GAO raises questions about Byrd amendment

GAO raises questions about Byrd amendment
AP via Florida Times-Union - WASHINGTON Two-thirds of the benefits of a law designed to bolster U.S. unions 'faced with persistent unfair trade practices to reinvest in good jobs, health care benefits and new technology

Study says technology will extend lives, inflate costs
USA Today - heart failure or heart attacks got the devices, health care spending on the elderly would increase by $14 the journal Health Affairs. Health care analysts responded to the study in

Boeing, machinists reach deal
Detroit News - And it assures that health care premiums remain the same as the current contract

FDA Chief Wants Transformation in Medicine
San Francisco Chronicle - Andrew C. von Eschenbach, tapped by President Bush to at least temporarily head the regulatory agency, said Sunday that recent research will lead to a new kind of health care. '