Presumed Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the only senator who did not vote this week on a Medicare bill that halted doctor pay cuts but slashed billions in funding from private insurers.
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Showing open hostility toward Assembly Democrats, about 1,500 doctors paraded through the Capitol on Tuesday complaining about a crisis of unaffordable malpractice insurance brought on largely because of the potential for uncapped pain-and-suffering awards. Spilling into both theaters at The Egg, the doctors of the Medical Society of the State of New York applauded, and even rose from their seats, to commitments from Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno to overhaul the malpractice system. Any mention of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver or any members of his conference, who did not appear before the group, drew jeers and boos. The Democrat-led Assembly has been painted as overly supportive of trial lawyers and clients who sue doctors.
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The author of a new book on depression shows how Big Pharma is cashing in on drugs that aren’t likely to help mood disorders.
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