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More than 90 percent of medical devices do not require proof that they have been clinically tested and found to be safe and effective prior to being cleared by the FDA for distribution or sale.

Mary Salas concedes race to Juan Vargas in California Senate District 40 primary, a win for the insurance industry and other corporate interests that heavily invested in Vargas’s campaign.

An Assembly committee approves Padilla measure on a bipartisan vote, but lobbyists for hospitals and radiologists warn that provisions could put scare in patients who can be helped.

Tort-war front groups for big oil, insurance and tobacco get walloped on election day.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek: WellPoint reported its profit increased 51% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, while the percentage of premiums that was spent on medical care went down.

Anthem Blue Cross, confronted with a report concluding its math skills were off, withdraws its controversial rate hike-request.

Jim Marcinkowski, a lawyer and former congressional candidate in Michigan, argues that corporate and medical proponents of tort reform are really just trying to shift responsibility for their business actions to the consumers, or to government.