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 'hikes'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:30:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159220&cid=t_221434_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtgWyRvPyNqI%2F By Chris EdwardsThe co-chairs of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released a draft report yesterday on how to reduce federal budget deficits. Despite the liberal savaging the report is taking as some sort of conservative plot, its proposals are really center-left in orientation. That said, there is some good stuff in the report, which will be useful for incoming Republicans looking to tackle the budget mess. Good Ideas and Positive Directions The report provides a menu of possible spending cuts for incoming Republican members of Congress to consider, particularly Tea Party members, who proposed to cut the budget during their campaigns. The report proposes to reduce spending from 25 percent of GDP currently to 21 percent over the long run. That’s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159220 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:42:11 +0100 4159220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667401&cid=t_221434_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FL6XbTQy8V9A%2F Over the weekend Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who’s had a bit of trouble paying his own taxes, made it clear–in Washington-speak–that tax hikes are coming.  He appeared on air with George Stephanopoulos.  Byron York of the Washington Examiner provides the transcript of the relevant Q&A: STEPHANOPOULOS: Former deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman said it is no longer a matter of whether tax revenues should increase but how. Is he right? GEITHNER: George, it is absolutely right and very important for everyone to understand we will not get this economy back on track, recovery will not be strong enough to sustain unless we can convince the American people that we’re going to have the will to bring these deficits down once recovery is firmly established. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667401 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:36:51 +0100 2667401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2095851&cid=t_221434_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F11%2Fadderall-drug-price-up-20%2F If you’re a company and need people to stop using your old widget and start buying more of your new widget, what’s the best way to do that? If you’re a pharmaceutical company, you also need to keep manufacturing your old product (because hundreds of thousands of people still take it and so it still brings in a valuable revenue stream). In an ideal world, your new product (or medication) would be a cut above your old product — it would have fewer side effects and show much greater efficacy. But in the real world, the bar is set much lower. You only have to show similar efficacy (not better). And while side effects often appear fewer in initial drug trials, they always seem to increase over time and with increased usage of the new drug. So what’s a drug compa... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2095851 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:06 +0100 2095851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1961217&cid=t_221434_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F452979472%2F In keeping with the gloomy mood of the times, the drugmaker earlier this week sent a voicemail to employees saying a 2 percent cost of living increase will be given this year to those who are meeting or exceeding performance standards. The move is causing debate among employees, according to our sources, some of whom wonder whether the same ceiling will be applied to the bonuses and stock rewards handed to Bristol-Myers ceo Jim Cornelius and his executive team. There is griping that the drugmaker’s $7 billion pot of cash could be used to spread the wealth, and the pay hike may not cover any increase in benefit costs. Of course, the drugmaker may argue 2 percent is better than nothing, given the economy and plans to cut expenses by $2.5 billion by 2012 through job cuts (back story) a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1961217 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:26:13 +0100 1961217