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Medical Device Industry Struggling to Navigate Red Tape

By: Jordan Kinghorn The Committee on Energy and Commerce’s subcommittee on health had a field hearing today, September 26, in La Jolla, CA on the impact the FDA’s inconsistent, unpredictable, and obscure regulations are having on the medical device and drug industry. It is a major problem when project submission to the FDA is lengthy, unreasonable, … Continue reading

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The Health Care Cost Institute: The New Health Care Research Initiative

Author: Jordan Kinghorn Politicians will say anything and everything to increase approval for their political agendas with no regard for truth or logic. The only barrier against their tall tales is objective and clear research done by academics and experts that sheds light on the realistic consequences of a piece of legislation or regulation. Recently, … Continue reading

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Congress and Reform: Can it Happen?

Author: Ryan Holland An article yesterday reported that Congress’ approval rating has dropped to single digits in California- just 9 percent.  For many it is a dark time in the world of politics, as recession, war, health costs, and debt crisis have converged into a nightmare of endless battles over ideologies and policies.  Here in … Continue reading

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Mandatory Service – a GOOD attempt at higher standards of citizenship, a BAD potential policy

By: Zach Weaver In the midst of the Congressional appointment of the Super Committee, everyone is coming out of the woodwork to provide their opinion of what the Supper Committee (and government as a whole) should do with this expedited authority, as well as the ramifications of their (in)decisions. I stumbled upon this article yesterday from … Continue reading

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Should the U.S. Adopt Israel’s Counterterrorism Strategy?

By: Joshua Plaschkes Georgetown University Professor Dr. Daniel Byman’s discussion on his new book, “A High Price,” analyzes Israel’s fight against terrorism in order to determine if the U.S. should incorporate Israel’s counterterrorism strategy into the asymmetric wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Although Israel has been extremely successful operationally, Dr. Byman points to several significant … Continue reading

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Two Visions, Two Russias

By: Glen Johnson Interpreters of modern Russia find themselves essentially in one of two camps.  The leading school of interpretation in the West is staffed by a sort of psychologist, who interprets Russian foreign policy as a result of lasting anguish from an expropriated imperial inheritance.  The picture painted by this curious blend of psychoanalyst … Continue reading

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The PPACA: Constitutional but Still a Bad Idea

By: Savanna Shuntich Much of the controversy surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) comes from the mandate found in section 1501, requiring all Americans above a certain income level to purchase healthcare. Experts like law professor Randy Barnett of Georgetown University claim that the mandate unconstitutionally relies on the commerce clause. He … Continue reading

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The FCC Won’t Let Me Be…

By: Alan Ahn In an article recently posted by CommLawBlog.com, it was reported that the FCC was searching the websites of broadcast stations in order to check for compliance with EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) rules. More specifically, the article states that FCC staffers were personally verifying that stations were posting their required annual EEO reports … Continue reading

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Healthy People 2020

By: Conor O’Malley Healthy People 2020 was introduced from George Washington University (GW) last year in an attempt to make the United States a more healthy country. Similar to their Healthy People 2010, the program is a 10-year objective to get the American people more aware of what they are eating, what they should be … Continue reading