Category: Health

Jeff Stier, Pfizer CEO Criticize “Academic Detailing” in Health Care

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Jeff Stier, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Risk Analysis Division, asks Pfizer CEO Ian Read about his company’s position on “academic detailing.”  Academic detailing empowers academics selected by the government to guide how medical care and ...
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National Center Policy Experts Quiz Pfizer CEO Ian Read and Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky

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Short Hills, NJ / New Brunswick, NJ / Washington, D.C. - Policy experts from the National Center for Public Policy Research attended the shareholder meetings of both Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey today, seeking answers from CEOs ...
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Coca-Cola Executives to Face Criticism at Shareholder Meeting for ‘Food Stamp’ Lobbying

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Free-Market Group to Question Why American Taxpayers Should be Forced to Subsidize the Purchase of Soda by SNAP Recipients Citing Respect for Liberty and the Importance of Personal Responsibility, Group to Commend CEO Muhtar Kent for Fighting NY Mayor Bloomberg's ...
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GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt to Be Asked About Plan to Kill Medical Device Tax and Wind Subsidies

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GE Projected to Lose $100-$150 Million a Year if Tax Not Repealed, But Company Manufactures Wind Turbines New Orleans, LA / Washington, D.C. - At today's annual meeting of General Electric shareholders in New Orleans, Justin Danhof, Esq., director of ...
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Government Health Care: What You Get Will Depend On Your Political Clout

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One of the biggest drawbacks of any government-run health care system is that the health care you get is more likely to be determined by political clout than medical need.  That’s a problem because the the sickest people are the ...
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Free-Market Group Presents GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt with Proposal to Simultaneously End Harmful Medical Device Tax and Federal Wind Subsidies

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Immelt Calls Plan an "Interesting" Idea New Orleans, LA / Washington, D.C. - Today, at General Electric's annual meeting of shareholders in New Orleans, Justin Danhof, Esq., director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, presented ...
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New York Post Book Review: The Food Police

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In a book review of Jayson Lusk’s “The Food Police” in today’s New York Post, I write, Activists have spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to influence what food we eat, where we buy it and where it should ...
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ObamaCare: Where’s The Lefty Outrage? Part IV

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First it was eateries like Darden Restaurants, PapaJohn’s and Wendy’s that were struggling with ObamaCare’s regulations.  Then it was some universities and colleges, the Virginia state government, and even a few unions. The latest victim?  Movie theaters: Regal Entertainment Group, ...
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The ObamaCare Exchanges Are Unfair

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Last week I was in a radio debate with Kathleen Stoll of the pro-ObamaCare FamiliesUSA about the ObamaCare exchanges.  The rules surrounding the exchanges require everyone to buy insurance or pay a fine, the intent being to compel young people ...
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Why Public Health Advocates Hate E-cigarettes

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In a letter published in The Economist this week, I write, * SIR – It is no wonder many in the public-health establishment have steam coming out of their ears about e-cigarettes. Here is a product created by private-sector innovation that ...
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