Last week CMPI’s President Peter Pitts appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” to debate the issue of preemption with Brian Wolfman of Public Citizen.
View CNBC debate here:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=912909184&play=1
The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest is also pleased to announce the release of a new video interview this week with Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC).
Congressman Bob Inglis was elected again to Congress in 2004 and to a fifth term overall in 2006. He serves on the Science & Technology Committee and is Ranking Member on the Energy & Environment Subcommittee. He also sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee during the 110th Congress. He chaired the Research Subcommittee of the Science Committee in the 109th Congress and served on the Judiciary Committee and on the Education and Workforce Committee. He co-chairs the House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus.
Congressman Inglis recently completed a fact-finding health care tour to better understand how health care is being delivered and paid for in Greenville, Spartanburg, Union and a portion of Laurens County in his home state of South Carolina. Congressman Inglis met with patients and families, small and large businesses, physicians, hospitals and clinics, pharmacies and key government agencies in the Fourth District.
In our interview with Congressman Inglis, we discuss the healthcare tour, Senator McCain’s healthcare proposal, and the future of American healthcare.
View interview with Congressman Inglis:
http://www.biggovhealth.org/testimonials/policymakers/bob-inglis/
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
CMPI NEWS
www.cmpi.org
Health Care And Our President-Elect
The American Spectator
By Peter J. Pitts
November 6, 2008
http://www.spectator.org/archives/2008/11/06/health-care-and-our-president
Preempting Innovation
The Journal of Life Sciences
By Peter J. Pitts
October 31, 2008
http://www.tjols.com/article-823.html
Closing The Idealism Gap On Health Care
Townhall
By Peter J. Pitts
October 30, 2008
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Pink Ribbon Reality
The American Spectator
By Peter J. Pitts
October 30, 2008
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“Canadian” Drugs: Made In China
Front Page Magazine
By Peter J. Pitts
October 30, 2008
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DRUGWONKS BLOG
www.drugwonks.com
Jeremy Bentham for FDA Commissioner
By Peter Pitts
November 4, 2008
Remember Utilitarianism? It’s the philosophy based on the principle of utility -- that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility. And the poster boy of the Utilitarian School is Jeremy Bentham. According to Bentham, “It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.”
If this sounds distressingly familiar it should. It’s the philosophical foundation that underpins both NICE (the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence) and HTA (healthcare technology assessment).
http://www.drugwonks.com/blog_post/show/6436
Imaginary Prescriptions For Health
By Robert Goldberg
October 31, 2008
First we have the revelation that many doctors prescribe a real "nothing" for patients, in part because nothing is wrong from them (or us) but just want time and the "laying of the hands" from a healer.
Next, rather than paying doctors for keeping people healthy or simply being there, health plans are -- even as legislative and ideological forces seek to eliminate the role of drug, biotech and device companies in discussing products with physicians -- filling the void with dollars and demands to switch patients or start them on generic drugs. Nothing wrong with generic drugs, they are saving Medicare billions, but ultimately we want to get to point where prescribing is based on value, not just cost. But getting information about that will require close and open communication between everyone.
http://www.drugwonks.com/blog_post/show/6427
PHYSICIAN DISEMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE
For those of you unable to attend our October 14 conference on Physician Disempowerment in Washington, DC, here is a link to the video footage of the conference.
Watch Physician Disempowerment Conference here:
http://cmpi.org/home-tabs/newsmakers/feature
Here are the speaker presentations:
Francois Sarkozy, MD, AEC Partners
http://cmpi.org/uploads/File/Sarkozy-Presentation.pdf
Gary E. Applebaum, MD, CMPI Senior Fellow
http://cmpi.org/uploads/File/Dr.%20Gary%20Appleb%E2%80%A6resentation.pdf
Marc Siegel, MD, CMPI Senior Fellow
http://cmpi.org/uploads/File/Dr.%20Marc%20Siegel%E2%80%A6resentation.pdf
INTERNATIONAL ARTICLE OF NOTE
NHS Faces Demands For Refunds After U-turn On Top-up Drug Payments
Daily Mail
November 5, 2008
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ARTICLE OF NOTE
Not So NICE
National Review
By David Gratzer
October 2008
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