Washington Week: ACA Debated, Imaging Device Okayed
Posted on 12. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Congressional panels continued to hold hearings on the healthcare reform law, while the FDA this week approved a new 3-D breast imaging device and heard from an advisory committee that called for stricter standards for cancer drug trials.
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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all businesses to fill out a tax form each time they spend $600 or more, but voted down a GOP amendment that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety.
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Outcome of Challenges to ACA Unclear, Say Experts
Posted on 01. Feb, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — With Monday’s ruling by a federal judge that the healthcare reform law is unconstitutional, legal experts foresee a showdown in the Supreme Court, where the outcome could go either way.
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Judge Tosses Out Healthcare Reform Law
Posted on 31. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
(MedPage Today) — A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the healthcare reform law is unconstitutional, siding with the 26 states that sued to block enforcement of the law.
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House Votes to Repeal Healthcare Reform Legislation
Posted on 19. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — By a vote of 245-189, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the new healthcare reform law, a long-expected action that is seen as largely symbolic since leaders of the Democratic-controlled Senate have vowed to block repeal.
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Washington Week: A Lull Before the Repeal Storm
Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — After a week with no congressional action in the aftermath of the Arizona shootings, the House is expected to vote on the healthcare reform repeal legislation on Wednesday.
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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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2010 in Review: Reform, SGR, Diet Drugs, Stem Cells
Posted on 25. Dec, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — This year will be remembered as the one when President Obama succeeded in passing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), small parts of the law started to be implemented, and Republicans mounted a major offensive against the healthcare reform law.
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Judge Hears Oral Arguments in Health Reform Case
Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 by Dr. Ellis in News and Updates
(MedPage Today) — A federal judge in Pensacola, Fla., heard oral arguments today for one of the major lawsuits against the healthcare reform law — just a few days after a Virginia judge ruled parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) violate the Constitution.
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