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More States Join Lawsuits Against Federal Health Reforms
Business Week: Eighteen states are now challenging the new health law. “Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada and Arizona will be added to the suit filed March 23 by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, he said today in a statement.” “The states claim the legislation places an unconstitutional burden on their cash-strapped [...]
Wis. District Attorney Says Teachers Could Face Charges For Complying With Sex Education Law
In a letter to five Wisconsin school districts, Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth (R) told educators they could face criminal charges if they comply with a new state law that requires school sex education programs to include instruction on contraception, the AP/Yahoo! News reports (Richmond, AP/Yahoo! News, 4/7). Wisconsin schools are not required to [...]
Arizona And Nevada Governors Reject AGs’ Advice, Join Suit Against New Health Law
The Associated Press/Boston Globe: “The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform. Gov. Jan Brewer announced Arizona was joining the suit Tuesday night…
Sebelius Promises Help To Americans Confused By Health Reform, Says To Beware Of Scammers
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that Americans can expect help from her department as health reform is implemented. She also cautioned consumers to watch out for scammers using the new health bill to try to defraud people…
NPR Examines Decrease In Protestant Justices On Supreme Court
If U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retires in the near future, it could lead to a situation in which in the court would be without a Protestant justice for the first time in history, NPR’s “Morning Edition” reports. Among the court’s nine justices, Stevens is the only Protestant, six are Catholic and two [...]
UAW Suing GM Over $450 Million For Retiree Health Benefits
The Associated Press: “The United Auto Workers union has sued General Motors Corp., saying the automaker owes it $450 million for retiree health care” (4/7)…
Reactions – Even Threats – Continue To Emerge Over Lawmakers’ Reform Votes
Lawmakers are considering how health care reform will change their prospects for office as some tout the law amid threats from the public. Philadelphia Daily News: Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, was in Philadelphia Tuesday, “to stoke his political marketability – while coping with a significant health-care liability. …
Insurers Sue Mass. Regulators Over Rejected Rate Hikes
The Boston Globe: Massachusetts insurers are suing the state government after regulators rejected proposed double-digit premium rate increases that would have gone into effect April 1. The move would spell hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for the six insurers that joined the suit, the firms said…
Senator Grassley Issues Warning About ‘Phantom Pharmacies’ While Tampa Officials Arrest Pharmacists On Fraud Charges
Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week saying federal officials have failed to stop the growing trend of “phantom pharmacies” that bill millions to Medicare in prescription drug costs then disappear, ABC News reports…
Baltimore CPC Signs Haven’t ‘Caused Real Harm,’ Editorial Says
A Baltimore ordinance requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating they do not offer abortion and birth control services has “not caused any real harm,” despite criticism from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun says in an editorial. The archdiocese has filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that the ordinance violates freedom [...]
Teva Provides Update On Gemzar(R) Litigation
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana issued a decision yesterday on two patents for Gemzar® (gemcitabine); the compound patent expiring on November 15, 2010, and a method of use patent expiring on May 7, 2013…
