In US, More than One-Third Think Government and Business Leaders are Corrupt, Media Shrug

We have noted (most recently here),
that health care corruption, particularly its global nature and its
presence in developed countries like the US, is a taboo topic and thus
remains anechoic. Yet corruption in general, and health care corruption in particular, are huge global problems.

Transparency International just released the full results of the 2017 version of its Global Corruption

Perpetual Revolving Motion: Yet More Transits Through the Health Care Revolving Door

The pace of people spinning through the US federal revolving door seems unprecedented.




Most were people going from the health care corporations to government
positions regulating or making policy influencing those same
corporations. Since our last roundup, of 11 days ago, we have found two
more significant travelers from industry to government, and one from
the previous administration

Give Us Those Old Time Conflcts of Interest: Stephen Parente, Key Opinion Leader for UnitedHealth and Redeemer of Former CEO William McGuire to Assistant Secretary of HHS

This latest revolving door case echoes scandals of long ago.

Background: CEO Dr William McGuire and the UnitedHealth Affair

A long time ago,in a galaxy far, far away, actually, from 2006 through 2008, we posted frequently about shenanigans at huge for-profit health insurance/ managed care company UnitedHealth. We often discussed the patient-unfriendliness of its policies and processes (look