One of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell decision made government sterilization of “undesirable” citizens the law of the land.  This decision led to the sterilization of 70,000 Americans. This book is a …

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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently sent a letter to State Medicaid Directors “on protecting the right of Medicaid beneficiaries to receive covered services from any qualified provider willing to furnish such services when the state …

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Hospitals are concerned that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Incentive Auction of much of the unused television airwaves (aka “white space”) to mobile carriers will lead to the disruption of patient monitoring systems. Unlicensed communications devices (eg, garage door …

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