Two Democratic senators are considering more regulations for the health care industry.
Senators Herb Kohl and Claire McCaskill, members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, are set to discuss what should be done about drug companies giving gifts to physicians, which they say may “compromise physicians’ medical judgment by putting their financial interest ahead of the welfare of their patients.†(Kaiser Network)
Drug company representatives visit hospitals with drug samples, sometimes bearing gifts. Is this a big enough problem to justify more regulations?
