tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post566131330663250303..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Guest Blog: Health Care in Dangerous TimesRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-33166747002363561012011-10-22T00:47:07.601-04:002011-10-22T00:47:07.601-04:00It is disappointing that the corruption and fraud ...It is disappointing that the corruption and fraud is so widespread that even some of our most trusted medical practitioners takes a part on it. I guess nobility in profession has already been a thing of the past.Medicare Newshttp://affordablemedicareplan.com/medicare-advantage-enrollment-checklist/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-278943603736811812011-07-11T11:35:02.353-04:002011-07-11T11:35:02.353-04:00Thanks for mentioning me in your post. My main con...Thanks for mentioning me in your post. My main concern with this kind of thing is that the news coverage could be slanted to serve the interest of the drug company. In this instance, Genzyme's drug mipomersen would not be used as first line therapy for FH, but as add-on therapy for people whose cholesterol is not controlled with a statin. These would generally be people with the most severe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-79415328670578738192011-07-11T11:19:53.225-04:002011-07-11T11:19:53.225-04:00Thanks Steve!Thanks Steve!Afriadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-84991413834517746532011-07-10T11:32:45.529-04:002011-07-10T11:32:45.529-04:00Obviously, I meant Dr. Poses. Sorry about that!Obviously, I meant Dr. Poses. Sorry about that!Judy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-11158570168994533172011-07-09T12:50:56.877-04:002011-07-09T12:50:56.877-04:00I am shocked, literally shocked, that such things ...I am shocked, literally shocked, that such things could happen in the noble profession. <br /><br />How naive of me. I only thought that the serious corruption involved the vendors of healthcare information technology, their HIM$$, C$HITs, and AHIMAs, having read how these incestuous goups have achieved greenback heaven at the expense of the taxpayers and patients with their deception of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-66803140738193086152011-07-09T12:14:01.910-04:002011-07-09T12:14:01.910-04:00Meant to also say, congratulations on a well writt...Meant to also say, congratulations on a well written post. Keep it up! (that includes you, too, Dr. Brody)Judy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-13328717221178534362011-07-09T11:56:42.185-04:002011-07-09T11:56:42.185-04:00Don't forget the panels who set guide lines. T...Don't forget the panels who set guide lines. The most recent panel that set the recommended lipid levels was dominated (8 out of 9) by people with financial ties to the drug companies. The acceptable level keeps going down so that now virtually all adults are considered candidates for statin "therapy". Should you mention this to your doctor, you will get a bristly respons and if Judy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-5990418117477479462011-07-08T19:57:44.927-04:002011-07-08T19:57:44.927-04:00An excellent but sobering assessment.
Not to ment...An excellent but sobering assessment.<br /><br />Not to mention, Steve, an already volatile environment made even more flammable by health IT dangers, another domain where the word "good" has left much of medicine.<br /><br />-- SSInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.com