Washington Sometimes there is just no shame, when there should at least be silence. The medical establishment represented by the American Hospital Association indicated that it is going to fight aggressively against a requirement that non-profit hospitals provide a set and accountable level of charity care as part of the new health care legislative reform. …
Category: Health Care
SEIU’s Good Obama Bet
New Orleans Recent press reports and a big story in the Wall Street Journal have been sniping at the huge $85M set of contributions that the Service Employees International Union made on the Obama campaign. On one hand they seem to be insinuating crass influence buying and on the other hand they are hinting at …
Cheerios and Choate
New Orleans The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) slapped around General Mills and its Cherrios’ cereal for making inflated health claims about reducing cholesterol, making those little “o’s” something more like a drug than food. Ironically, this news hit at the same time as the stories on the passing of Robert Choate, the consumer food advocate …