The Revolving Door Spins Again: the Now Constant Coziness Between the Health Care Industry and US Government

Just because Washington DC is now crazy town does not mean the revolving door has stopped spinning.  We have been dutifully accumulating cases, so it is time to present our latest update.I will divide this into two sections 1) the incoming revolving door, through which come people from the health care industry to enter US government positions in which they may influence health care regulation or policy relevant to their former positions; and 2) the outgoing revolving door, through which go people from US government positions in which they influenced health care regulation or policy to industry positions which were relevant to the scope of their government work.  In each section, we will list cases chronologically according to when they were made public.Incoming Revolving Door TransitionsJames Parker from Multiple Positions in For-Profit Health Insurance Companies to Director of DHHS Office of Health ReformThis was reported inHealth Leaders Media in April, 2018:Parker ' s profile on LinkedIn says he worked for Anthem from 1995 through 2004, serving more than four years as president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.Parker then worked about five years for WellPoint after it was acquired by Anthem, serving as president of federal employee benefits, then president of federal government solutions, then chief of staff to President and CEO Angela Braly.Parker spent more than three years as an independent healthcare consultant before landing his job as president...
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