Bill Clinton got $630K to speak at two patient safety conferences
Clinton has waived the honoraria the last two years, but the hefty sums paid in 2013 and 2014 raise questions.
Medical errors hit home for Bill Clinton
Keynoting the fourth annual World Patient Safety, Science and Technology Summit in Dana Point, California, the former president explained how patient safety has become "deeply personal" for him.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Even Bill Clinton thinks people should get to keep their insurance plans
In a new interview with OZY, former President Bill Clinton says there are three problems with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, one of which could be fixed by changing the law. That big problem is that hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially young, healthy adults, are having their insurance policies canceled, in stark […]
Former GOP Senator Durenberger blasts Republicans on health care law
David Durenberger joked Wednesday he could no longer run for office because there’s no such thing as an “apolitical” political party. That seems fitting because the former U.S. Senator from Minnesota is the rarest of political birds: a Republican that staunchly supports the newly passed health care reform law. Or at least he used to […]
Senate leader: Health-care reform by year’s end will be tough – MedCity Morning Read, Nov. 11, 2009
Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday they hope to bring a health-care reform bill to the floor next week, but meeting President Barack Obama's end-of-the-year deadline will be difficult, Reuters reported. The new goal is to get the bill out of the Senate this year, according to the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat.