FDA Must Consider Dropping Age Limit For Morning After Pill

The FDA let politics cloud its judgment when it denied teenage girls over-the-counter access to the Plan B morning-after pill, a federal judge said Monday as he ordered the FDA to let 17-year-olds obtain the medication. The judge ruled the agency had improperly bowed to political pressure from the Bush Administration when it set 18 as the age limit in 2006. U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman in New York instructed the agency to make Plan B available to 17-year-olds within 30 days and to review whether to make the emergency contraceptive available to all ages without a doctor's order, reports this Washington Post news article, "FDA Ordered to Rethink Age Restriction for Plan B - Judge Says Politics Influenced Policy on the Contraceptive." What a polarizing firestorm this is going to create! What do you think?! 

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Prescription Drug Reimportation and Safety - Both Presidential Candidates Support It

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Election time is near, sometimes the candidates have the same view, and sometimes they differ. They happen to agree and reaffirmed their support for allowing Americans to import cheaper prescription drugs from abroad, but both campaigns note that concerns over international drug safety will take precedence in determining this policy, commonly known as drug reimportation. Read this Henry Kaiser Foundation post for more details, "Election 2008 - Both Major Presidential Candidates Support Prescription Drug Reimportation, Cite Need To Ensure Safety." In a nutshell, here are the high points . . .

1. Recent incidents like the tainted heparin from China, highlight the need to ensure drug safety abroad.
2. There's a need to focus on global areas with strong track records of safety.
3. We need to make sure that all imported drugs meet state and federal standards for safety.

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It Is Not OK To Abusively Cancel Health Insurance

Are you 1 of about 14 million Americans that have an 'individual policy' that could be potentially affected by this? Read the full LA Times article, "California fines two health plans $13 million."

In California, some folks carrying individual health insurance coverage had their policies terminated by health insurers after they became ill. As a result, some people landed in situations where they lost their homes and businesses. California state authorities are watching for abusive practices and have stepped in over time to smooth things over. The good thing is now everyone is watching. Health insurers will need to be more careful, and people with coverage who become sick have hope that their coverage won't be unfairly canceled.

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