A ProPublica report shows more than 1,000 Idaho doctors were paid by 12 drug companies, to the tune of more than $2 million within the last year. The Idaho Board of Medicine sees no harm in it.
Some of those payments were in the form of free meals (a Boise doctor got $607 worth) in exchange for attending seminars that pushed new drugs. Others made money giving the talks at those seminars. A Sun Valley psychiatrist made more than $100,000 for giving such talks.
The ProPublica.org report is part of their ongoing investigation into how Corporate America, and possibly your doctor, are ripping everyone off. Many people, who’ve left comments on the ProPublica story, expressed surprise to learn their personal doctor was on the list.
Beginning in 2013, drug companies are supposed to publicly report who they gave money to.