- House votes to eliminate Medicare cuts from trade legislation (ama-assn.org)
Medicare payment cuts exceeding $700 million were eliminated from legislation that sought to redirect this funding to an unrelated trade program, following an overwhelming vote in the U.S. House of Representatives last week. Now the U.S. Senate must take action. The success of Thursday’s House vote—397 to 32—largely can be attributed to efforts by the AMA and other health care groups and the bipartisan collaboration among members of the House, including the Doctors’ Caucus.
- New medical school is money well-spent for Las Vegas (reviewjournal.com)
Indeed, the institutional, financial, sectional and political hurdles were many. But Sandoval understands what many have said for years: In order for Las Vegas to evolve, it needs better health care.
- You’re free to speak, FDA tells Amarin in bid to deflate free-speech suit (fiercepharma.com)
Pharma marketers are closely watching Amarin's lawsuit demanding the right to talk up the off-label uses for its cardiovascular drug Vascepa. After all, if the legal attack against FDA regulations succeeds, that gives credence to drugmakers' free speech argument--and could open up new worlds of drug promotion.