by Markham Heid | Oct 14, 2009 | Politics, Science + Technology
An expert on international health policy and the economics of U.S. health care, Bob Kocher joined the Obama administration earlier this year as a member of the National Economic Council. As a member of the president’s health-care economics and policy brain...
by Kiran Sood | Oct 14, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — For the first 100 people who get the OK, this Tweetup might just be out of this world. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s more than 140,000 Twitter followers are in for an unprecedented in-person opportunity this fall: NASA...
by Markham Heid | Oct 13, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — As many had speculated, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was the lone voice of Republican support Tuesday when the Finance Committee approved its health care reform bill 14-9. Speaking immediately after the final committee vote, Snowe said, “I just did...
by Markham Heid | Oct 6, 2009 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — A panel of academics said Tuesday curbing medical malpractice litigation is not the “silver bullet” needed to slay the werewolf of rising health care costs. “Health policy myths become convenient truths,” said Gregg Bloche, a graduate of both the...
by Markham Heid | Oct 5, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Some say it’s a “tax,” while others say it’s a “penalty.” President Barack Obama, during a blustery exchange with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, insisted it was a “responsibility.” And Sen. Olympia Snowe has proposed calling it a “defined minimum...
by Kristian Weatherspoon | Oct 2, 2009 | Science + Technology
Get the Flash Player to see this player. Doctors hold a protest near Capitol Hill to oppose current health-care reform proposals being considered by Congress. (Kristian Weatherspoon/MNS) WASHINGTON – As Congress continues to sort through health-care reform...
