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Hope for public option remains, despite Senate set-back
Although the Senate Finance Committee dealt a blow to the Democratic push for a public option plan yesterday, some commentators say there's still hope. Committee members voted down two amendments... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Aides working on reform have health industry connections
Here's a nice situation: According to political insider newspaper Politico, some of the most powerful aides participating in Senate Finance Committee negotiations on health reform have questionable... Read more...
Conflict-of-interest policies for med schools a mixed bag
While the number of medical schools attempting to change their conflict-of-interest policy for the better has more than doubled in the last year, more than half of all medical schools' policies are... Read more...
Hospitals fight federal charity care rules
Not-for-profit hospitals are rightly fearful that Congress will meddle with their tax exemption. If nothing else, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has given them plenty of warning that their tax status was... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Grassley likely to get off pharma's back
Pharma executives are breathing a sigh of relief this week thanks to news that Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is stepping down from his role as head of the Senate Finance Committee. He'll move to the... Read more...
Tufts withdraws invitation for Grassley aide to speak
Tufts University recently withdrew an invitation for Paul D. Thacker--an investigator for Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)--to speak about conflicts-of-interest in medicine at an upcoming conference... Read more...
AHIP opposes creation of government health plan to rival private insurers
According to a new Wall Street Journal poll, 38.7 percent of respondents believe that Congress should create a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers, while 52.9 percent said "no... Read more...
Study: Hospitals accounting for community-benefit spending
A recent study conducted by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center officials and consulting firm Chartis Group concluded that a majority of academic hospitals sufficiently account for their... Read more...
Grassley investigates Pfizer's financial ties to Harvard Med School MDs
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) continues with his campaign to address pharma influence in medicine, this time with a letter to Pfizer asking about its financial relationship with doctors at Harvard... Read more...
Massachusetts General Hospital censures psychiatrist
Though Massachusetts General Hospital hasn't finished its investigation of Dr. Joseph Biederman's possible conflicts of interest, the hospital and Biederman have agreed that the psychiatrist will... Read more...
