Juvan's Health Law Recap--January 21, 2007
Last week, many news stories centered around proposals by both the public and private sectors to provide coverage to the millions of uninsured. President Bush, preparing for his State of the Union address, foreshadowed his proposal in his weekly radio address, and a large coalition of companies also launched a multi-phase proposal to expand coverage. Meanwhile, Senator Grassley, in a defensive move, is preparing to filibuster the legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives that requires direct negotiation of Medicare Part D covered drugs, and Senator Leahy introduced legislation prohibiting reverse payments, or payments by brand-name drug companies to generic drug companies in return for a promise to delay market entry of generic equivalents.
