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You can say the exact same thing for #COVID19, just replace Dept. of Defense w/ HHS.
The national security threat stems from the destabilization of the healthcare system, which accounts for 18% of our GDP. https://twitter.com/senduckworth/status/1327054750429417473
The national security threat stems from the destabilization of the healthcare system, which accounts for 18% of our GDP. https://twitter.com/senduckworth/status/1327054750429417473
We’re still paying for Trump’s flippant response to Hurricane Maria. We see it every day in the form of drug shortages.
see:
https://www.packagingstrategies.com/articles/95761-congress-sets-sights-on-puerto-rico-for-pharma-supply-stream
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-maria-takes-a-toll-on-global-medical-supplies/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/09/hurricane-marias-effect-on-the-health-care-industry-is-threatening-lives-across-the-us/
https://www.bioworld.com/articles/499621-more-chemo-drugs-needed-on-fda-list
see:
https://www.packagingstrategies.com/articles/95761-congress-sets-sights-on-puerto-rico-for-pharma-supply-stream
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-maria-takes-a-toll-on-global-medical-supplies/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/09/hurricane-marias-effect-on-the-health-care-industry-is-threatening-lives-across-the-us/
https://www.bioworld.com/articles/499621-more-chemo-drugs-needed-on-fda-list
A more recent example was Project Air Bridge: a thinly-veiled subsidy for medical supply companies.
For less obvious but equally wasteful examples, review CARES Act contracts issued via non-competitive bidding.
see:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-16/trump-plan-coronavirus-supplies-big-payoffs
https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-contracts/
For less obvious but equally wasteful examples, review CARES Act contracts issued via non-competitive bidding.
see:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-16/trump-plan-coronavirus-supplies-big-payoffs
https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-contracts/
Every day that @Transition46 is not given access to mission-critical information, is another day that the incoming administration does not get to assess the damage.
Lastly: there are “poison pill” contracts peppered throughout. One such example would force the incoming @JoeBiden/ @KamalaHarris ( @Transition46) to decide between:
renewing a suspect contract OR losing federally-funded #COVID19 testing sites
CC @DavidAKesslerMD @vivek_murthy https://twitter.com/datadrivenmd/status/1326954272638971905
renewing a suspect contract OR losing federally-funded #COVID19 testing sites
CC @DavidAKesslerMD @vivek_murthy https://twitter.com/datadrivenmd/status/1326954272638971905
