Stop the House From Buying Off Doctors

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 19th at 05:00 AM  | 

“Call your Congressman and tell them to oppose a $210 billion doc fix that isn’t paid for and enables the passage of Obamacare.” It is now the House of Representatives’ turn to further enable Obamacare. Later today, the House will vote on a $210 billion “doc fix” that is not paid for and would dramatically add to the deficit. Similar legislation was blocked in the | Read More »

Doctors to Throw Pharmaceutical Reps Out of Their Offices

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 14th at 10:20 AM  | 

Interesting. I’m hearing from more and more doctors and from pharmaceutical sales representatives that the sales reps are rapidly becoming persona non grata in the doctors’ offices. Here’s the thing — PhrMA and the American Medical Association both have thrown doctors under the bus. Doctors are supposed to be represented by the AMA, a majority of doctors oppose Obamacare, but the AMA has decided to | Read More »