ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

[Warren Dew]

(01-29-2017, 11:53 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(01-28-2017, 12:36 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(01-27-2017, 11:55 PM):Ragnarök_62 Wrote: My guess is that Big Pharma also bribes docs to "sell" their stuff.

Yes.  Free lunches, junkets, disease "awareness" grants to increase (mis)diagnoses, lap dances, multimillion dollar speaking fees ... it's a racket:

http://theinfluence.org/you-wont-believe...ill-drugs/

People work for who they get paid by.  Doctors get paid by health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, employers, the government - almost everyone except the patient.  That's the problem with third party payer.

I'm no fan of the insurance industry, but how will removing them from the loop prevent capture of our doctors by Big Pharma,  or any other interest with money to burn?  If anything, they probably fight the power, since it costs money to have overpriced pharmaceuticals.

Indeed.  The problem is not the entities that are in the loop so much as the entity that is missing - the patient. The doctor doesn't work for the patient, and that's the problem.