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The decision by lawmakers to drop regulatory reforms of dietary supplements, cosmetics and diagnostic tests from the recent FDA user fee reauthorization constitutes a “profound missed opportunity” to strengthen the agency’s ability to protect consumers, former FDA Commissioners Scott Gottlieb and Mark McClellan wrote in a JAMA piece published Thursday.
Without an extra incentive, provider groups won't be able to change their practices, experts say
Contrary to their stated intent, the health care reform bills passed by the House and Senate would substantially increase health care spending if either became law. Based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what drives health care spending, these bills exacerbate many of the inefficiencies in the U.S. health care system, particularly those that drive spending upward. While an increased prevalence of disease, the third-party payment system, technological change, and waste and fraud are likely contributing to increased health care spending, the main problem is a pricing system that insu...
/PRNewswire/ -- The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy announced today, International Overdose Awareness Day, the launch of a new effort to assist...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — After a decade of vigorous opposition, most North Carolina Republicans have now embraced the idea of expanding the state's Medicaid program to cover hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults.