healthcare, Howard Dean, Obama, Obamacare 1 Comment
Federal Judge Declares Mandatory Health Insurance Unconstitutional
This new decision out of Virginia increases the prospect of a showdown between an elected Congress and President and the Supreme Court over the legality of this year’s health reform legislation affecting nearly one-fifth of the US economy. Resolution of the court case is unlikely before 2012—which is also an election year.
Earlier this week, [...]
Daschle Ditches HHS Nomination
In light of the controversy surrounding his tax records, Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday. But by throwing Daschle’s nod out the window, it could drag any hope for healthcare reform in 2009 with it.
Daschle seemed like a shoe in for the HHS position from the start [...]
PCORI, Priorities, and Politics