Posted on 04/06/2011 8:50:33 PM PDT by Nachum
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS), under enormous public pressure, proposed that Provenge, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved treatment for prostate cancer, be covered by insurance following a controversial “review.” A final decision on the issue is expected to be published 60 days after the public comment period for the proposed decision has ended.
On the same day as the CMS decision, Judicial Watch released hundreds of pages of documents from the Obama Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) detailing how and why the review was instituted. And here’s one of our major finds: While the Obama administration claimed the cost of Provenge had nothing to do with their review, these documents suggest otherwise. (Remember Medicare and the FDA are legally prohibited from denying approval of a medical treatment based solely on cost.)
Judicial Watch filed a FOIA request with HHS over Provenge after the press reported the CMS had taken the rare step of calling for a review Provenge to see if it is “reasonable and necessary” and should be covered by Medicaid and Medicare.
(Excerpt) Read more at biggovernment.com ...
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Thanks for the post. BTTT.
To start, make it so she is afraid to go out in public.
Two George Soros Events Aim to Remake the Financial Order and the Media — So Where’s the Reporting?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/04/06/george-soros-events-weekend-aim-remake-financial-order-media-wheres-reporting/
Smoking gun, Nachum — a .22 pistol, but a smoking gun.
Then again, Hinkley usedd a .22 pistol.
just read the article you linked to at Fox. OH MY GOSH! Wish I could stand outside one of the two venues with a poster....THESE PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK!
But, but, but they said there would be no rationing of care.
Take back your republic, America, or there will be no republic left.
Buy funeral clothes? /s
Thanks for the link. I posted it on my facebook page.
Probably most of my “friends” have never even heard of George Soros.
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