tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7799026966989124126..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Marketers' Systemic Influence over Ostensibly Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Publications: the Medtronic Infuse BMP-2 ExampleRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-68361056061345017382012-10-31T16:43:13.873-04:002012-10-31T16:43:13.873-04:00I just have to say that while us physicians bear a...I just have to say that while us physicians bear a lot of responsibility for what went wrong, it probably is not fair to say we are all one percenters.<br /><br />The cut-off for the top one percent of income in the US in early 2012 was $380,000.<br />(see: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/measuring-the-top-1-by-wealth-not-income)<br /><br />Certainly some physicians make that much, Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-86230211249046096792012-10-31T01:47:00.577-04:002012-10-31T01:47:00.577-04:00It is sad Steve. We patients used to trust doctor...It is sad Steve. We patients used to trust doctors, now we are losing that trust.<br /><br />One reason why we want MDs to make a good buck is to put them above the crass influence of commercialism.<br /><br />It seems that it just isn't enough for some, perhaps many, docs. They increasingly fall into the trap of rationalizing how their behavior really isn't as self serving as it Afraidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-21960923868680823892012-10-26T12:53:07.234-04:002012-10-26T12:53:07.234-04:00While I understand there is a lead/lag to almost a...While I understand there is a lead/lag to almost any endeavor I must express my continued disappointment in the drug/device industry and doctors. For some time it has been known that drug/device companies, and the for profit portion of the medical industry, will take any action, including fraud, to generate profits and doctors will at best blindly go along, or at worse knowingly participate.<br /Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.com