The medical industry has 20 billion reasons to expect cooperation from doctors in marketing its products. That’s how many dollars the industry spends each year in payments and gifts, according to Senate estimates.
The practice should be banned outright, but for now, we’ll settle for full disclosure, which a Senate bill introduced in 2007 by Sens. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, would require.