Trump just dropped a big hint to the pharmaceutical industry -

Washington Post, November 14, 2016 – “I think the honest answer is nobody knows” what to expect, said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research. “Some members of Congress owe pharma a favor; we don’t know the Trump campaign is in that position, and they might not be — and that might give them a certain amount of flexibility. The Trump campaign is nothing if not iconoclastic.”

Obamacare on the Chopping Block? -

MedPage Today, November 9, 2016 – “I’m not sure what will happen to the Affordable Care Act.” NCHR President Diana Zuckerman noted that full repeal of Obamacare would be hard with so many people now relying on it, many of whom live in red states.

After years of criticism, FDA tries to step up oversight of medical devices -

ConsumerAffairs, October 27, 2016 – Diana Zuckerman, President of the National Center for Health Research, said about the FDA’s new site soliciting allegations of abuse in the medical device industry: “[W]ill it make a difference? Will the FDA finally stop treating device companies like their favorite customers and remember that patients and consumers are their most important customers? …More importantly, will FDA finally decide that they will no longer allow device companies to ignore patient safety?”