MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hearings'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:46 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241708&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FchhWv0pjbYo%2F By Tad DeHavenA recent study by economists Alberto Alesina, Dorian Carloni, and Giampaolo Leece looked at 19 OECD countries from 1975 to 2008 and found no evidence that “governments which quickly reduce budget deficits are systematically voted out office.” Therefore, the authors conclude that governments can “decisively” reduce deficits and be returned to office by voters. A particularly interesting finding is that only 20 percent of the governments that reduced deficits by cutting spending were subsequently voted out of office. In contrast, 56 percent of governments that reduced deficits by increased taxes were given the boot. The findings are good news for the large group of incoming members of Congress who promised to cut spending during the campaign. The authors ask, “If it i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241708 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:19:46 +0100 4241708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4124992&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0hPkDWmEbdM%2F By David BoazColbert King, the Washington Post‘s Pulitzer-winning columnist, has a pretty good handle on how D.C. mayor-elect Vincent Gray’s call for “more public input” on the budget would work out in practice: The council is elected to make decisions, not to take polls. What’s more, people know a set-up when they see it. Gray’s scenario, intentionally or not, is a prescription for raising taxes. Here is how it would work: Council members, with the elections safely behind them, produce a deficit-closing term sheet that reads like a doomsday manifesto. It describes deep cuts in areas likely to produce the most screams: public safety, education, health care, workforce reductions, arts and culture, etc. That is followed by council hearings at which long li... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4124992 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:10:49 +0100 4124992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753804&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZthdcmVWQls%2F By Michael F. CannonBack in May, I suggested: Senate Judiciary Committee members should be sure to ask Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, during her upcoming confirmation hearings, whether she or her office played any part in crafting ObamaCare or the administration’s defense to the lawsuits challenging that law. If Kagan helped to craft either, that would present a conflict of interest: when those lawsuits reach the Supreme Court, she would be sitting in judgment over a case in which she had already taken sides… If Kagan played a role in drafting ObamaCare or formulating the administration’s legal defense, and is confirmed by the Senate, propriety would dictate that she recuse herself from any challenges to that law that reach the high court. Committee memb... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753804 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:10:31 +0100 3753804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714157&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAtQ5zIAnbUM%2F By Ilya ShapiroI agree with Jillian Bandes’s characterization of the Democrats’ “bottom of the order” questioning (the committee being stacked 12-7, the day began with the junior Dems) and indeed was dreading having to sit through all sorts of parochial bloviations.  Even Al Franken wasn’t too exciting, just making the point Justice Kennedy was wrong not to consider in legislative history in arbitration cases and expounding at length on the theme that money in politics is bad and so therefore was Citizens United.  Kagan responded that “Congress’s intent is the only thing that matters [to statutory interpretation]”—a position sure to infuriate her future would-be colleague Justice Scalia—but also that the Court “should not re-write the law,” instead allowing Congre... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714157 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:00:43 +0100 3714157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714166&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOh1t0eckg08%2F By Ilya ShapiroMore highlights from Day 2 of the Kagan confirmation hearings: •  In addition to backing away from President Obama’s empathy standard, Elena Kagan, under questioning by Senator Grassley, backs away from her “judicial hero” Aharon Barak, saying that she does not share his judicial philosophy, which involves judges making policy decisions and affirmatively shaping society.  This is an important concession.  Grassley also elicits the statement that only the president and Congress should worry about American influence in the world. •  The wily Arlen Specter, in his last Supreme Court hearing (unless Justice Ginsburg retires over the summer), treats his questioning as a prosecutor would.  Technical questions and cutting off responses when Kagan begins to expound on... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714166 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:32:58 +0100 3714166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710547&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVkb0Y47ekDQ%2F By Ilya ShapiroHere’s what you have missed if you don’t have the luxury of watching C-SPAN all day: Senator Sessions went after Kagan hard on the Military-Recruiting-at-Harvard imbroglio.  I don’t think he did any damage—which I’ll define as convincing someone on the fence to go against her—but the thing to keep in mind here is that the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy that so enraged then-Dean Kagan was federal law, not military policy.  Punishing the military for an act of Congress you disagree with—one on which you advised President Clinton—is disingenuous at best.  And I say this even though Cato supports ending DADT and filed a brief against the Defense Department in the Rumsfeld v. FAIR case involving denial of federal funds to schools who hamper military recruit... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710547 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:02:47 +0100 3710547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706645&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Felena-kagans-history-of-gay-rights-activism-shocking%2F photo: WENN.com Today’s the first day of Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings as President Obama’s second Supreme Court nominee. Republicans will try to give Kagan a hard time, but she really doesn’t have any major skeletons in her closet to give them fuel. Oh, aside from this one: She has a history of promoting gay rights. And she has short hair. Holy cow – she must be a lesbian, or at least she was one once. And having a lesbian on the Supreme Court would send America straight into the gutter. Obviously. Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays has urged Kagan to come out as an “ex-lesbian,” while anti-gay group MassResistance is threatening to release a report of her activism for gay rights. Wait – a person pursuing equal rights for everyone as dec... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706645 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:24:22 +0100 3706645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699475&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqFEO2Bhm3AM%2F By Ilya ShapiroBuilding on Tim’s post about George Will’s latest column, and under the category of great minds thinking alike—at least with respect to what we need to see at the Kagan hearings next week—I also have an article proposing lines of questioning for the Supreme Court nominee.  Several of my issue areas overlap with Will’s, and then I conclude: Of course, Kagan will attempt to deflect these queries—or give a law professor’s explanation without providing her own views (which caused Sen. Arlen Specter to vote against her nomination to be solicitor general). But the role of a justice is different from that of the solicitor general, who merely uses existing law to argue the government’s case. Moreover, as a leading scholar argued in a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699475 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:26:40 +0100 3699475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641008&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3JIuoBWqLOU%2F By Ilya ShapiroFrom the first round of Clinton Library documents regarding Elena Kagan’s White House service, we can now all be shocked – shocked! – that President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee is a liberal.  It’s a mystery why the punditocracy thought someone who despaired at Ronald Reagan’s election, staffed the Michael Dukakis campaign, clerked for Thurgood Marshall, and advised Bill Clinton would be anything else.  But this is what passes for news in Washington these days. We already knew that the solicitor general was a genial but cautious careerist, rarely expressing her own opinions but forever strategizing over the next rung on the ladder that would take her to her high school dream of sitting on the Supreme Court.  And we knew that she was a moderate legal academic ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641008 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:22:21 +0100 3641008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599362&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-KTiUZ4RHcw%2F By Sallie JamesHouse Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D, MN) is conducting a series of hearings in rural America to tout his support for big Ag listen to the people. In the third paragraph of page 14 of an unofficial transcript of the recent hearings in Troy, Alabama, Mr. Peterson makes an excellent point about the fundamental inability of lawmakers or Washington bureaucrats to decide which farm size is best. “We are not going to get into the business of deciding how big a farm should be because that’s way beyond our expertise.” Mr Peterson has made cutesy, self-deprecating remarks before about how Washington isn’t smart enough to make farm management decisions. I guess even incredibly powerful incumbents feel some pressure from tea partiers to make cynic... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599362 Tue, 25 May 2010 16:18:53 +0100 3599362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167451&cid=t_173672_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FWzqFHO8U7n8%2Fcan-web-20-truly-improve-health-care.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167451 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:39:00 +0100 3167451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075769&cid=t_173672_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Fbb-m5x3Yvng%2Fhear-from-experts-about-fdas-recent.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075769 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:23:00 +0100 3075769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3004091&cid=t_173672_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FpsDmtedTMzI%2Fweb-seminar-insights-and-perspectives.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3004091 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:00 +0100 3004091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992852&cid=t_173672_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Fv-0SWJUeKoQ%2Ffda-hearings-underway-in-dc.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992852 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:59:00 +0100 2992852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989396&cid=t_173672_147_f&fid=38117&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engageinhealth.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fare_we_listening.html Heather Harper, who works with companies bringing innovations and resources to the e-patient community, gives some perspective from the patient community and highlights the benefits already being seen from widespread access to health information and engagement. There’s no denying it, the e-patient revolution has begun. And that movement sets an important context for today and tomorrow’s FDA hearings on social media usage by medical products manufacturers. As we digest the discussion and many interested people offer additional comments to the FDA, we must make sure we are informed by the robust patient-driven conversation that is already raging online. Patients – and many medical professionals – are not waiting for a perfect world of fair and balanced information. They are ... The Health Engagement Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989396 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:17:15 +0100 2989396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2610889&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-zC1z9coMGs%2F As she began to do more and more yesterday, the nominee has started today’s hearings with a series of painfully drawn-out non-answers to Senator Kyl’s questions. Kyl is pointing out the conflict between Sotomayor’s claim that in Ricci she was simply following precedent and the Supreme Court’s finding that there was no precedent on point—and so Sotomayor’s panel summary disposition was improper. Sotomayor’s responses have ranged from explaining again the procedural posture of the case, to references to irrelevant background cases (not binding precedent), to recounting en banc voting procedures in the Second Circuit. It is clear that, even as the Republicans reload and regroup at every break and recess, Sotomayor has been counseled to talk and talk—again, in an excruciatingl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2610889 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:38:52 +0100 2610889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601953&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbzmON4C__PE%2F The hearing began after lunch with Senator Grassley probing Sotomayor’s views on Kelo v. New London and the Fifth Amendment’s protection of property right—one of the questions I would ask her. The nominee apparently thought the senator (who’s not a lawyer) needed a lesson in what went on in Kelo and how the Court ruled. Grassley, having been briefed by counsel, didn’t seem to care for that, pushing Sotomayor on whether she thought Kelo was correctly decided and how she views constitutional property rights generally. Sotomayor said Kelo was a judgment of the Court that she accepts, but that any future case she would have to judge on its own merits. Well, of course, but that wasn’t the question on the table. Exasperated, Grassley asked Sotomayor whether a taking with no compensat... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601953 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:03:56 +0100 2601953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601954&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_ORc5GK6Yg4%2F After yesterday’s bloviating—much reduced by Joe Biden’s departure from the committee—today we’ve gotten into some good stuff. Sotomayor is obviously well-prepared. She speaks in measured, dulcet tones, showing little emotion. Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy gave her the opportunity to explain herself on Ricci and on the “wise Latina” comment—which she has repeated in public speeches at least six times going back 15 years—and then built up the nominee’s background as a prosecutor and trial judge. Ranking Member Sessions and Senator Hatch (himself a former chairman of the committee) pounded Sotomayor on Ricci, asking her how she reconciles a race-based decision with clear Supreme Court precedent—and how her panel decided the case in two paragraphs despite the weight... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601954 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:28:56 +0100 2601954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968733&cid=t_173672_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fhome-birth-lunacy-continues.html Most advocates of home births in the UK would say that one should endeavour to select woman who prospectively seem to be in a “low risk” category. Of course, you can never guarantee that labour will be problem free, but it seems reasonable to suggest that obvious high-risk women should have a hospital delivery.Let us consider Mrs A.She is pregnant for the third time. She has never delivered vaginally. She has always needed augmented labour and in fact her first two babies were delivered by caesarian section. She lives in a relatively isolated rural location and is now pregnant for the third time. She has obstetric cholestasis. Finally, it is a twin pregnancy. Mrs A would like a home water birth deliveryWould support Mrs A to have a home delivery?Let me now introduce you to Sarah Montag... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968733 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:43:00 +0100 1968733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1618035&cid=t_173672_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F07%2F13%2Famerican-psychiatric-association-under-scrutiny%2F Last night I watched Good Night, And Good Luck, a compelling drama about Edward R. Murrow’s out-on-a-ledge decision to ask questions about Joe McCarthy. Joe McCarthy, if you remember your U.S. history, was the junior senator from Wisconsin who somehow managed to get himself appointed to lead a Senate committee investigating the spread of Communism in the U.S. It led to the infamous McCarthy hearings, where innuendo and hearsay were all the evidence needed to convict people in the media. It was a chilling reminder that government can sometimes turn a legitimate investigation into corruption or scandal and simply take it one step too far. As we now fight our “war on terrorism,” U.S. citizens are reminded of this every time government imposes another restriction on its peop... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1618035 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:52:32 +0100 1618035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467913&cid=t_173672_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F298009003%2F A couple of articles about the heaings on The Future of Alzheimer’s: Breakthroughs and Challenges by the Special Committee on Aging. Man With Alzheimer’s Fights ‘Family Disease’ O’Connor makes personal plea for Alzheimer’s aid Tags: Alzheimers-disease, family and alzheimer's, o'connor, personal stories, senate hearingsShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467913 Sun, 25 May 2008 23:43:31 +0100 1467913