In case you missed it, from Friday's Globe unsigned editorial:
Last summer, Governor Patrick signed a health cost control bill that included strict new limits on financial ties between drug companies and doctors. Unfortunately, the state Department of Public Health has come up with proposed regulations that omit the requirement that drug companies publicly disclose certain consulting fees and research grants given to doctors. The Public Health Council, which will vote on the regulations after two public hearings in January, should take a backbone pill and stipulate that the public has a right to this information, too.
My emphasis. Sounds like if this decision was made out of an attempt to avoid conflict … it failed.
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to invoke this outrage, so he can then go to pharma and say “gee i tried, but look they won’t let me” and be off the hook. not good for his public image, but gets him in less hot water with the big buxxers on pharma lane.
like Babylon 5…
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p>Sorry, couldn’t resist.
now i’m going to have that theme song running through my head all day. đŸ˜€
Is there any credible argument that non-disclosure serves the public interest? If there is, I’d like to hear it.