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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Merck Attacks Medicare Negotiation Program as an Unconstitutional Taking

FDA Law Blog

to transfer their patented pharmaceutical products to Medicare beneficiaries, for public use” at a government-dictated price that is a fraction of the drug’s value. The complaint characterizes this as political deception that conscripts companies to legitimize government extortion. Complaint at 2. Complaint at 3.

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Supreme Court Finds CMS’ Reduction of Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Rates for 340B Hospitals was Not Authorized by Statute

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule to significantly decrease the rate the government will reimburse 340B hospitals in 2018 for outpatient prescription drugs from average sales price (“ASP”) plus 6% to ASP minus 22.5%. By Faraz Siddiqui & Alan M. 52494 (Nov. Becerra, No.

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The Supremes Give the FTC “Nothing but Heartaches”: Court Unanimously Rules No Restitution in Injunction Cases, and How Will This Ruling Impact FDA?

FDA Law Blog

The Court also looked at the structure of the FTC Act beyond §13(b) to §5(l) and §19 which provide for the imposition of limited monetary penalties and awards of monetary relief where the FTC has already engaged in administrative proceedings. 129 (2003). FDA’s response to our 2003 article, authored by Eric M. 169 (2003).

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

So, we formed this organization called Pain and Palliative Care Society in the Northern Kerala city of Kalakkad based in the government medical college. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Raj: We are not limited by definitions because we started our first non non-government organization.

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Ding Dong is the Skinny Label (Effectively) Dead?

FDA Law Blog

Though the carve-out seems at odds with FDA’s regulations requiring generic drugs to have the “same labeling” as their RLDs, such regulations specifically provide for differences arising from carved-out, patent-protected method of use. Teva received tentative approval in June 2003 and launched in 2007 after a blocking patent expired.

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law Blog

The three letters together provide the range of actions DEA may take: no rescheduling from schedule I (former drug officials), rescheduling to schedule III (Democratic state attorneys general), or descheduling altogether (Democratic senators). Letter 1 is signed by former DEA administrators and Directors of National Drug Policy.

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