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Always watch the courts
There’s a joke that all reporters essentially are legal reporters. But it’s kind of true, especially within the health care beat.
Congress can’t get anything done, and the federal agencies have their routine rule-making powers. But new, powerful business and health policy decisions get made in the courts — where companies, lobbying groups, and coalitions of people take the time and money to hire attorneys and fight for something that, ultimately, will benefit them financially.
