Huffington Post, July 3, 2012. The term “Obamacare” began as an insult, but now it’s the name almost everyone uses to describe the healthcare reform law. Earlier this year, some of Mitt Romney’s critics called it RomneyCare, because it was, after all, a descendent of the healthcare program that Mitt Romney developed for Massachusetts. (An excellent program that Romney now says he opposes.)
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The Other Health Care Bill
Huffington Post, June 19, 2012. It’s an election year and, despite our hopes for a better economy, even the best candidates can’t deliver on their promises to improve it. It’s a bigger issue than one person, however powerful. But they could health improve our health, if they wanted to.
Read More »Johnson & Johnson Unit to Halt Urinary Implants
New York Times, June 6, 2012. Johnson and Johnson halts production of mesh urinary implants due to lawsuits and many women who were harmed by the devices.
Read More »U.S. Plans IDs to Track Medical Device Safety
Reuters, July 3, 2012. The Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule that would require each medical device to have a unique code that could improve tracking and catch safety problems earlier.
Read More »FDA Rule Clears Medical Devices Without Human Testing
The Orange County Register, May 18, 2012. “Patients and doctors would be shocked to learn how this is done,” said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women and Families. “The 510 (k) program is the weakest and most nonsensical program in the FDA.”
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