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Chris's Commons (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reports are surfacing that Senate Democrats have reached a compromise on the Health Care legislation. From Talking Points Memo : An aide briefed on the negotiations among the gang of 10 offers up the rundown of the most important aspects of the public option compromise being sent to CBO. If this trade-off carries the day, the opt out public option is gone. In its place will be many of the alternatives...
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Medicare Update (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
On December 5, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 41-53 to reject a motion offered by Senator Mike Johanns, which would have sent the Senate health reform legislation (H.R.3590) back to the Senate Finance Committee with instructions to remove about $42.1 billion in payments cuts for Medicare home health care services.Subscribe to Medicare Update, follow me on Twitter @MedicareUpdate,...
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News from around the World (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee Chairman has given a favor to Melodee Hanes, his girlfriend by recommending Melodee for U.S. attorney. But it was surprising that Melodee went to change the decision during the selection process. Melodee Hanes, the former state office director has deep relationship with Max Baucus from the time Baucus divorced his wife. [...] No related posts....
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Blowing San #1 (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement regarding new analysis by consulting firm Oliver Wyman indicating Harry Reid’s health care bill will increase premiums for individuals by 61 percent in Texas over 5 years: “I’m not sure where the lines of communication crossed or when...
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Medicare Update (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
On December 3, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 42-58 to reject an amendment by Senator John McCain. The McCain amendment would have sent the Senate Democrats health care reform legislation back to the Senate Finance Committee with instructions to report the bill back to the U.S. Senate without approximately $440 billion in Medicare payment reductions. However,...
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Congress’ Best (And Worst) Committee Web Sites Barack Obama punched his ticket to the White House with the help of innovative digital campaigning, and since arriving he’s overhauled and created high-profile Web sites like WhiteHouse.gov and Recovery.gov. Yet amidst this push for transparency, some Congressional committee Web sites — crucial for disseminating hearing...
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TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
GAO, The Research Tax Credit’s Design and Administration Can Be Improved (GAO-10-136) Senate Finance Committee press release, Baucus, Grassley, Hatch Revisit Research and Development Tax Credit Senate Finance Committee press release, Finance Senators Propose Improvements to Research and Development Tax Credit Senate Bill, The ‘‘Grow...
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
As a result of the ongoing controversy over conflicts of interest among academic researchers and industry, yet another university has agreed to disclose financial relationships between faculty and drug and device makers. The move comes amid pressure by the US Senate Finance Committee, which recently sent letters to several universities for such information (back story). And [...]...
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Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A broad coalition of companies and organizations have signed on to a letter asking Congressional tax writers to fix a program intended to promote the installation of fuel pumps that dispense mid- and high-level ethanol blends. Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis sent the letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee and [...]
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Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from......
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from drug and medical device manufacturers and insurance companies.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the American Medical Association and 32 other medical groups to disclose the financial backing they receive from drug and medical device manufacturers and insurance companies.
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symtym (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Grassley Asks Medical Nonprofits About Financial Support—WSJ The senator wants to determine whether the groups receive financial incentives from corporations when they lobby Congress for pro-industry positions on health issues, according to staff for the Senate Finance Committee, on which he is the ranking Republican. Grassely to AMA (PDF) [P]lease explain AMA’s policies...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
The Hill reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "has agreed to allow Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to bring an amendment to a vote this week that would allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from abroad despite the fact that it could blow up a truce between the White House, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the Pharmaceutical...
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
As part of an ongoing probe into conflicts of interest, the Senate Finance Committee’s Chuck Grassley has sent letters to the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society and 31 other medical advocacy groups for details about the money they and their board members received from drug and device makers, The New York Times reports. Such [...]
