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Health Benefits Tax Gains Support In Congress, Opponents In Business
"You can think of Congress"s efforts to pay for health reform as being a little bit like a battle to slay a many-headed Hydra," writes the New York Times" economic columnist, David Leonhardt. Congress has floated idea after idea for paying for comprehensive health reform, but their proposals have failed to make ends meet because they "do not raise revenue as quickly as health costs rise." Most new taxes - such as a surtax on the rich proposed in the House - increase only as quickly as the economy, while health costs have inflated much more quickly over the last decade.
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PolyMedix Receives United States Patent For Angiogenesis Inhibitor Compounds
PolyMedix, Inc. (OTCBB: PYMX), an emerging biotechnology company developing acute care products for infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent assigned to PolyMedix relating to angiogenesis inhibitors. The patent, number 7,553,876, entitled "Polycationic Compounds and Uses Thereof," relates to therapeutic uses of PolyMedix compounds for inhibiting angiogenesis.
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Kohl Bill Would Save Consumers $3.5 Billion Per Year, According To FTC, USA
U.S. Senator Herb Kohl released the following statement on the announcement from U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz that banning pay-for-delay settlements that keep generic drugs off the market would save consumers at least $3.5 billion per year and provide significant cost savings for federal government, which pays approximately one-third of all prescription drug costs. Senator Kohl"s bill, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generic Drugs Act (S. 369), would prohibit the anti-consumer practice of brand-name drug manufacturers using pay-off agreements to keep cheaper generic equivalents off the market. Introduced in February with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the bill is scheduled to be marked up by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Martinez: Fixing Long-Term Care, Starting With The Census

U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) introduced an effort aimed at updating the U.S. Census" current function questions to better improve our nation"s long-term care services and support systems. By replacing a small portion of the survey with standardized function questions used by medical providers, the Disability Data Modernization Act will provide more accurately collected data used for planning the future health care needs of elderly and disabled Americans. "The need for quality long-term care is exceedingly on the rise - it is vital we act now," said Martinez, lead Republican on the Senate"s Special Committee on Aging. "In its current form, the U.S. Census is not meeting its legislative purpose. By changing a small number of questions, we can better plan for a coordinated, comprehensive, and compassionate system of long-term care which will allow each and every one of us to live out our lives with dignity and independence." This act will require the U.S. Census to restructure the American Community Survey, and any alternate or subsequent form of disability data gathering instrument by using: the Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Index - ADLs are activities essential for self care, such as ability to bathe, dress, use the toilet, etc., and, the Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), which are activities essential to function in the home and community, such as being able to shop, telephone, prepare food, use transportation or take medications among other abilities. ADLs and IADLs are two of the most widely accepted and used indices of function by hospitals, researchers, federal agencies and Long-Term Care facilities for 40 years. Recently, the Census changed their data collection process to now gather data on the whole population in a rolling month to month basis over 10 years using the American Community Survey. However, they have not changed their question content on disability since 1970. Special Committe on Aging, U.S. Senate


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