Readers Say GOP Responsible for Debt Ceiling Mess
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
(MedPage Today) — More than half of the 3,013 respondents to this week’s MedPage Today poll said that Republicans should be blamed for the debt ceiling stalemate that came close to cutting off the nation’s credit, but runner-up honors went to “all of the above.”
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Readers Say GOP Responsible for Debt Ceiling Mess
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
(MedPage Today) — More than half of the 3,013 respondents to this week’s MedPage Today poll said that Republicans should be blamed for the debt ceiling stalemate that came close to cutting off the nation’s credit, but runner-up honors went to “all of the above.”
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GOP Lawmakers to FDA: Device OK Process Falls Short
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Medical device makers got a boost Thursday when Republican lawmakers took their side against the FDA, agreeing that the agency’s device approval process is unpredictable and slow.
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Washington Week: GOP Lawmakers Seek to Dismantle ACA
Posted on 07. May, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — In its first week back from recess, the House of Representatives wasted no time chipping away at the healthcare reform law. Also, the FDA issued new guidance on children’s cough medicine and announced that it will crack down on the sale of unapproved STD treatments.
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Washington Week: Cha-ching Budget Is Approved
Posted on 17. Apr, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Congress finally approved the fiscal 2011 budget, and later in the week, the House of Representatives passed a GOP-budget blueprint for 2012.
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GOP Senators Want Berwick Out of CMS
Posted on 03. Mar, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — In a letter to President Obama, 42 Republican senators called for the removal of Donald Berwick, MD, as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Washington Week: GOP Cuts, Trims, Passes Spending Bill
Posted on 19. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Following a contentious week-long House floor debate on a bill to continue funding the government for 2011, but not before the Republican-controlled House added a slew amendments that block funding for the healthcare reform law.
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Senate Votes to Repeal 1099 Provision, but Not ACA
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Senate has voted to remove an unpopular provision of the healthcare reform law that requires all businesses to fill out a tax form each time they spend $600 or more, but voted down a GOP amendment that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety.
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Washington Week: GOP Gets Started on Reform Repeal
Posted on 08. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The week began with the 112th Congress being sworn in and its new GOP members vowing to begin the process to repeal the Democrats’ healthcare reform law. By the end of the week, Republicans were one procedural step closer to that goal.
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Washington Watch: Healthcare Law to Get Early GOP Hit
Posted on 03. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — When the 112th Congress convenes on Wednesday, Republicans will immediately begin trying to enact a “clean repeal” of the healthcare reform law, with the hopes of eventually replacing it with smaller insurance reforms.
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