JERRY FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH CARE POLICY, CONSUMER WATCHDOG: You know, look, members of Congress are never going to admit they're influenced by campaign contributions, but…
…the disabled equally with the nondisabled.” Id. (quoting Ford v. Schering-Plough Corp., 145 F.3d 601, 613 (3d Cir. 1998)). We affirmed Weyer in Chabner v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., 225 F.3d…
Jerry Flanagan, a health-care analyst with Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, said the tide of campaign contributions amounts to "a huge down payment" by companies…
The insurer that wants to buy CareFirst is praised for its acumen by business analysts but not by doctors.The Baltimore Sun "The WellPoint Way" began the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Healthcare industry lobbyists have showered the Democratic U.S. senator leading reform efforts with $1.5 million in donations, records indicate. The contributions amount to…
The Wall Street Journal Medicare reimbursements are in line with drugs' actual selling prices, and physicians and hospitals can no longer afford to forgive co-payments. As…
Novartis draws fire on cost-cutting bidNew Jersey Star Ledger Critics said the cost-cutting move by Novartis undermines the industry's position. As they see it, the company…
A new pharmaceutical front group, "CURES," opposing legislation to reimport cheaper U.S. made prescription drugs from Canada has political ties to both the Schwarzenegger and Bush…
