Protecting Patients
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Appeals court backs patent reform
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regulations that would curtail abusive behavior by patent applicants and improve patent quality.Stuck in a privatized time warp
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top GOP politician in the health care reform debate, is positive that Americans don't need an option to private, for-profit health insurers. He sees his anything like offering Medicare as a voluntary option to consumers as a deal-killer, according to CQ.com (subscription barrier). A guy with Grassley's mind-set must also see private contractors as the saviors of Iraq and AIG as the model for a healthy, deregulated financial system.
AIG scandal could help change research funding policy
The fallout from the bonus scandal at AIG could help bring about a change in federal research funding policy that would benefit taxpayers.At least that's Dave Jensen's view, expressed on his widely respected blog, The California Stem Cell Report.The state of electronic medical record privacy
A newspaper reporter just called to ask about the state of privacy under electronic medical records, which will now be spreading thanks to $20 billion in the federal economic stimulus plan. Electronic medical records can help avoid medical mistakes, like those suffered by Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, but the privacy protections under the stimulus bill need to improve.
DC Dispatch: White House compromising on Obama's public option already?
As HMO execs gathered at the Ritz Carlton in Georgetown, their hired hands on Capitol Hill grilled the Adminisration in hearings today about cutting payments to ineffective HMOs under Medicare and about the public option in the president's health plan. The White House showed a sign of compromise too early.
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