Stuart Schweitzer is a professor in the Department of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Schweitzer SO. Trying Times at the FDA -- The Challenge of Ensuring the Safety of Imported Pharmaceuticals. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1773-7.

Stuart Schweitzer discusses challenges and recent crises at the FDA and the scope of the agency's responsibilities.

Sherry Glied is a professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Glied SA. Universal Coverage One Head at a Time -- The Risks and Benefits of Individual Health Insurance Mandates. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1540-2.

The health insurance reform enacted in Massachusetts in 2006 and the proposals of the leading Democratic presidential candidates seek to achieve universal health insurance coverage while relying primarily on private insurance. Achieving universality is a challenge in any system that assigns insurance coverage, whether private or public...

David Hemenway is a professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum is an independent producer based in Boston. Supplement to: Curfman GD, Morrissey S, and Drazen JM. Handgun Violence, Public Health, and the Law. N Engl J Med 2008;358. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0802118.

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