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The healthcare reform debate December 21, 2009

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2009

Healthcare reform efforts were marked with uncertainty and skepticism in the Senate last week, as Democratic leaders continued their scramble to reach a consensus on the controversial bill before Christmas

Court examines duty to defend funeral homes accused of participation in organ harvesting

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 23 2009

A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently examined whether an insurer must defend a crematorium and funeral home against several lawsuits alleging that they participated in an organ harvesting scheme

Partial repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act dropped from Senate Health Reform Bill

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2009

Media reports indicate that Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) amendment to repeal the antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical malpractice insurers, has been removed from the latest version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590

Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate December 29, 2009

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 29 2009

After a prolonged floor debate that kept Senators in session through weekends for 25 consecutive days, the Senate completed its work on healthcare reform legislation in the early morning hours on Christmas Eve

Repeal of antitrust exemption gains traction as House and Senate Democrats reconcile healthcare reform bills

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 8 2010

U.S. House Representatives Peter DeFazio, (D-OR) and Gene Taylor (D-MS) drafted a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in support of repealing the antitrust exemption under the McCarran Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical liability insurers

New research shows vaccine may help mesothelioma victims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Netherlands
  • -
  • March 10 2010

Research carried out by a team at the Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands on ten people with malignant mesothelioma has shown that a vaccine may aid victims of the disease

Scottish Court rejects insurers' challenge over compensation for pleural plaques

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2010

The Scottish Court has upheld legislation that maintains the right to compensation for pleural plaques sufferers in Scotland

Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate March 8, 2010

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2010

Democrats moved steadily forward last week on their reinvigorated efforts to enact comprehensive healthcare reform, as the White House specified its procedural preferences and Congressional leaders continued to hammer out policy provisions

Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate January 11, 2010

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2010

Though both the House and Senate were officially in recess, several notable occurrences took place last week as key players moved ahead on the difficult task of how to reconcile the differences between the two chambers’ healthcare reform plans

Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate March 15, 2010

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 15 2010

Healthcare negotiations steadily moved forward last week, as details emerged on a potential timeline for completing action on a final bill in the coming weeks

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