A good start. As John above says. And I’d take it further - to prevent greed from overtaking otherwise honest doctors…huge fines for those who take money from pharma to hawk drugs. That will be difficult for many who have taken big $ and have rationalized compromising patient health with their behavior. But make em pay. Money talks as we all know.
How about the AMA.... that CPT code deal that they got was a backdoor deal... 60% of their revenue is from royalties, (see 990: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/360727175) it's not broken down but probably mostly CPT code.... how can they be allowed to advise the government? Incidentally, they seek and are awarded government grants. For instance, they advocated for the passage of MACRA in 2015, then were awarded grants to be able to tell physicians how to best manage MACRA. It is mind blowing.
I completely agree that Big Pharma has a malign influence on medicine. I just don’t want a mercurial, vaccine denying, conspiracy minded, demigod to head HHS. For every good idea Kennedy has, he has three bad one. This is not a good ratio.
Hope he takes this simple step! Interesting he’ll be working with Oz-one of the worst offenders. Hope Marty can make a difference-he still reports up to Jr. so this will be an interesting journey.
what about Kyle Diamantas, big-formula and Operation Stork Speed? Not seeing the differences so far. I wonder if he will include ( like many countries do) banning formula ads along with the pharmaceutical ads? time will tell.
End Pharma funding of government agencies.
End Pharma advertising on public media.
Stop revolving door between Pharma and government agencies.
A good start. As John above says. And I’d take it further - to prevent greed from overtaking otherwise honest doctors…huge fines for those who take money from pharma to hawk drugs. That will be difficult for many who have taken big $ and have rationalized compromising patient health with their behavior. But make em pay. Money talks as we all know.
Off topic Dr Prasad, but how ‘bout your bud, Dr Marty!!? Yay!!!
I'll hope for the best but it's fuzzy. Working for trump & you want him to end corruption. We'll watch.
Why the phase in? Just turn it off.
End government subsidies to corporations
How about the AMA.... that CPT code deal that they got was a backdoor deal... 60% of their revenue is from royalties, (see 990: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/360727175) it's not broken down but probably mostly CPT code.... how can they be allowed to advise the government? Incidentally, they seek and are awarded government grants. For instance, they advocated for the passage of MACRA in 2015, then were awarded grants to be able to tell physicians how to best manage MACRA. It is mind blowing.
Good idea, Vinay! RFK Jr. has a bloodhound's nose for corruption. This scent will almost certainly be sniffed by that nose.
Fully agree!
I completely agree that Big Pharma has a malign influence on medicine. I just don’t want a mercurial, vaccine denying, conspiracy minded, demigod to head HHS. For every good idea Kennedy has, he has three bad one. This is not a good ratio.
Love it!
Hope he takes this simple step! Interesting he’ll be working with Oz-one of the worst offenders. Hope Marty can make a difference-he still reports up to Jr. so this will be an interesting journey.
what about Kyle Diamantas, big-formula and Operation Stork Speed? Not seeing the differences so far. I wonder if he will include ( like many countries do) banning formula ads along with the pharmaceutical ads? time will tell.
BRILLIANT
I’m curious what you think about “public private partnerships” like The Public Health Company
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-public-health-company-launches-to-protect-businesses-and-communities-from-infectious-disease-301280194.html
Great idea!