August 4th, 2008
Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have threatened to block a floor vote on a bill (S 1693) that would create a...
August 4th, 2008
Lawmakers and witnesses at a House Committee on Small Business hearing on Thursday discussed various barriers, such as high costs and privacy concerns, to...
August 4th, 2008
Health and life insurance companies have access to a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a health “credit report” drawn...
August 2nd, 2008
It’s surprisingly easy for a patient in Florida to get numerous prescriptions of the same drug filled, sometimes in the same day.
Florida is among...
August 1st, 2008
In spite of recent legislation, tougher laws are needed to prevent insurers and employers from discriminating on the basis of genetic tests
Genetic testing will...
August 1st, 2008
Additional action on a bill (S 1693) that would create a national electronic health records system likely will be delayed until after Congress’ August...
August 1st, 2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has proposed to give all Minnesotans access to an online personal health portfolio by 2011.
As the first step in this...
August 1st, 2008
Closing arguments are scheduled today in Brattleboro, Vt., capping a weeklong federal bench trial that pits the state of Vermont against the pharmaceutical industry...
July 31st, 2008
Full implementation of networked e-health records in U.S. doctors’ offices and hospitals could cost around $150 billion over eight years, a California professor told...
July 30th, 2008
An attorney who represents Oakland police officers is working to find out who leaked medical information about a police trainee, and said Wednesday that...
