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Medicare and Medicaid Mandate arguments. (I will blog for only 30 minutes)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?516920-1/justices-hear-case-vaccine-test-mandate The Principal US Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher presented a brief argument supporting the Secretary’s authorities re covered providers for their participation in Medicare and Medicaid. Justice Thomas asks what else authorizes the Secretary to do this, and the Deputy Solicitor General says the Secretary simply added an additional category. Thomas elicits the fact…
UK govt trying to stop compensation it already granted for Narcolepsy cases linked to GSK’s Pandemrix swine flu vaccine/ Guardian
Over 1,300 people who received the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine in 2009-10 developed narcolepsy. Demographically, adolescents were hardest hit. The vaccination caused profound neurologic disability and frequent personality changes in those affected. All governments that gave out swine flu vaccines were required (by manufacturers, the World Health Organization and pre-existing contracts that had been…
Two HIgh Court petitions in Israel over anthrax vaccine tests on soldiers
Group wants end to Israeli anthrax tests Published: Nov. 1, 2007 at 9:36 AM Font size: JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (UPI) — A rights group petitioned Israel’s High Court on Thursday to stop the military from performing anthrax vaccine experiments on soldiers. Physicians for Human Rights filed one petition, while a second was filed by a…
U.S. healthcare by the numbers / Reuters
According to Reuters, the US ranks close to the bottom on a number of healthcare indices, compared to the 33 other countries in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Of course, the US ranks at the top in terms of cost: 17.9% of GDP is spent on healthcare in the US. There is…
Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses / NY Times Editorial
Email Share Tweet Save More Dick Cheney. CreditWin McNamee/Getty Images From the Sunday NY Times of December 21: Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of…
Vaccinating Maine Children: Doing it Better, Doing it Honestly / Meryl Nass
LD 754, a bill to require that a list of vaccine ingredients be provided to parents when their children are vaccinated, has stirred up a hornet’s nest in Augusta. The gist of what was written in a Bangor Daily News opinion piece and in a paper circulated by Representatives Pringle and Volk is: • If…