In the U.S, Zika outbreaks are hopefully going to be easy to isolate. The biggest threat is likely to be from the fear Zika sows, especially among expectant moms. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
The spread of HIV through contaminated blood was a tragic illustration of the risk that blood products could harbor undetectable and latent infection that’s only revealed once it’s widely distributed. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
The nature of food processing had changed substantially in America. Much of it owed to corresponding changes in food packaging and the logistics for faster shipping. The scope of outbreak from foodborne illness no longer has a clear geographic boundary. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
Zika is an addressable threat. While it falls outside of the regular routine of public health preparedness, we shouldn’t be scrambling for new resources each time a threat like Zika starts to emerge. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
Before Obamacare, many working class Americans had an upper middle class healthcare benefit that they got at work. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
One of the striking features of the early episodes of AMC’s hit television show ‘Mad Men’ is the similarities in the lifestyle enjoyed by the lowest paid members of Don Draper’s advertising company and its wealthy partners. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
Creative destruction is an increasingly prominent feature of modern medical practice. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
Before Obamacare, insurance networks typically covered an entire state. Under Obamacare, insurers are able to bid to offer coverage mostly on a county-by-county basis. It means that health plans only need to fashion doctor networks as wide as the county that they’re bidding to offer coverage in. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
The higher cost of getting a generic drug approved by regulators means that many old medicines don’t face competitors. It’s only after substantial price hikes that these drugs offer enough revenue to offset the rising generic entry costs, and start to entice competition. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
The ACA purposely constrains choice as a top-down means of cost control. Obamacare isn’t a consumer-driven, high-deductible scheme. It’s hollow coverage. Scott Gottlieb Read Quote
