The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved bills to defund health insurance exchanges and a public health fund in the healthcare reform law, according to a release from the committee.
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A government shutdown this weekend looks more likely because of an impasse in Congress over the FY 2011 federal budget, according to a report by Fox News.
A judge in Denver has dismissed a lawsuit challenging use of nurse anesthetists without physician supervision in rural and critical access hospitals in Colorado, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The FY 2012 budget proposal to be released by House Republicans today would fundamentally change the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a report by the New York Times. The proposal by Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the…
Five Republican Senators have reintroduced a bill to bar the federal government from undertaking comparative effectiveness research, according to a release by Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho).
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An FDA panel of government physicians and scientists convened on March 10 to discuss the potential link between anesthesia and cognitive damage in children but left with more questions than answers, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
House GOP committee chairs recently criticized the Obama administration’s operation of two temporary health insurance pools, subsidizing retirees and people with preexisting conditions under the healthcare reform law, according to a report by The Hill. One pool, covering individuals with…
The House GOP's proposed FY 2012 budget, to be released Tuesday, would cut the federal deficit by more than $4 trillion over the next decade and slow Medicare and Medicaid spending, according to a report by Fox News.
The Obama administration's appeal of a judge's ruling to strike down the healthcare reform law is scheduled to open in an Atlanta-based appeals court on June 8, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek news report.
Scott C. Bickman, an Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based anesthesiologist, will be barred from prescribing controlled substances following his alleged involvement in the purchase and illegal sale of a large number of addictive painkillers, according to an Orange County Register report.