Judge Upholds Health Law's Coverage Requirement-wsj.com

Judge Upholds Health Law's Coverage Requirement-wsj.com: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening became the third U.S. trial judge to uphold the constitutionality of the new health-care law's requirement that individuals maintain health coverage or pay a penalty

Supreme Court rules vaccine makers protected from lawsuits-washingtonpost.com

Supreme Court rules vaccine makers protected from lawsuits-washingtonpost.com: Federal law protects pharmaceutical companies from lawsuits by parents who claim that vaccines harmed their children, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

FDA approval process faulted at hearings on medical devices-washingtonpost.com

FDA approval process faulted at hearings on medical devices-washingtonpost.com: The Food and Drug Administration is approving medical devices too slowly. Or too quickly - depending on whom you ask.

Two House Republican amendments aim to defund health-care law-washingtonpost.com:

Two House Republican amendments aim to defund health-care law-washingtonpost.com: House lawmakers on Thursday will get their first shot at voting to defund the national health-care overhaul, the latest effort by congressional Republicans to render ineffective President Obama's signature legislative initiative.

House Judiciary approves tort reform-politico.com

House Judiciary approves tort reform-politico.com: The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a medical malpractice reform bill by an 18-15 party-line vote after turning aside several Democratic attempts to amend it, including one which mirrored the concerns of two Republican members of the panel.

Budget battle: The road ahead-politico.com

Budget battle: The road ahead-politico.com: President Barack Obama’s 20-pound budget was released Monday and with it an equally weighty question: Just how can the White House, along with a fractious and hostile House Republican majority and a dysfunctional Senate, pass anything?

Study of recaled medical devices faults lax FDA texting methods-washingtonpost.com

Study of recaled medical devices faults lax FDA texting methods-washingtonpost.com: A new analysis is raising questions about how good a job the Food and Drug Administration is doing at protecting Americans from faulty medical devices.

Device Review Process Faulted-wsj.com

Device Review Process Faulted-wsj.com: Most of the medical devices recalled in recent years because of serious or life-threatening hazards were initially cleared for market through an abbreviated approval system that doesn't require testing on patients, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

CBO: Health law to cut workforce by 800,000-politico.com

CBO: Health law to cut workforce by 800,000-politico.com: CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf told the House Budget Committee on Thursday that the health care law will reduce employment by 0.5 percent by 2021 because some people will no longer have to work just to afford health insurance.

Eric Cantor: GOP will defund health-care law-politico.com:

Eric Cantor: GOP will defund health-care law-politico.com: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the bill to fund the government for the rest of the year will have language to withhold funding from the health care law by the time it passes the House next week.

Senate rejects repeal of health-care law as fight shifts to courts-washingtonpost.com

Senate rejects repeal of health-care law as fight shifts to courts-washingtonpost.com: On Capitol Hill, the battle over the health-care overhaul law has become a kind of scripted political theater. On Wednesday, Republicans in the Senate tried to repeal the law, as expected.

State officials divided on meaning of judge's health-care ruling-washingtonpost.com:

State officials divided on meaning of judge's health-care ruling-washingtonpost.com: A day after a federal judge struck down the government's plan to overhaul the health-care system, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen issued a stern statement: "This means that, for Wisconsin, the federal health care law is dead," and that his state "was relieved of any obligations or duties" to carry out the statute.

Health care could be high-court nailbiter-politico.com

Health care could be high-court nailbiter-politico.com: Monday’s federal court decision striking down the Democrats health care reform law is just Act I in a long legal drama — and nobody knows how it will end.