Physician Payments Sunshine Act

And I have even heard from certain people that have implied to me that if I was nicer, quote unquote, to the mayor, that if I was, you know, covering her in a way which was more desirable and favorable, that perhaps maybe this press policy would happen.

Is that quid pro quo? Are we negotiating something that is right now currently in violation of the Sunshine Act? Like, I hope that's not what's happening.

But that's what it looks like.

That's what it sounds like, though.

Well, I mean, it's pretty much Almost 99% vote no for anything for Trump from the Democrats.

But they can get the Sunshine Act passed.

They could if they wanted to.

I know.

You could do whatever you want back in the heyday.

And then now they came out with the Sunshine Act and all these different guidelines where to go out for $100 a head in Manhattan is virtually impossible.

Okay, it doesn't happen.

You can't even go to lunch for 100 a head in Manhattan.

So no.

Big Mike underscore upstate.

Do you think the Sunshine Act actually changed anything about the day-to-day for reps?

Definitely.

done.

I mean, we can't even pass the Sunshine Act.

You know, stop the clock change.

Yeah.

Those are the old way.

Now we know the truth." And you go, "Oh my gosh, these guys..." And one of them got called out on social media, and he said, uh, "Look, look at the Sunshine Act.

I'm not taking a penny from pharma." And then the person happened to be connected and said, "Well, did you take money from this, uh, this PR firm that's representing pharma?" And they deleted-

Right

There's a bit of me thinks there should be a register of influencers who are working with companies.

You know, we've got the Sunshine Act in the United States.

And actually, if there's a register with declarations and what they're doing, what does that do to transparency? Again, it's an open question.

I don't know.

Yeah.

So... it's so much, and we're so early on.

I mean, even if you think about the patient influences with drug companies, there's a sunshine act in the United States for doctors

that

Guys, you got to be realistic.

Are you really going to get, you're going to spend that much time in there and then look to overcome that kind of relationship that the physician may have? Or you got to go on and check the Sunshine Act data.

Go on the computer, check that data, guys.

It's very important.

You guys could go on there and look at this data.

It's all available.

That's why the Sunshine Act came out.

So everyone could see how much money is being spent on some of these doctors.