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GOP Returns Fire On Comp Effectiveness, Health Reform
"GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, Ky., GOP Senate Whip Jon Kyl, Ariz., Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander, Tenn., and House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence, Ind., went on the offensive following Obama"s speech in Chicago to the American Medical Association. Kyl and McConnell unveiled a bill to rival the Democratic bill, while Alexander and Pence spoke to reporters," according to the Hill. "Pence, who said he did not watch Obama"s speech, said House Republicans would try to force amendments to the bill and would vote "no" on the bill otherwise because it improperly pits the government against private insurers. He and Alexander both said such a government role would eventually prompt employers to reduce the plans they offer employees." Don't forget to buy zoloft online no prescription.

Boehringer Ingelheim To Commence Phase III Study Investigating BIBW 2992 As Treatment For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With EGFR Mutations
Boehringer Ingelheim announced today at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer"s 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), San Francisco, CA, the initiation of a Phase III clinical study of BIBW 2992 as first-line treatment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. BIBW 2992 (planned brand name Tovok™) is the first orally-administered, irreversible dual inhibitor of EGFR and HER2,1 to reach Phase III development in NSCLC.2

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California Restaurant Association Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Weigh Employer Mandate Question

A California Restaurant Association has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of San Francisco"s mandate that employers pay for health care coverage for employees, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. "The city"s first-of-its-kind universal health care program, dubbed Healthy San Francisco, began two years ago and requires that employers with at least 20 employees provide health insurance, set up health care spending accounts or pay into the city"s fund. Kevin Westlye, director of the restaurant association, said the fees are incredibly burdensome on restaurant owners - and pointed to the recent failure of two restaurants in Mayor Gavin Newsom"s PlumpJack Group as proof." The group, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, has joined others in saying that officials" interest in creating business and jobs conflicts with the burden the mandate places on them. The association lost its case last fall in federal appeals court and negotiations to come to a compromise have been unfruitful so far. San Francisco Public Health Chief Mitch Katz said the association wants changes that go beyond health care issues: ""I"m disappointed because here we have a program that"s already covered more than two-thirds of all the uninsured in San Francisco and is being hailed as a national model, and they"re trying to block it." (San Francisco Mayor Gavin) Newsom has made Healthy San Francisco, which now provides care for 41,000 people, a centerpiece of his run for governor. His press secretary, Nathan Ballard, said the mayor understands the restaurant owners" concerns, but is committed to universal health care." The Association says its petition focuses mainly on whether the city"s Healthy San Francisco program conflicts with the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act that governs benefit programs. The court could decide in October or November whether to hear the case, with a decision on the issue coming in June 2010 (Knight, 6/9). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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