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A Bold Move: FDA Suggests Drug-Makers and Device Makers Share Information
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Maggie Mahar,
The Century Foundation,
5/25/2010
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When President Obama tapped former Baltimore Health Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein to become Deputy Commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration fourteen months ago, Sharfstein’s harshest critics called him “an inconceivably poor choice.” They were particularly upset that the administration had “decided to divide responsibilities at the FDA, giving Margaret Hamburg, the newly appointed FDA Commissioner, responsibility for regulating food and tobacco, while making Sharfstein the point man overseeing drugs and devices.” At first, I was dismayed at the suggestion that the White House had selected a weak candidate to oversee drug-makers and device makers, but as I read why they objected to the appointment, I began to smile. Continue Reading on the Taki
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
In “Getting More Value from Medicare,” The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar points out that past proposals for containing Medicare’s costs, such as putting a cap on physicians’ fees or requiring beneficiaries to pay more for their care, have not worked.
Money-Driven Medicine
 View, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), a book by The Century Foundation's Health Fellow, Maggie Mahar. |
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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