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Category: Viewpoints – Week in Review

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Jan. 29th – Friday, Feb. 2nd

2/2/2018

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Jan. 29th – Friday, Feb. 2nd When President Trump delivered his State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday, he made sure to carve out some time for…

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Jan. 22nd – Friday, Jan. 26th

1/26/2018

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Jan. 22nd – Friday, Jan. 26th After shutting down over last weekend, the United States government got back to work on Monday night when Congress adopted a short term…

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Jan. 15th – Friday, Jan. 19th

1/19/2018

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Jan. 15th – Friday, Jan. 19th At midnight tonight, the government has the potential to shutdown for the first time since 2013. It is still unclear whether GOP…

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 27th – Friday, Dec. 1st

12/4/2017

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 27th – Friday, Dec. 1st This week’s news cycle continued to center on efforts by Congress to overhaul the nation’s tax code, with many experts describing…

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 20th – Friday, Nov. 24th

11/27/2017

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 20th – Friday, Nov. 24th Despite the shortened news week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, there were no shortage of updates on the health policy front.…

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 13th – Friday, Nov. 17th

11/20/2017

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 13th – Friday, Nov. 17th It was a busy week at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb outlining a comprehensive new…

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 6th – Friday, Nov. 10th

11/13/2017

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Nov. 6th – Friday, Nov. 10th From legal battles to administrative rules to elections, the heat was all the way up last week in health…

Health and taxes: Tracking tax reform’s potential impact on health care

11/6/2017

By: B. Cameron Webb, MD, JD LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Oct. 30th – Friday, Nov. 3rd Following the Trump administration’s new classification of the opioid epidemic as a bona fide public…

Could labels actually matter in America’s Opioid “Emergency”?

10/30/2017

By: B. Cameron Webb, MD, JD LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Oct. 23rd – Friday, Oct. 27th Early last week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ways and…

Congress Leaves all the CHIPs on the Table

10/23/2017

By: B. Cameron Webb, MD, JD LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Monday, Oct. 16th – Friday, Oct. 20th Expectedly, last week’s biggest story remained the outpouring of responses to the Trump…