tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post3265609173829316281..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: The Case of the Brew Master's Plot - Was the Veterans Affairs Secretary's Travel Spending Scandalous, or Was He Framed in a Plot to Oust a Political Moderate? Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-85017002341602823262018-02-21T09:57:15.270-05:002018-02-21T09:57:15.270-05:00I've known Dr. Shulkin for a long time. In thi...I've known Dr. Shulkin for a long time. In this administration he is indeed one of those rare instances of an appointee with altruism and expertise. But now he's run afoul of the autocannibalistic tendencies of a bizarre group of insiders and hacks. The whole Drumpf administration is beset with this internal dynamic. It's a dynamic in which infighting and undermining behavior is so Cetonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338429179241447924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-9590781601237742362018-02-20T10:24:54.411-05:002018-02-20T10:24:54.411-05:00Thank you for uncovering and providing us with thi...Thank you for uncovering and providing us with this interesting but disturbing information, Roy. Long ago--back in the mid- to late-1980s--I had brief but memorable professional dealings with Dr. Shulkin which for me cast considerable doubt on his integrity. Moreover, I have several colleagues who had more extensive experience with him but, while acknowledging his intelligence and political savvyIRBChairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725766874804008915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-49461607019519569932018-02-19T12:11:00.088-05:002018-02-19T12:11:00.088-05:00Thanks, Roy. This is very upsetting. Shulkin was o...Thanks, Roy. This is very upsetting. Shulkin was one of the rare qualified Trump appointees. Hoped that meant the VA wasn't screwed. But I guess they are working hard to do that. Very very worried.APeticolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457233140176401084noreply@blogger.com