Information Technology Is Key to Health Policy
Special to Roll Call
When I was a child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a hero to our family. (I didnt become a Republican until I was in law school, you see.) At the time of his death, he was the leader of the free world and the most prosperous country on earth. He had serious chronic diseases, including high blood pressure and congestive heart failure. The best that the heart specialist who saw him could recommend the state of the art of the day was bed rest and one medicine, digitalis, that was derived from plants and first used more than 100 years before.
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, Its as useless as tits on a bull. But as that panels chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article










