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California Should Consider Changes to Health Benefits
California lawmakers cannot abandon obligations to provide health insurance to retired state workers, but it might be time to ask state workers to help pay for their benefits, a columnist writes. Sacramento Bee.
Hospital News Roundup For May 11
St. John’s Regional Medical Center could temporarily close for mold eradication; UC-San Diego Medical Center drops plans to shift beds from Hillcrest campus
Stanford, UC-Davis Praised for Bans on Drug Industry Gifts
Research shows that nearly 95% of U.S. physicians accept gifts from pharmaceutical companies, a trend that some medical schools are working to curtail by banning drug maker gifts for students. A new survey ranked schools nationwide on such policies. San Francisco Chronicle.
Company Gets Near-Record Fine in OxyContin Case
Purdue Pharma agreed to more than $600 million in fines for allegedly providing inaccurate information about the likelihood of addiction to the painkiller. The company earlier this week consented to almost $200 million in fines for other marketing practices. Los Angeles Times et al.