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US Health Care System

536 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by kuhan, blackmax, KarenWehrstein

This is the home page for the US Health Care System investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

Showing 101–150 of 536

  1. 2004-09-22 September 22, 2004: FDA Officials See No Problem with Vioxx
  2. 2004-09-30 September 30, 2004: Vioxx Withdrawn from Market
  3. 2004-10-08 October 8, 2004: Merck CEO: Vioxx-Heart Problem Link ‘Totally Unexpected’
  4. 2004-11-18 November 18, 2004: FDA Scientist Slams Agency on Safety; Says Agency Division Treats Drug Companies as Clients
  5. 2004-12-21 December 21, 2004: Tenet Healthcare Corp. Settles Over Allegations That Its Doctors Performed Unnecessary Heart Surgery on Patients
  6. 2005-01-04 January 4, 2005: Whistleblower Says Government Mismanaged African AIDS Study
  7. 2005-01-21 January 21, 2005 and After: Reproductive Rights Group Sues FDA to Make ‘Morning-After’ Pill Available without Prescription
  8. 2005-01-25 January 25, 2005: Study: Vioxx Substantially Increased Patients’ Risk of Having Heart Problems
  9. 2005-02-18 February 18, 2005: Panel Votes to Allow Bextra and Vioxx to Stay on Market; Final Vote Possibly Affected by Industry Ties
  10. 2005-04-14 April 14, 2005: Anti-Abortion Bomber Pleads Guilty, Explains Motives in Manifesto
  11. 2005-07-18 July 18, 2005: Anti-Abortion Bomber Receives Four Life Sentences
  12. 2005-11-28 November 28, 2005: Drug Companies Allegedly Using Sex to Sell Drugs
  13. 2006-02-28 February 28, 2006: Supreme Court Overturns ‘NOW v. Scheidler’ on Technical Grounds
  14. 2006-03-14 March 14, 2006: Non-Profit Study on Blood Filtering Device Partially Funded and Designed by Manufacturer
  15. 2006-04-17 April 17, 2006: Study Finds Health Care Companies Becoming Near-Monopolies
  16. 2006-05-01 May 1, 2006: News Site Exposes False Pregnancy Clinics Operated by Anti-Abortion Organizations
  17. 2006-05-09 May 9, 2006: Study Finds US has Relatively High Infant Mortality Rate, Especially Among African-Americans
  18. 2006-05-16 May 16, 2006: FDA Memo Discusses Several Cases of Liver Damage among Ketek Patients
  19. 2006-06-14 June 14, 2006: Whistleblower Says Government Made Secret Deal with Pfizer that Cost Taxpayers Millions
  20. 2006-06-21 June 21, 2006: Review Article Argues that Non-Profit Health Care Providers Often Provide Superior Service
  21. 2006-06-26 June 26, 2006: Congressional Committee Investigation Finds Dramatic Reduction in FDA Enforcement Activity
  22. 2006-06-29 June 29, 2006: Tenet Healthcare Reaches Settlement with Justice Department over Allegations of Defrauding Medicare
  23. 2006-07-20 July 20, 2006: Survey of FDA Scientists Indicates Political Interference
  24. 2006-11-07 After November 7, 2006: Democrats to Push for Cheaper Drugs and Stricter Oversight of Drug Industry
  25. 2006-11-07 After November 7, 2006: Drug Companies Hire Lobbyists with Ties to Democrats
  26. 2006-11-14 November 14, 2006: Report: Rich Countries and Large Drug Makers Blocking Poor’s Access to Affordable Medicine
  27. 2006-12-11 December 11, 2006: NIH Researcher Pleads Guilty over Secret Contract with Pfizer
  28. 2007-03-22 March 22, 2007: Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered with Tobacco Case
  29. 2007-04-17 April 17, 2007: Supreme Court Upholds ‘Partial-Birth Abortion’ Ban
  30. 2007-05-09 May 9, 2007: Senators Who Received Money From Drug Industry Water Down Drug Safety Bill
  31. 2007-05-15 May 15, 2007: Study Ranks US Health Care System Last among Six Wealthy Countries
  32. 2007-08-12 August 12, 2007: New York Times: US Well behind Other Countries in Quality of Health Care Provided
  33. 2008-02-28 February 28, 2008: DHS Advisor: Ease Burdens on Hospitals by Telling Hispanics that Emergency Rooms Want to Harvest Their Organs
  34. 2008-03-04 March 4, 2008: Judge Dismisses Lawsuit to Restrict Sales of ‘Morning-After’ Birth Control Pill
  35. 2008-09-23 September 23, 2008: Louisiana Lawmaker Considering Offering Poor Women Money to Have Themselves Sterilized
  36. 2009-01-14 January 14, 2009: Study Documents Economic Benefit of Single-Payer Plan
  37. 2009-01-27 January 27, 2009: Conservative Pundit Predicts Obama, Democrats Will Engineer ‘Final Solution’ of Enforced Abortions
  38. 2009-02-09 February 9, 2009: Conservative: Obama Will Deny Elderly Health Care
  39. 2009-02-09 February 9-10, 2009: Fox Anchors, Wall Street Journal, Limbaugh, Drudge Echo False Claim by Health Care Lobbyist
  40. 2009-02-11 February 11, 2009: Washington Times: Obama Health Care Program Will Euthanize Old, Infirm, Others
  41. 2009-02-18 February 18, 2009: Conservative Columnist: Obama Will Euthanize Americans to Save Money
  42. 2009-02-25 February 25, 2009: Republican State Senator: Babies Should Be Allowed to Have AIDS to Punish Mother for ‘Bad Behavior’
  43. 2009-02-27 February 27, 2009: Obama Administration Rescinds ‘Conscience Rule’
  44. 2009-02-27 February 27, 2009 and After: Obama Adminstration Proposes Rescinding Bush-Era Order Allowing Health Care Officials to Deny Abortions on Moral or Religious Grounds, but Fails to Actually Rescind Order
  45. 2009-03-02 March 2, 2009: Columnist: Republicans’ Total Opposition to Obama Economic Agenda Echoes Health Care Opposition of 1993
  46. 2009-03-09 March 9, 2009: Obama Authorizes Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
  47. 2009-03-27 March 27, 2009: Abortion Doctor Found Innocent of Violating State Abortion Restrictions
  48. 2009-04-14 April 14, 2009: FreedomWorks, Lobbying Firm Fighting Health Care Reform, Profiled by Progressive Site
  49. 2009-04-22 April 22, 2009: FDA Allows ‘Morning-After’ Pill to be Sold to 17-Year Olds without Prescription
  50. 2009-05-12 April 21-May 12, 2009: Senate Finance Committee Hearings Exclude ‘Single-Payer’ Proponents