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June 28, 2012

The Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  We applaud the fact that mechanisms remain in place to bring millions of uninsured Americans into the … Continued

June 26, 2012

I don’t want to minimize the importance of Thursday’s forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on health reform.  There is a great deal at stake.  Particularly if the Court declares the … Continued

June 15, 2012

I’ve always believed there is a great deal of truth to the axiom that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  More specifically, though, it’s certainly true that a full … Continued

June 8, 2012

The U.S. House of Representatives did the right thing yesterday in voting to repeal the excise tax on medical devices that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care … Continued

May 24, 2012

The last few years have seen a big push in various quarters to restrict the interaction between physicians and pharmaceutical company representatives.  Harvard University, for example, declared that pharma reps … Continued

May 1, 2012

We need a better understanding of exactly why the medical device tax contained in the Affordable Care Act is so harmful to both the U.S. economy and the future of … Continued

April 23, 2012

In a Forbes commentary, Eli Lilly and Company CEO John Lechleiter underscores the need for new medicines and medical technologies to provide better healthcare to our aging society.  While U.S. … Continued

March 8, 2012

We’re all concerned about how our healthcare workforces will keep up with an increasing patient population.  Not only is Medicare growing at the rate of 7,500 new beneficiaries per day, … Continued

February 24, 2012

Massachusetts received the lion’s share of attention, but one other state had also created a health insurance exchange before Congress passed the Affordable Care Act health reform law.  The Utah … Continued

February 7, 2012

Even before its implementation, for which the Internal Revenue Service issued regulations last Friday, the medical device tax is already taking a heavy toll. Late last year, a major device … Continued