Friday, 18 December 2015

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Congress rushes to deliver budget deal that includes ACA tax delays
8:00:00 AM
The House and Senate are rushing to send President Barack Obama a massive budget package that would fund the entire government through September 2016, suspend for two years a tax on medical devices and postpone the so-called Cadillac tax on...


Prices for many generic drugs rising faster than inflation
Thursday, December 17, 2015 4:00 PM
Prices rose faster than inflation for 22% of top generic drugs reviewed between 2005 and 2014, according to a new federal report requested by Congress as lawmakers scrutinize rising drug costs.


Turing CEO Martin Shkreli arrested after securities probe
Thursday, December 17, 2015 3:15 PM
The boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few...


Most states fall short on infectious-disease preparedness
Thursday, December 17, 2015 3:00 PM
A majority of states remain ill-equipped to effectively respond to an infectious-disease outbreak, according to the Trust for America's Health. The findings come as the numbers of healthcare-acquired and sexually-transmitted infections continue to...


UChicago moves plans for South Side trauma center to its own campus
Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:00 PM
University of Chicago Medicine will establish a Level 1 adult trauma center at its Hyde Park campus on Chicago's South Side, scrapping plans to develop one in collaboration with another hospital and giving activists exactly what they demanded from...


Michigan Medicaid waiver appears to save eligibility for 600,000 residents
Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:50 AM
The CMS denied a request to allow Michigan to increase cost-sharing for Medicaid beneficiaries but granted other provisions of an unusual take-it-or-leave-it waiver application submitted under a mandate from state lawmakers.


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