In the continuing health care debate the public option remains as the key puzzle piece in the Democrats’ health care... View Article
Continue readingHealth Reform Dissenter Received Inordinately Large Pay-Out From Pharmacy Chain in Purchase of Pharmacy
Rep. Mike Ross has been the most consistent dissenter from his party’s attempt to pass health care reform citing costs,... View Article
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The mark-up of the Senate Finance Committee health care reform bill is currently underway. (You can watch the proceedings on... View Article
Continue readingDefective by Design?
David Moore at Open Congress has an excellent post up explaining how the current life of a bill in Congress... View Article
Continue readingBaucus’ Lobbyist Complex: The Real Gang of Six?
Just going to repost the Max Baucus Health Care Lobbyist Complex in light of this AP article: The latest health... View Article
Continue readingRead the Baucus Bill
The missing piece in the health care reform puzzle was dropped in Congress today. After months of negotiations with Democrats... View Article
Continue readingGang of Six: Who Votes With Whom?
Since the end of July the Senate Finance Committee has been the focus of health care reform discussions. More specifically,... View Article
Continue readingWhat’s Up With the Baucus Bill?
The health care reform debate has reached the final stretch and all eyes are Sen. Max Baucus and his bipartisan... View Article
Continue readingLet’s Compare Votes: Who Votes With Sen. Olympia Snowe and How Often?
Despite what seemed to be a bruising August for health care reform efforts, Congress still appears to be on a... View Article
Continue readingClinicalTrials.gov missing basic data
Fewer than half of medical clinical trials published in the last year in leading medical journals are reported on the government site ClinicalTrials.gov, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
According to the study, despite a 2005 requirement by medical journal editors that researchers register their studies online before acceptance in a major journal, just 147 out of 323 articles published in the past year were properly registered before the end of the trial. To meet the requirement, researchers are supposed to state what outcomes they will measure to figure out ...
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