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CA$HING IN
CA$HING IN: More Than 900 Ex-Government Officials, Including 70 Former Members of Congress, Have Lobbied for the Financial Services Sector in 2009
[Created on: 11/19/2009]

Financial Industry Invests Heavily in Key Lawmakers
Financial Industry Invests Heavily in Key Lawmakers
[Created on: 11/16/2009]

Letter Requesting that Medicare Deny Reimbursement for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (HRG Publication #1895)
Public Citizen asks the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Servces to deny reimbursement for TMS because the treatment has not been proved to be effective.
[Created on: 11/11/2009]

Comments on FDA Draft Guidance on Postmarketing Studies and Clinical Trials (HRG Publication #1894)
Public Citizen has reviewed the draft guidance in detail and supports its purpose and approach.
[Created on: 10/13/2009]

Letter Published in Biological Psychiatry: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Not Proven Effective (HRG Publication #1893)
Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H., and Eunice Yu disagree with the Reardon's conclusion that TMS is "safe and effective in the treatment of major depression."
[Created on: 10/01/2009]

Request for a Negative National Coverage Decision for the Menaflex Collagen Scaffold Surgical Mesh for Patients with Knee Meniscus Damage (HRG Publication #1892)
We are writing to request that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issue a National Coverage Determination (NCD) that would deny Medicare reimbursement for ReGen Biologics’ Menaflex Collagen Scaffold (MCS).
[Created on: 09/25/2009]

FDA Internal Review Slams Knee Device’s Approval Process (HRG Publication #1891)
Statement of Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H, Deputy Director of Health Research Group.
[Created on: 09/24/2009]

Public Comments on Resident Work Hours (HRG Publication #1890)
Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H. and Hillary Peabody, M.P.H. testify before the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission, encouraging the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to implement the IOM's recent recommendations on resident work hours.
[Created on: 09/18/2009]

Hearing Highlights Dysfunction of U.S. Health Care System, Points to Need for 'Medicare for All' (HRG Publication #1889)
All the problems with the U.S> Health care system could be reduced or even eliminated if there was only a 'Medicare-for-all' system, also known as single-payer, for health care in this country.
[Created on: 09/16/2009]

Forced Arbitration: Unfair and Everywhere
Unfair and Everywhere
[Created on: 09/14/2009]

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