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Humpday Humor
Posted in Humpday Humor, tagged cartoon, Obama, policy, political satire, research, science on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Humpday Humor
Posted in Humpday Humor, tagged bioethics, cartoon, policy, political satire, stem cell research on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By executive order, the ban against federal funding for stem cell research has been removed. What are the implications for biomedical research in America?
Will Stem Cell Research Stimulate the Economy
Posted in from The Bench, from The Hill, tagged administration, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Obama, policy, research, stem cell research on March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Statistics serve only to confirm what we instinctively already knew, the Executive Order of 2001 which banned funding for embryonic stem cell research did not reflect the will of the people. (see fig. 7-18) Though we live in a representative democracy, the ignorance and fears of the minority should not overrule the cautious optimism of the majority.
Humpday Humor
Posted in Humpday Humor, tagged cartoon, health care reform, health care system, health reform, Obama, policy, political satire on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many stakeholders and special interest groups may become uneasy as the Administration makes progress towards reforming health care. Considering the current state of the system, can we really make things worse or is there nowhere to go but up? Leave me a comment and tell me what you think about this week’s satire feature.
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The Fierce Urgency of (Health Care) Now
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health reform, Obama, policy on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The “fierce urgency of now” is the concept that President Barack Obama used to explain why he would run for president. Yet it can also be used to characterize his motivation and the subsequent actions in the push to reform health care. With the new legislation, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 coverage for millions was protected or extended.
Obama Makes Giant Steps towards a Full Health Care Team
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, AIDS, DHHS, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health reform, HRSA, Jeffrey Crowley, Kathleen Sebelius, Mary Wakefield, Nancy Ann DeParle, Obama, policy on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Health and the 44th Presidential Administration (Part III). In three nearly back-to-back announcements, President Obama is working prodigiously to fill his leadership roster for health care. Of course, the most newsworthy was his selection of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary-designate of the Department of Health and Human Services. The White House Office of Health Reform, however will be lead by Nancy Ann DeParle who headed up the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the Clinton administration.
SCHIP Is Signed into Law
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health reform, policy on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, by a margin of 66 to 32 votes (including 9 Republicans), the Senate approved expansion and reauthorization of SCHIP and today, President Obama signed that bill into law. This legislation was resurrected and revised after two vetos by former President Bush and began making its way through the Congress once again scarcely [...]
Expansion of SCHIP is Approved by the House
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, health care system, health insurance, health reform, policy, SCHIP on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“In this moment of crisis, ensuring that every child in America has access to affordable health care is not just good economic policy, but a moral obligation we hold as parents and citizens,” Obama said.
Incentivizing Health Care Outcomes
Posted in from The Hill, tagged David Cutler, health economics, policy on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A primer of the innovative ideas of David Cutler, health economist, author of “Your Money or Your Life,” and adviser to President-elect Obama.
Dear 44: Take a Pragmatic Approach
Posted in from The Hill, tagged health reform, Jeanne Lambrew, policy on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A primer of the health policy advice Dr. Jeanne Lambrew, the newly named Deputy Director of the White House Office of Health Reform has for the President-elect.
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A Minute of Health with CDC- Mumps Makes a Comeback December 24, 2009Since 2006, CDC has documented an increased number of mumps outbreaks. This podcast discusses how mumps is now occurring in teenagers and young adults, after once being thought of as only a childhood disease, and how people in public places are most at risk. Vaccination is still the safest bet to prevent mumps from occurring.
- Mumps Makes a Comeback December 24, 2009
- NYTimes: Health
- Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant Rules December 28, 2009Two kidney transplant patients who contracted brain infections raised the question of whether people with certain neurological conditions should be barred as donors.
- Months to Live: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation December 27, 2009Inducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors.
- States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill December 27, 2009States that have already broadened health care coverage say that the Senate overhaul bill unfairly penalizes them.
- Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant Rules December 28, 2009
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- WashingtonPost: Health
- Military helps families find care for special-needs kids December 28, 2009When her husband, a Marine Corps colonel, was transferred last summer from the Pentagon to a base in southern California, Karen Driscoll was forced to confront her autistic child's new school district and the intricacies of federal special education law.
- Maryland cancer-testing firm MarkPap lands first customer December 28, 2009Nenad and Olivera Markovic labored for years to design a low-cost kit that could be used for the early detection of cervical cancer in women in poor and underdeveloped regions. This month, the two Rockville doctors and their start-up firm landed a first customer.
- Obama lists financial rescue as 'most important thing' of his first year December 23, 2009President Obama outlined Tuesday a first-year legislative record that he said rescued the economy and placed it on a path of long-term growth, even as he acknowledged that some unfinished items would probably be more difficult to achieve heading into a midterm election year.
- Military helps families find care for special-needs kids December 28, 2009
- WSJ: Health
- Just How Big Is the Hole in the Medicare Doughnut? December 28, 2009Bridging the gap might be easier if there were more data on how big the hole was and its closing costs down the road.
- SEC: Men Made ‘Illicit Profits’ in Sanofi-Chattem Deal December 24, 2009Sure, there was a logic to Sanofi's $1.9 billion acquisition of Chattem. As we noted a few days back, it's the latest example of a big drug company looking to diversify into the more stable consumer products business. But a couple of investors may have had a bit more insight into the deal than that, the SEC alleged this week. The agency said it obt […]
- Senate Bill: Reactions from Doctors, Insurers, Business, Etc. December 24, 2009The short version: The AMA, drug industry and AARP backed the bill; health insurers and the Chamber of Commerce did not.
- Just How Big Is the Hole in the Medicare Doughnut? December 28, 2009
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