Worst Health Care Revolving Door Case So Far? - From Lobbyist to Acting Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services

Once again, you just cannot make this stuff up.Last week weposted our latestrevolving door roundup, one of many we have done during theTrump administration.  At the time we noted that a lobbyist, Mr Eric D Hargan, at Greenberg Taurig Alston& Bird, had been nominated to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).Wikepedia provides a little more information about his past lobbying employment.Hargan left the government in 2007 and joined the health law department of law firm McDermott Will& Emery. Hargan joined the health and FDA business development practice of law firm Greenberg Traurig in June 2010. He is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig ' s Health& FDA Business Practice.Greenberg Taurig Austin& Bird has done considerable lobbying for health care corporations.  Wepreviously wrote that it " has earned more than $4.4 million lobbying so far this year for health care companies and trade groups including Novartis AG, Verax Biomedical, the American Hospital Association, St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital, and Aetna.... "Prior to his most recent lobbying work, Mr Hargan was a corporate lawyer, and then served in several purely administrative positions in DHHS during the George W Bush administration.  He also apparently served on the Trump transition team (per Wikipedia). I can see nothing that suggests he has any direct experience or expertise in actual health care, public health or biomedical science. ...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: DHHS Donald Trump regulatory capture revolving doors Source Type: blogs