Daily Health Care News - 12/22/08
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Levana Layendecker in News Clips
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NEWS
Obama Transition Team Hopes To Complete Stimulus Bill Draft By Dec. 25; Democrats Say Health Care Funding Could Account For One-Fifth Of Package – Medical News Today
The transition team for President-elect Barack Obama seeks to complete a two-year economic stimulus "blueprint" by Dec. 25 to allow Democratic congressional staff members to draft legislation by the new year, the New York Times reports (Calmes, New York Times, 12/19).
Mass.health plan has national appeal – Boston Globe
Lisa Wangsness, December 19, 2008 WASHINGTON - Key players in the debate over how to provide healthcare coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured say they view Massachusetts' landmark 2006 law as an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done.
Advocates Weigh In on FDA Leader – Wall Street Journal
Health groups, some backed by the drug industry, have joined the heated lobbying battle in Washington over the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle urging him to pick a person familiar with the industry.
The Massachusetts plan is total horror show! All that it does is enrich insurance companies by making their worthless products mandatory. Say goodbye to quality healthcare and personal freedom if they take this scam national. Tens of thousands of Massachusetts citizens will be fined nearly a thousand dollars at tax time for refusing to buy lousy products that they can't afford. This is government acting as extortionist. All the Bay State has proven is that people will take "free" insurance if it is offered to them and that the middle class is doomed!