Why We Need Generic Copies of Biologic Drugs – NYTimes.com
we continue to spend more on drugs — in part because of the increasing use of so-called biologic medicines, which cost, on average, 22 times as much as ordinary drugs. In 2008, 28 percent of sales from the pharmaceutical industry’s top 100 products came …
March 11, 2010 – 10:12 pm
Mississippi governor Haley Barbour signed a bill last month requiring all patients to get a prescription before buying any medicine containing pseudoephedrine.
This is insane. This is seriously insane. This law — and Federal laws requiring Sudafed to be kept behind the pharmacist’s counter — have done nothing to curtail access to meth. These laws have …
January 20, 2010 – 10:02 pm
”Let me be clear. If you like the health plan you have, you can keep it.” President Obama has made this claim multiple times about healthcare reform. But it’s simply not true. Let me offer one small example.
My wife and I enjoy our Flex Spending Account. We put in enough money each year to cover …
September 13, 2009 – 9:04 pm
This morning I saw a new Facebook poll: ”Is Health Care a Human Right?”. I voted no.
Do you have a right to health care? Yes. And no. My answer ultimately depends on what you mean by a ”right” to health care.
Rights come in two varieties: negative and positive. A negative right can be thought of …
August 27, 2009 – 4:02 pm
Jon R. Gabel writes in the New York Times today, saying that we shouldn’t fear the cost of health care reform because the CBO has a long history of underestimating the savings from reforms.
In the early 1980s, Congress changed the way Medicare paid hospitals so that payments would no longer be based on …
December 30, 2008 – 6:16 pm
Looks like the CIA figured out how to win friends & influence people.
The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached …
November 11, 2007 – 10:48 pm
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that two homes were invaded recently, by robbers looking for drugs.
”These guys kicked in the doors of people ’s residences who had nothing to do with the drug trade, ” said Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain. ”It was a terrible event for both couples. ”
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