Comments on Revealing Update

It is so seldom that Anyone "fills the bill"... we should cheer them on (or go out & look for more herring...)
chow ^..^

Semi-enemy of SLOG(?) Jean Godden should weigh in on this, she had some personal experience in recent times with being steered onto expensive useless medication, when the old cheap generic stuff worked better for her. She was quite vocal, and did not hide her indignation. Was in the local papers.

See:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/sick1.html

to what level of detail must these gifts be disclosed? pads of paper, ballpoint pens, refrigerator magnets? what if we split a sub sandwich and a bag of chips?

SO it's big rpogressive reform if we require drug companies bribing doctors to disclose the gift somewhere.

Why not fucking ban the bribery in the first place?

No gifts from drug companies to those in a position to recommend their products.

No gifts from lobbyists to politicians of any nature.

No contributions to any city council member by ANY developer/lawery/realtor for developers likely to have permit or zoning issue before the city or council.

No gifts from lawyers to the judges campaigns.

Blunt, clear simple rules are better.

A ptient is lying in the hhospital bed sick. Twenty doctors come in the room and prescribe a shitload of medicationsl. The patient has no fucking ability to go look up the gifst on a database and ask the doctors, "hey you guys, can I substitute another drug?"

This whole market choice theory of health care is flawed. It is a natural monopoly and everything in it needs "hard" regulation, not "soft," bribery-is-OK-if-on-a-database, regulation.