The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the prescription data-mining case IMS v. Sorrell, and there’s a whole passel of news stories: Washington Post New York Times Los Angeles Times Christian Science Monitor Reports indicate the judges were

“[The doctor] literally grabbed me by the hand and took me out into the hallway. He said, 'Your mother is very sick. Her health is failing.' I said, 'Sir, it’s not her blood levels. It’s whatever she has caught in this hospital.' He said to me, 'Look, do

Outlining its priorities for the next four years, the FDA asked clearly last week for new authorities and resources to help the agency move to a proactive, preventive model aimed at keeping the global drug supply safe, rather than the border-busting and w

The state of Vermont’s annual report on industry payments to doctors shows that payments in that state have gone down significantly: total number of expenditures went down 80 percent from 2008 levels, when manufacturers reported the most payments. In 2009

 Harms to competition, and to consumer choice, cost, and privacy cited. Community Catalyst joined Consumer Union, US Pirg, the National Consumer Federation, and NLARx to ask the FTC to order CVS-Caremark to undo the four year old merger between the CVS ph

In his speech on Wednesday, President Obama laid out his plan for deficit reduction, and last week, Congressional Republicans released their 2012 budget proposal. Both plans reduce federal expenditures on Medicare and Medicaid, but they take strikingly di

As House Republicans hammered away this week at federal spending, they took another whack at the Prevention and Public Health Fund. But if their goal is really saving money, they just hit their thumb instead of the proverbial nail. The Affordable Care Act

Sunshine’s getting closer, and we’re not talking sandals and patio seating. With complete rules scheduled to be out this October, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) are spending the summer writing the whos, whats and whens of the Physician Paymen

Later today when the President speaks about the national debt, what should health care advocates be expecting and hoping to hear? Given that long-term projections of rising public debt rest almost entirely on growth in health spending, we should expect at