Health Care, Pharmaceutical Companies and Politics

greg334

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Many of you know I worked for a big Pharma company and with the latest health care thread, I wondered if any of you know the political BS that these companies pull.

Tonight I was flipping through the channels and caught an interview of someone I know about. Dr Rost was a victim of Pfizer; he was also their Senior VP of marketing and wrote a book, “The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman†that I thought would never be published.

If you are a reader, I am inclining to suggest this and two other books;

The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman by Peter Rost

Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It by Marcia Angell

If you read all three books, you will understand what problems we really have with our healthcare system. All the authors are credible.

Also I was going to add a comment from a reader of the book but it brings back too many bad but truthful memories about these companies.

Oh as for politics, I would say that the fact that they, the Pharma companies that is, don't want us to have access to the same drugs they sell in Canada that are cheaper.
 

cheri1122

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RE: Health Care, Pharmaceutical Companies and Poli

I believe I'd like to read the one by Marcia Angell - at least it promises more than impotent anger...
 

greg334

Veteran Expediter
RE: Health Care, Pharmaceutical Companies and Poli

Ha Ha

Well I guess that is the best I have heard in a long long time. :)
 

highway star

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RE: Health Care, Pharmaceutical Companies and Poli

Nothing brightens up the day like a good, hard laugh!
 
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