Archive for September 2018

The Shutdown. The cliff. Okay, so the news pundits seem to say it’s over. We have a Continuing Resolution, a reprieve from the Debt Ceiling, and the toddlers on The Hill are acting a little older. But, over? Surely not. Even worse, the impact on healthcare seems far stronger than what I’ve seen in the…

Cologuard, the whiz-bang colon cancer test from Exact Sciences (EXAS), is the star of quite a three-ring circus in Washington this month. FDA is close to marketing approval, and a parallel track is evaluating Medicare coverage, but most folks are watching the show in the big ring – the price Medicare will pay for the…

I try hard to keep blogposts to business topics. Perhaps there’s some way to stretch-h-h that definition to cover one possible change in my general point of view. My first grandchild was born last night. Let’s see if that changes my worldview, particularly my professional cynicism. Let me know what you observe, please. Meanwhile, please…