CBO: Supreme Court decision cuts healthcare reform's deficit spending in half

CBO: Supreme Court decision cuts healthcare reform's deficit spending in half-massdevice.com:
The Congressional Budget Office's latest estimates on the Affordable Care Act conclude that the healthcare reform measures could increase the federal deficit by $109 billion over 10 years, nearly half what the CBO estimated in March.

FDA lawyers authorized spying on agency’s employees, senator says

FDA lawyers authorized spying on agency’s employees, senator says-washingtonpost.com:

Congressional investigators said Monday that the chief counsel’s office at the Food and Drug Administration authorized wide-ranging surveillance of a group of the agency’s scientists, the first indication that the effort was sanctioned at the highest levels.

In tax fight, a potent threat

In tax fight, a potent threat - washingtonpost.com:
Democrats are making increasingly explicit threats about their willingness to let nearly $600 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts take effect in January unless Republicans drop their opposition to higher taxes for the nation’s wealthiest households.

Poll: Affordable Care Act bad for business

Poll: Affordable Care Act bad for business-politico.com:

Most Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care reform law will harm taxpayers and businesses, while helping those directly threatened by a lack of health care, according to a Gallup Poll released Monday.

Medical device tax: Hatch's bid to attach repeal to small business tax bill falls short in Senate

Medical device tax: Hatch's bid to attach repeal to small business tax bill falls short in Senate-massdevice.com:
A latest attempt to repeal the medical device tax with an amendment to the small business tax falls short in the Senate; Sen. Scott Brown stumps on the floor of the upper house for repeal.

FDA releases 180-day PMA memos

FDA releases 180-day PMA memos-massdevice.com:
The FDA's Center for Devices & Radiological Health releases a smattering of summary review memos of 180-day design changes to medical devices that have already won a green light from the federal watchdog agency

House again votes to repeal health-care law, a now-familiar symbolic gesture

House again votes to repeal health-care law, a now-familiar symbolic gesture-washingtonpost.com:
The Republican-led House voted Wednesday to repeal President Obama’s health-care law, a symbolic gesture meant to highlight the GOP’s commitment to ending it despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that it is constitutional.