Despite threats of a presidential veto, the Senate Finance Committee, with the support of a majority of its Republican members and all the Democrats, sent to the floor yesterday a five-year expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program with a $60 billion price tag. Only Sens. Trent Lott (MS), John Ensign (NV), Jim Bunning (KY), and John Kyl (AZ) voted ?no? on the bill that HHS … [Read more...] about SCHIP Redux
Archives for July 2007
SCHIP Overreach
The State Children's Health Insurance Program is on the front burner in Congress, with the Senate Finance Committee expected to send a bill reauthorizing the program to the floor as early as next week. SCHIP will expire at the end of September unless Congress acts. The battle lines are being drawn: Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee announced this week a deal that would … [Read more...] about SCHIP Overreach
Drug Safety or Drug Danger?
Two pieces of legislation dealing with prescription drugs are currently winding their way through Congress. The bills, however, are completely contradictory. One would create new controls for drug safety. The other would open the nation's supply chain to imported pharmaceuticals, many of which could be fake, counterfeit, or contaminated. Is Congress for drug safety or against it? … [Read more...] about Drug Safety or Drug Danger?
Drug Safety or Drug Danger?
Two pieces of legislation dealing with prescription drugs are currently winding their way through Congress. The bills, however, are completely contradictory. One would create new controls for drug safety. The other would open the nation's supply chain to imported pharmaceuticals, many of which could be fake, counterfeit, or contaminated. Is Congress for drug safety or against it? … [Read more...] about Drug Safety or Drug Danger?