Krugman, Ezra: Wrong About Texas Health Care
Texas has the highest percent of its population uninsured of any state in the nation. Why is that? According to Paul Krugman, this is because of the “state’s small government…
Cigarette Makers Sue the FDA Over New Labeling Rules
This is getting interesting so say the least with this lawsuit. The FDA cannot comment here but how this ends up with an interpretation will be one to watch. Granted…
Why Profit Is Our Best Friend
One reason why entrepreneurs do what they do is that they want to become rich. I don’t think that getting rich is the main motivation. The possibility of innovating in…
3 Steps Towards Adopting Electronic Health Records
EXCLUSIVE POST - There are a variety of forces driving us toward the adoption of electronic health records and the collection, transmission and analysis of data and information to improve…
Individual Mandate: Can PPACA Survive Without It?
Ever since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed, opponents have looked for ways to overturn it in the court of law and the court of public…
Myth Busters #5: Hospital Rate Setting
With the repeal of the Health Planning Act in 1982, a lot of health policy wonks found themselves out of work. They had to come up with something new to…
NanoViricides Reports Positive Anti-viral Effect of HIV Drug
NanoViricides (OTCBB:NNVC) announced Monday that its anti-HIV drug candidate, HIVCide, achieved a positive, long-term effect with fewer and weaker doses than the traditional anti-retroviral combination therapy. In a recent study…
InVivo Therapeutics Treats the Spinal Cord Itself, A Novel Technology
Frank Reynolds, President and CEO of InVivo Therapeutics was interviewed by OneMedRadio where he describes the company’s strategy in bringing its unique spinal cord injury (SPI) products to market. …
Pharma Companies Closing Down Facebook Sites
The main reason of course here is for the chat and discussion from adverse affects from drugs, and the fact that as big as the companies are, who wants to…
Spine Surgery is an Exception to the Usual Country Market Rules
A great many markets for medical technologies have similar market drivers, economics, regulatory restraints and other features, resulting frequently in market sizes that can be fairly accurately predicted on the…
