Witty, clearly reading from a script and dressed casually, defended his industry against accusations it refuses people vital coverage saying “we guard against the pressures that exist for unsafe care or unnecessary care.”

Witty, a British former pharma executive who is known as Sir Andrew Witty in the UK after being given a knighthood by the late Queen Elizabeth, is facing a Department of Justice probe into insider trading allegations.

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“Unnecessary care” is so unbelievably evil, given the american healthcare system.

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a British former pharma executive

If only he were a farmer before that, then he’d be a former former farmer pharma executive.

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Thanks dad.

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“It does not reflect reality. It is simply a sign of an era in which we live.

No, it doesn’t reflect his reality. He can afford self -pay.

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Is things that are happening in the era in which one lives not that person’s reality? Thus it not only does reflect reality, it is also a sign of the era in which we live.

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It’s a bold strategy Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him.

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I wouldn’t be putting my face out there if I was him. Smart money is on shutting the fuck up or saying you’re sorry and will change.

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You guard against unnecessary or dangerous care? Fuck you. A patient’s doctor is who determines the care, subject to his license, the state board and the justice system. If you truly need to double check a doctor’s decision, Only an impartial board of doctors, with no financial interest and subject to their liability, should override the doctors decision.

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