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Health care and the MA example

December 18, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Over at The Health Care Blog (it's "The", don'tyouknow), Maggie Mahar notes several of the flaws of the Massachusetts model of health care, particularly cautioning us not to take for granted the assertions that getting us to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, national

“Take a backbone pill”

December 14, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

In case you missed it, from Friday's Globe unsigned editorial:Last summer, Governor Patrick signed a health cost control bill that included strict new limits on financial ties between drug companies and doctors. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, disclosure, dph, drugs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

Lack of disclosure still doesn’t add up.

December 12, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Last Friday, the Globe got its mitts on the draft regulations for the pharmaceutical company gift ban. Monday morning I wrote a post decrying the lack of a disclosure requirement for pharma companies disclose how much and to whom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auerbach, costs, disclosure, drugs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

PhRMA and Patrick administration say “Trust us.” No thanks.

December 8, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

This came out in Saturday's Globe: The Patrick administration looks ready to bow to PhRMA, by not requiring companies to disclose how and whom they're paying for clinical trials. Go figure -- someone pays you money, you're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drugs, gift-ban, health-care, health-care-costs, phrma

Health insurers [heart] reform?

December 3, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

It's not too surprising that health insurers would be for mandated universal coverage, since under the current Massachusetts-led reform paradigm, it means guaranteed universal business for them. Why shouldn't they be for requiring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ahip, costs, health-care, health-care-costs

PhRMA and barnacles

July 16, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

As Farnkoff notes below, today we're faced with the disappointing news that the House has shamefully caved to the PhRMA industry, stripping the ban on gifts that was in the Senate version, and allowing the industry to "police itself" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, gift-ban, health-care, health-care-costs, phrma

Docs and med students support gift ban

June 26, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Well, how about this: Turns out doctors and med students happen to agree that gifts from pharma companies distort the practice of administering medicine. A press release from Health Care for All: PROMINENT PHYSICIANS, NATIONAL … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, health-care-costs, phrma

Glaxo bluffs; Our leaders quake?

May 8, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Hoo lordy, this is just plain desperate: As part of the health care cost-control plan, Sen. President Murray has proposed to eliminate pharma companies' bribes gifties to doctors. And now  WAAAAATCH OUT! Glaxo's gonna pull up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: costs, glaxo, health-care, health-care-costs, phrma

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