And she's been the source of so many of the falsehoods about what is in the House bill. She also spread lies about the stimulus bill, saying it contained a clause that required doctors to get federal approval before administering medical treatment.
When she was all over talk radio spreading that particular one, I challenged her. I quoted her the exact language of the clause she used. Here's our exchange.
Subject: Could you respond to what others have said about your analysis?
Certain members of the media have brought up some (in my view) devastating questions about the case you are making. Would you care to refute the contention that you are in fact paid indirectly by big pharmaceutical companies, that you have sold your services to them in the past, that you cannot point to any language in the stimulus bill that does what you say it does.
Please alert us when you write something that deals with these concerns about your story.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/press-ably-picking-apart_n_166707.htmlbetsymross wrote:
Let me reply right now. I am not paid directly or indirectly by pharmaceutical companies. Nor do I accept any payments from the Hudson Institute, though it is a fine think tank. I am a patient advocate, and founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, which presses for cleaner, safer hospital care. It is a not for profit.
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> Ironically, Tom Daschle, the man Obama picked to be head of HHS, was a big lobbyist with many huge corporate clients in the healthcare field
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> Keith Olbermann, my critic, accepts big dollars from the pharmaceutical industry for his show. Two of his sponsors are drug companies.
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> I hope you see the hypocrisy of this.
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> If I wanted to lie about the bill, why would I (the only one of all who wrote about it) include the page numbers so you could check out my statements for yourself?
In your appearance on Bloomsberg, you read from page 442
but you leave out the exact wording "to HELP guide medical decisions" Please tell us why you do so.
The National Coordinator of Health Information, which you say is created in the stimulus bill, already exists. The current NCHI was appointed by George W. Bush. Why do you leave this out of your presentation and your article?
You are a fellow of the Hudson Institute. Doesn't that mean you accept money from them? If not, then why are you are fellow. When I was in graduate school, a "fellow" had won a "fellowship," that is, financial support for work to be done for the institution involved. Is the Hudson Institute different in this way?
In my mind, your attacks on Daschle, who is not in the administration, and Olbermann, a reporter, in no way clear up these questions.
I appreciate your time.
[email protected] wrote:
> I do not accept money from Hudson. I am an adjunct or honorary fellow.
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> What do you think"HELP" means?
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> I am defending myself from Keith Olbermann's personal attacks. He is the one who accused me of venality. He takes money directly from drug companies, automakers, and brokerage firms, the sponsors of his program.
But he actually criticizes all those sponsors on his show. Big difference.
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