Sneak preview: This afternoon, the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Health will hear from FDA Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein and other agency officials at the first drug safety hearing since the new administration took office. We'll have m

For months, various parties have been calling on the President to clarify exactly what he was for and, following the loss of a 60-vote majority in the Senate, how he thought that could be accomplished. Starting with the run-up to the Feb. 25 summit, Presi

A year ago today, President Obama gathered Congressional leaders, providers, advocates and industry leaders at the White House to start the conversation about health care reform. “The status quo is the one option that is not on the table,” he said then. A

In this installment of The Point, Hub blogger Kate Petersen's mother tells about her attempts to get both legs covered by a single health plan. Easy, you say... I am a speech and language pathologist in a public school system in Arizona. My husband is a r

(Please see corrected link below) It’s not about the process With the summit behind us, the press has returned to obsessing about (and misconstruing) the process by which health reform might move forward. So a few important clarifications are in order. Fi

This week, the White House unveiled several policy proposals that it would like to see included in national Health Care reform.  See white house proposals here. Significantly, the White House strengthened the Senate's earlier health reform bill by includi

After seven hours of debate, parties agree to disagree on whether they are close to agreement As expected, no new consensus emerged yesterday from the seven plus hours of debate between top Congressional Democrats and Republicans and the President about w

'Marketplace' (American Public Media) takes a look at what some states are doing to combat pharmaceutical sales reps influence on prescribing, and help get doctors the best evidence--without the sales pitch. 'Marketplace' followed "academic detailers" emp

Must-see TV If you're not already planning to tune in to the President's health care summit tomorrow, maybe it's time to reconsider. It will be streamed live here, from 10 AM-4 PM Eastern. Forget Lindsey Vonn and The Office baby special: This is must-see