Mon 30 Mar 2009
New findings add to complexity of asthma treatment: coverage from AAAAI clinical meeting
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Experts increasingly view asthma as a condition that encompasses many diseases.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009
With success comes scrutiny: ASCs face legal obstacles
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Ambulatory surgery centers are subject to a number of state-level restrictions, and they are getting pushback from hospitals and health insurers.
Mon 30 Mar 2009
San Francisco employer mandate may end up in U.S. Supreme Court
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For the second time, a federal appeals court upholds the health coverage initiative. Opponents identify a conflict that could prompt a high court review.
Mon 30 Mar 2009
President Obama's budget proposal anticipates that an approval pathway for these drugs would save $9.2 billion over a decade.
Mon 30 Mar 2009
A miscarriage of medicine (book excerpt: Three Generations, No Imbeciles)
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Buck v. Bell, the 1927 Supreme Court decision approving eugenic sterilization, had its roots in a fraud, writes Georgia lawyer and historian Paul A. Lombardo.