In headline-grabbing news this week, another Court of Appeals ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was published this week, this time upholding the individual mandate. In other breaking case news, an injunction was granted for five tobacco manufacturers who object to the FDA’s new graphic tobacco packaging labels. Elsewhere:
- How much does Medicare fraud cost the United States? This article claims it is $60 billion annually.
- Another week, another FDA food recall, this time it is frozen oysters.
- The Governor of Kentucky is proposing a massive Medicaid reorganization for his state.
- Is there a possibility the Hatch-Waxman act could be amended?
- Is the CMS payment-bundling initiative a good idea?