January 1 - House Vote 388: Stem Cell Research Funding |
January 1 - Senate Vote 206: Stem Cell Research Funding |
January 1 - Senate Vote 21: Asbestos Compensation Fund |
January 8 - Democrats Eager to Cut Private Stake in Medicare |
January 8 - Futurist: Code Blues |
January 8 - Private Health Plans In the Cross Hairs |
January 15 - $2.10 Wage Increase Passes House |
January 15 - House Bill Seeks to Lower Prices For Medicare Prescription Drugs |
January 15 - HPV Treatment Spurs Culture War Rift |
January 15 - Ignoring Veto Threat, House Passes Bill to Fund Stem Cell Research |
January 22 - Bug-Spray Battle Royal at EPA |
January 22 - California Tests a Template for Health Insurance |
January 22 - Editor's Notebook: Oil Boom |
January 22 - House Solidly Backs Student Loan Bill |
January 29 - Political Economy: Rx for Tax Reform |
January 29 - Rough Start for Health Care Plan |
January 29 - States and Localities: A Call for Action by States |
February 5 - Bill to Block Discrimination Based on Genetics Goes to Full Senate |
February 5 - Fiscal 2007 Spending: Labor-HHS-Education |
February 5 - Raising AIDS Awareness, One Gamer At a Time |
February 12 - Cold Reaction to Entitlement Plan |
February 12 - Fiscal 2008 Budget: Health & Human Services |
February 12 - Lame Duck or Leapfrog? |
February 19 - 'Bribe' or 'Settlement'? Access to Generic Drugs at Heart of Debate |
February 19 - Challenging an FDA Shell Game |
February 19 - Filling Medicare's Newest Coverage Gap |
February 19 - First of Three Panels Approves Genetic Non-Discrimination Bill |
February 19 - Senators Take Personal Interest in Mental Health Parity Measure |
February 26 - Specialty Hospitals Under the Knife |
March 5 - Spring Markup Likely in Senate for Tobacco Regulation Measure |
March 5 - States Reluctant to Abandon SCHIP Adults |
March 12 - Democrats Take Small Steps With the Middle Class' Big Problems |
March 19 - Ban on Genetic Discrimination Advances Over GOP Objections |
March 19 - Committees Approve Cancer Screening Bills |
March 19 - Southern Baptists Join Anti-Smoking Fray |
March 26 - Before Senate Vote, NIH Director At Odds With Bush on Stem Cells |
March 26 - Bill Would Overhaul, Formalize Medical System for Veterans |
March 26 - Third and Final Panel Approves Genetic Discrimination Ban |
March 26 - Trouble Brewing for Compound-Mixing Pharmacists |
April 2 - Cancer Testing for Poor Women Passes House |
April 2 - Craig Crawford's 1600: Public and Personal |
April 9 - Averting The Saving Crunch |
April 16 - Aging Pilots Won't Fly Quietly Into the Sunset |
April 16 - Drug Negotiation Plan Survives Panel |
April 16 - Stem Cell Tally Inches Upward |
April 16 - Stem Cell Votes Now and Then |
April 23 - Drug Safety Is Goal of Measure to Revamp FDA Fees, Procedures |
April 23 - Firms Find Biodefense Too Risky a Business |
April 23 - Medicare Drug Bill Held Up in Senate |
April 30 - Genetic Discrimination Bill Passes House; Senate Version Faces Hold |
April 30 - Mental-Health Advocates Dig In Against Watch-List Legislation |
May 7 - Congress, Food Growers Weigh New Safety Rules |
May 7 - Drug Importation Roils FDA Rewrite |
May 7 - Highlights of the Senate Prescription Drug Bill |
May 7 - The FDA's Dairy Hormone Dilemma |
May 14 - Panel Advances Two Health Care Bills for Veterans |
May 14 - Senate Backs FDA Drug Safety Overhaul |
May 14 - Soldiers' Mental Health Rising on Hill Agenda |
May 14 - The Shadowy Drug Lobby That Has Thailand in Its Sites |
May 21 - Bills Would Boost Funding For Health Care Services |
May 21 - Clinics Combat Birth Control Price Hikes |
May 21 - Druggists Grapple With Medicare Headache |
May 21 - States & Localities: Prognosis Upgraded |
May 28 - Abstinence Backers Blast House Dems |
May 28 - Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations: Hill Tries for Education, NIH Funds |
June 4 - Marketing to Doctors Draws New Scrutiny |
June 11 - 'TB Traveler' Reveals Gaps in Public Safety Net |
June 11 - Cloning Bill Defeated in House |
June 11 - Stage Set for Second Stem Cell Veto |
June 11 - Strong Support From Panel Republicans Brightens Chances for Labor-HHS Bill |
June 11 - Surgeon General Nominee a Same-Sex Naysayer? |
June 11 - The Art of Treating Stress Disorder |
June 18 - Integrated Health Care for Soldiers, Vets |
June 18 - Taking Care of Health Care |
June 25 - Broad Changes to FDA in House Package |
June 25 - House Drug Bill Provisions |
June 25 - Work Safety Panel Takes Aim At 'Popcorn Lung' Exposure |
July 9 - Generic 'Biologics' Provision To Be Folded Into FDA Overhaul |
July 9 - Omnibus Health Care Bill Would Increase Access to VA Services |
July 9 - Seeking Improved Health Care Through Information Technology |
July 16 - House-Passed FDA Authorization Heads for Contentious Conference |
July 16 - Medical Device Makers Skirt Tougher Regulations |
July 16 - Temporary Medicaid Program Gets Three-Month Extension |
July 23 - Drug Firms Take a Different Tack |
July 23 - House Bill on Mental Health Parity Less Industry-Friendly Than Senate's |
July 23 - Kids' Health Gets Political |
July 23 - Labor-HHS Bill Draws Veto Threat |
July 23 - Panel Advances Benefits Bill for Filipino Vets |
July 23 - SCHIP Reauthorization Advances |
July 30 - Pelosi Shows San Francisco the AIDS Money |
August 6 - House and Senate SCHIP Differences |
August 6 - House Grapples With Steroid Use in Pro Wrestling |
August 6 - House Passes Omnibus Bill for Veterans' Needs, Including Housing and Dental Care |
August 6 - Senate Health Committee Supports FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products |
August 6 - The SCHIP Challenge: Finding Funding |
August 13 - FDA Gets Court Backing in Cancer Treatment Crackdowns |
September 3 - Agriculture |
September 3 - Fall Agenda: Agriculture Appropriations |
September 3 - Fall Agenda: Children's Health Insurance Program |
September 3 - Fall Agenda: FDA Reauthorization |
September 3 - Fall Agenda: Medicare Drug Program Revisions |
September 3 - Fall Agenda: Stem Cell Research |
September 24 - Craig Crawford's 1600: A Palatable Plan |
September 24 - FDA Bill Clears After Intense Negotiation |
September 24 - From Cubicle to Voting Booth |
September 24 - Major Elements of the FDA Overhaul |
September 24 - Mental Health Parity Moving Forward |
October 1 - Congress Defies Bush on SCHIP |
October 1 - Continuing Resolution Sent to Bush |
October 1 - Home Care Advocates Target the AMA |
October 1 - Mental Health Parity Measure Advances to Third Panel Markup |
October 8 - As Promised, Bush Vetoes SCHIP Bill |
October 8 - Craig Crawford's 1600: A Little Taste of Mutiny |
October 15 - Can Kiddie Care Extension Fight Crime? |
October 15 - Democrats Still Pushing House Vote To Override Veto of SCHIP Expansion |
October 15 - Hospitals Try to Ward Off Shrinking Charity Tax Breaks |
October 15 - Parity Measure Takes Another Step Forward |
October 22 - Democrats to Retry SCHIP Expansion |
October 22 - Final House Panel Approves Measure On Mental Health Parity; Floor Next |
October 22 - Mental Health Bill Spurs Gun-Rights Schism |
October 22 - Second Opinions Abound for Health Panel's Pallone |
October 22 - Senate Eliminates Stem Cell Language |
October 29 - House Bill Would Establish Standards for Health Information Technology |
October 29 - New SCHIP Bill Yields Similar Results |
November 5 - Client of the Month Club: Antigenics Inc. of Lexington, Mass. |
November 5 - Second Version of SCHIP Expansion Headed for Same Fate as the First |
November 12 - GOP Employs New Senate Rule to Force Everyone Off 'Mini-Bus' |
November 12 - Labor-HHS Bill Clears; Veto Certain |
November 12 - Panel Approves Independent Pharmacists Bill |
November 12 - Under a Legacy's Weight, Kennedy Fights for Parity |
November 19 - Local Officials Bypassing the Beltway |
November 19 - Panel Approves Veterans' Mental Health Care Bills |
November 26 - What If Tobacco Goes Up in Smoke |
December 3 - A Plan for Some Tough Health Care Love in Congress |
December 10 - Revised Food Guidelines Make Critics Dyspeptic |
December 10 - Third Time Around for Vets' Unified Physical Plan |
December 17 - Bush Vetoes Second SCHIP Bill; Leaders Postpone Override Attempt |
December 17 - Parrying Over New AIDS Visa Plan |
December 17 - Senate Works On Pared-Down Medicare Bill |
December 17 - Spending Surge on Autism Outpaces Understanding |
December 17 - Throwdown at the Drug Counter |
December 24 - SCHIP Extended, Medicare Physician Pay Increased in Bill Cleared by House |
December 24 - Senate Clears Aid for Blinded Veterans |