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  • Biden Administration Probes Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care

    Biden Administration Probes Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care

    In an ironic turn, the federal government, which regulates much of health care, is taking steps to investigate why the industry is so uncompetitive. Teaming up with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Justice launched an online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, the agencies say…

  • Michigan Family Succeeds in Stopping Organ Donation

    A Michigan state judge halted the harvesting of organs from a patient declared “brain dead,” in a case that highlights the shortcomings of organ donation cards and informed consent. The family of 30-year-old Jaszmine Philips went to court to stop Gift of Life Michigan, the organ procurement agency working with Trinity Health in Muskegon, Michigan…

  • Biden CMS Imposes ‘Unachievable’ Staffing Standards on Nursing Homes

    The Biden administration issued final rules setting minimum staffing levels and national waiting times for medical care in the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes certified for Medicare and Medicaid long-term care. The new regulations “fulfill President Biden’s commitment to support family caregivers, boost compensation and job quality for care workers, expand and improve care options, and…

  • DEA to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug

    DEA to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug

    The Biden administration will reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug with fewer restrictions on its use under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, according to news reports. The Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) recommended changing the status of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III to the White House on April 30, the Associated Press…

  • Biden Administration Eager to Sign WHO Pandemic Treaty

    The Biden administration signaled its support for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new pandemic treaty expected to be finalized at its World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, the final week of May. Pamela Hamamoto, the State Department official representing the United States at the meeting, stated that “America is committed to signing the treaty that will…

  • Washington State Voters Could Nix Long-Term Care Tax

    Washington state’s mandatory long-term care (LTC) insurance program, WA Cares, and the payroll tax that funds it will become optional if voters approve a citizen’s initiative in November. WA Cares was authorized by a law enacted in 2019, and the state began collecting a 0.58 percent payroll tax on all wage income on July 1,…

  • FTC Ban on Non-Competes Seen as a Plus for Doctors, Patients

    Employers will no longer be able to require doctors and other health care workers to sign non-competition agreements (NCA) after a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule banning all NCAs takes effect on September 4. NCAs prevent physicians, nurses, and therapists employed by large health care providers and hospitals from moving to a competitor or establishing…

  • FTC’s Noncompete Ban is Good for Health Care but Legal Challenges to Come – Commentary

    The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) announcement that it plans to ban noncompete agreements in all industries is a welcome relief to many professionals in health care. Two physicians in my family relocated to small towns after they were recruited to join other practices. Both uprooted their families to move hundreds of miles away. Ultimately, neither move…

  • The New York Times Admits Injuries from COVID-19 Shots

    The COVID-19 shots have caused multiple, serious injuries, an article in The New York Times acknowledged on May 4. It is the first time the self-described newspaper of record has reported on the severe side effects from the vaccines, since the massive inoculation campaign that went into full swing starting in January 2021. The article…

  • Biden and Trump Differ Widely on Health Care Reform

    Although he rarely talks about it, the most significant gift President Donald Trump bequeathed to economic prosperity was deregulation. And the one sector that was deregulated more than any other was health care. Since Joe Biden has been re-regulating the economy, it’s hard to think of a starker contrast between the two leading presidential candidates this year—and…

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