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Why Don’t We Have Single Payer Health Care? Ask Medical Lobbyists

The health care industry was at its most generous in 2009, when there were eight lobbyists for every member of Congress.

June 17th, 2015

By MintPress News Desk

Why Don’t We Have Single Payer Health Care? Ask Medical Lobbyists

MINNEAPOLIS --- When it comes to lobbying Washington, no single industry can match the lobbying power of the health care industry. The medical field, from pharmaceutical companies to doctors’ associations, has already spent over $120 million on lobbying this year. The influence of the health sector on the U.S. government is not

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GlaxoSmithKline To Quit Paying Doctors For Promotional Talks

The company will no longer hire doctors to promote its drugs and will stop tying drug rep pay to number of prescriptions written.

December 17th, 2013

By Charles Ornstein

GlaxoSmithKline To Quit Paying Doctors For Promotional Talks

In a major departure from industry practice, GlaxoSmithKline, the sixth-largest global drug maker, announced Tuesday that it will no longer hire doctors to promote its drugs. The company also will stop tying

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Guantanamo Doctors Accused Of Systematically Breaching Medical Ethics

Report contends Gitmo doctors went beyond their “do no harm” principle through force-feeding.

November 07th, 2013

By Carey L. Biron @clbtea

Guantanamo Doctors Accused Of Systematically Breaching Medical Ethics

WASHINGTON – Physicians, nurses and psychologists working with detainees at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay have systematically breached nationally and internationally accepted medical ethics and responsibilities, according to a major new task force report released this week.

The report focuses particularly on

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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

US Government Bails Out Sugar Industry As Doctors Warn Of Obesity Epidemic

Government officials are raising eyebrows by stepping in to prop up the U.S. sugar industry.

July 15th, 2013

By Trisha Marczak @TrishaMarczakMP

US Government Bails Out Sugar Industry As Doctors Warn Of Obesity Epidemic

A month after the U.S. medical community officially labeled obesity a disease, government officials are raising eyebrows by stepping in to prop up the U.S. sugar industry, the same group that profits from the Twinkies and Ho Hos that slide so frequently and easily down American gullets.

In June, the American Medical

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