A few reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling on the health-care law ... On CNBC, an interview with Aetna's CEO, Mark T. Bertolini. Bloomberg TV, interview with Mike McCallister, chairman and CEO of Humana, "McCallister: We Will Have 30M More People Covered." Another Bloomberg interview,... Continue Reading
One of America's great competitive and innovative strengths is its medical device industry. That's why the House should vote today to repeal the new tax on devices, or rather, prevent it from going into effect in 2013. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act imposed a 2.3 percent tax on... Continue Reading
The Internal Revenue Service today released its plans for implementing the 2.3 percent excise tax on a wide range of medical devices imposed in the Affordable Care Act. It's mystifying that policymakers would punish one of America's great success stories, the medical device industry, in the... Continue Reading
CVS Caremark announced today that Larry Burton, Business Roundtable's executive director, will join the company later this month as senior vice president of government affairs. Congratulations. CVS Caremark issued a news release that announced the appointment, reporting, "Burton will join the... Continue Reading
Business Roundtable President John Engler, the former governor of Michigan, and Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and Democratic national chairman, saw eye-to-eye on at least one topic today at a conference sponsored by Governing Magazine -- infrastructure. The two participated in a... Continue Reading