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How the Affordable Care Act Affects the Pharmaceutical Industry

Posted on July 13, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

The US Supreme Court upheld the majority of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) by a 5-4 vote recently, stirring up controversy and healthcare debate across the nation. The ruling will affect thousands of Americans and extend health care coverage to people who previously had no insurance. This will also have a large impact on the pharmaceutical industry, because millions of Americans will have access to prescription medication who did not in the past. At the moment, about 50 million Americans have no health coverage. This is 16.3 percent of the population. By 2014, these people will have health insurance and affordable access to pharmaceutical medication. This may mean more customers for large pharmaceutical companies, but no one is sure how this will affect the bottom line for manufacturers in the years to come. The decision from the Supreme Court also will allow the manufacturers to move forward…
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Injury Victims Benefit from Health Care Reform

Posted on July 9, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

The health care reform bill upheld recently by the US Supreme Court has been a hot topic in the news, particularly because it affects so many Americans. This reform stands to help many Americans who suffer personal injury. An additional 32 million Americans will be covered by some form of health insurance by 2014. Under this new legislation, victims will continue to get care and will not be cut off, even if insurance companies deem care to be too expensive. Some times when a victim stops getting treatment for an injury, defense attorneys will claim they are healed or not really injured when they try to file a claim, when in face the victim could not afford further treatment. The defense will no longer be able to make this bogus argument. Victims sometimes accept low ball offers from insurance companies because they are desperate for the money to treat their…
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Woman Declared Brain Dead Following High-Speed Car Accident

Posted on July 6, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A San Diego woman injured in a car accident on June 18 has been declared brain dead, according to the Washington Post. Ashley Garcia, 22, was injured after the speeding car in which she was a passenger lost control and crashed into a swimming pool at a private residence. The driver, Robert Aaron Anderson, Garcia’s boyfriend, was able to quickly free himself as the car submerged into the pool. Emergency responders rushed Garcia to a Palomar Medical Center in Escondido. Garcia never woke up from a coma, and her parents made the decision to pull her off of life support after consulting with her doctors. The accident occurred as 33-year-old Anderson was speeding around a bend known to neighbors as “roller coaster road.” Local neighbor Jarit Welles, 22, rushed to the scene and asked Anderson what happened. Anderson informed Welles that Garcia was trapped in the car, and Welles immediately…
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