Biden’s Health Care Proposal Only Cosmetically Different from Bernie’s, his Socialist-Democrat Friend
Texas Insider | Sally C. Pipes
October 19, 2020

Under “The Biden Plan,” those who currently shop on the individual market, those who are eligible for coverage through their employer — anyone could go into the exchanges to buy the new public plan. And they wouldn’t have to pay more than 8.5% of their income for whatever plan they choose.

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‘Right To Repair’ Legislation Compromises Medical Device Cybersecurity
Issues and Insights | Sally C. Pipes
October 17, 2020

The increasingly heated debate about the rules and regulations governing medical device servicing is an exemplar of this new reality. Although the dispute between independent aftermarket repair businesses and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) isn’t new, it has shifted from auto repair, farm equipment, and consumer electronics to high-tech medical devices.

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In case you missed it: Counterfeit Drugs Harm Patients, Economy, Innovation
PRI Center for Medical Economics and Innovation | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and Wayne Winegarden
October 13, 2020

A new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute shows that counterfeit drugs put patients in harm’s way, hinder drug innovation, and lead to job losses. Proposals like drug importation or price controls, if implemented, would exacerbate the problem and result in more health and economic consequences.

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