Health Care Revolving Door

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/12/health-care-revolving-door

Writing in the Guardian, Glenn Greenwald describes the career path of Elizabeth Fowler, who was, in order:

• Top healthcare policy aide to Senator Max Baucus, the Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee
• Vice President for Public Policy and External Affairs at health insurance company WellPoint
• Top healthcare policy aide to Senator Max Baucus, the Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee (for a second time)
• Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare and Economic Policy at the National Economic Council (in the Obama administration)
• senior-level position leading 'global health policy' at Johnson & Johnson's government affairs and policy group. Johnson & Johnson is a member of the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America

He writes, "This is precisely the behavior which, quite rationally, makes the citizenry so jaded about Washington."

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by Editor  |  Dec 5, 2012 at 10:20 am Related Topics:  Health Care receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list