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Former FDA Commissioner, CMS Administrator McClellan adds Johnson and Johnson Board Membership to Positions with General Atlantic LLC, Capital Royalty, Castlight Health, and AvivReit
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12:54 PM
Our latest example of the interchangeability of top insiders within corporate health care and the government agencies that are supposed to r...
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CMS
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corporatism
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DHHS
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FDA
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Johnson and Johnson
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revolving doors
Another Revolving Door Variant: From Academia with Millions in Medtronic Royalties, to the White House, to the Health Care Service Corp
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7:19 AM
The revolving door spins, and where it will stop, nobody knows... In October, 2010, we noted questions about how Dr Stephen Ondra got to be ...
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corporatism
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health insurance
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Medtronic
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revolving doors
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Veterans Affairs
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White House
How the "Revolving Door" and Other Aspects of Corporatism Benefited Amgen Just After its Settlement and Guilty Plea
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8:52 AM
At least here in these United States, our health care corporatism is bipartisan. Here we present a sorry story of how a company that should...
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Amgen
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corporatism
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crime
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deception
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kickbacks
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revolving doors
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stealth health policy advocacy
Head of Lobbying Firm with Health Care Clients Walks Through Revolving Door into Executive Branch
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12:08 PM
A Washington Post op-ed described the latest case of a revolving door frequent flier, or perhaps frequent revolver, with health care connec...
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corporatism
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regulatory capture
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revolving doors
Unequal Justice Under Law - Comparing Cases of Alleged Misbehavior by Large Health Care Organizations and Individuals
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12:05 PM
How the wealthy and powerful have become able to play by a different set of rules than those affecting ordinary people may be the defining i...
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corporatism
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crime
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CVS
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General Electric
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imperial CEO
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impunity
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legal settlements
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oligarchy
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regulatory capture
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Stryker
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superclass
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Quiet Coziness with Wall Street
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9:21 AM
An article from the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reveals a new aspect of the growing coziness between the US government and big c...
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CMS
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corporatism
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Medicare
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mission-hostile management
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regulatory capture
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revolving doors
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whistle-blowers
Health Care Also Needs to Challenge "Crony Capitalism," the "New Gilded Age, and "the Idolatry of the Market"
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12:31 PM
The increasing size and scope of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and continuing instability in the finance system, most recentl...
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corporatism
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executive compensation
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imperial CEO
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impunity
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oligarchy
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perverse incentives
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regulatory capture
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superclass
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You heard it here first
Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services Saunters Through Revolving Door, Ends Up as Director of Medtronic
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11:36 AM
There they go again. Another US government health care leader, this time the top health care leader at the end of the previous George W Bus...
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conflicts of interest
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corporatism
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embedded networks of influence
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HHS
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Medtronic
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power elite
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revolving doors
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