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May 25, 2010 --Congress questions safety of NFL helmets
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Palm Beach Post - S. FLORIDA LEGISLATORS TOUT TOUGH MEDICARE FRAUD BILL
April 14, 2010 --In the heart of the Medicare fraud capital of the nation, two South Florida members of Congress declared war Tuesday.
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Chain Drug Review - RxImpact Day raises the industry's profile
April 5, 2010 -- WASHINGTON -- At the recent RxImpact day, Megan Marchal, pharmacy manager at a Walgreen Co. store in Canal Winchester, Ohio, opened her talks... more
El Chicano Weekly; San Bernadino, Calif. - St. Bernardine receives funding for high-tech equipment
March 11, 2010 --Medical care in the Inland Empire got a major boost from Washington recently as a direct result of the tenacity and support of U.S. Reps. Joe... more
Market Wire - Webinar Addresses Key Drivers for Medical Science Liaison Success in 2010
February 4, 2010 -- As more and more doctors shut their doors to pharmaceutical sales reps, Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) have stepped into the breach. MSLs, who... moreElectrical Apparatus - International trade shows
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November 12, 2009 -- A UNION representative who led a humanitarian convoy of lorries to Bulgaria has thanked Herald Express readers for their generosity. Francis... moreDrug Store News - Accreditation deadline delay sounds industry praise, relief
October 26, 2009 -- The good news for neighborhood pharmacists is that Congress passed a bill extending the Medicare accreditation deadline for durable medical... moreBusiness Wire - NCPA Praises Senate, House Action to Extend Medicare’s Durable Medical Equipment Accreditation Deadline for Pharmacies
October 6, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966b1340) ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) commended the Senate for passing a... moreMedical Equipment Reps Questions and Answers
Voting Question: MEPS, ADHD, Getting my congressman's help and failing the urinalysis moral waiver questions.?
Here is my story sorry it is so long but please help... I am a currently a 25 year old male college grad and on Nov 07 I went to the Minneapolis MEPS to join the Minnesota National Guard. Everything went fine and I oathed in. Two weeks later I received a letter saying I failed my urinalysis! I have never done any illegal drugs and the only thing on my record is a minor consumption and two speeding tickets when I was 16. Turns out it was because of medication I was on for ADD. I was diagnosed when I was very young but I dont think I ever really needed it but I would fill a prescription when I had intense study times like finals in college and what not. I had no idea this would be a problem. I was naive to think since it was legal it would be OK. I didn't tell meps just to avoid some paperwork and it bit me in the ass. I was told to wait a year and I did because I wanted to finish my degree. After a year I got a medical waiver for the medication I was on which was Dexedrine; I gave them all my medical records and a letter from my doctor stating I was fine without the meds. I went to sign up again and they said that I couldn't because I now needed a moral waiver for failing the drug test. Sooooo I got together letters of recommendation from my people stating I had good moral character one was from my neighbor who is a full bird colonel and the other from my advisor from my college. I then spoke over the phone with a Major at National Guard Bureau who in turn spoke to my neighbor and advisor, the Major then requested my waiver be approved. Months later they denied my moral waiver mainly because of the situation with recruiting and only people with spotless records could get in. It has been a year and since then I have been working at an office equipment dealer as an outside sales rep pounding the phones, it is a very demanding job so to make things a little easier I filled another prescription for dexedrine thinking I would never try to join again. The other day I was taking a break and decided to contact my congressman and see if there was anything he could do. I did it mainly as a curiosity and for some closure that I did everything I could. To my surprise they said they could help me mainly because my problems with signing up were due to something that wasn't illegal. So my concern now is that I am on the medication again after being off of it for 2 years and If I go to MEPS and re-physical should I tell them about the meds? I was thinking that to their knowledge I have not been on the meds since late 07. They have all of my medical records since the day I was born until Jan 09' and nothing from this last year. My question is should I tell them I am back on the meds? Also does anyone know of the chances the congressman will help me get in??? Thanks for your help!Thanks, but to add to this I due plan on stopping the meds once again, I dont need them to function and I have proven that. Before I go to MEPS again I will stop the medication with plenty of time so this does not happen again! moreResolved Question: Do you think Obama will keep his promise of "no pork" by vetoing the spending bill being passed in Congress?
Republicans and taxpayer watchdogs are railing against the thousands of earmarks included in the omnibus spending bill that passed the House Thursday and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. Republicans and tax watchdog groups are railing against the thousands of earmarks included in the omnibus spending bill that the House passed Thursday and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. The $1.1 trillion bill includes $447 billion in operating budgets for 10 Cabinet departments. Mixed in are more than 5,000 earmarks totaling $3.9 billion, according to watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense. Pork-watchers are only just beginning to sort through the earmarks, which typically are goodies set aside for the districts of members of Congress, as the bill tracks toward a final vote. So far, they've uncovered gems ranging from $700,000 for a shrimp fishing project in Maryland to $30,000 for the Woodstock Film Festival Youth Initiative to $200,000 for a visitor's center in a Texas town with a population of about 8,000. "Let's stop the madness," House Republican Leader John Boehner said, before the bill passed without any GOP support. Twenty-eight House Democrats also opposed it. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., wrote to President Obama urging him to veto the bill, and pledging that Republicans would stand by him if he did. Obama in March waved off controversy over a $410 billion spending bill that also was riddled with earmarks, arguing that it represented "last year's business." This time around, Boehner said, the president needs to crack down on the pork under his watch. Republicans, though, have hardly shied away from the earmarks. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., is pushing $200,000 for the Washington National Opera. Sen. Judd Gregg, a fiscal hawk, is behind a $1 million earmark for renovation at the Portsmouth Music Hall. Taxpayers for Common Sense reports a total of 5,224 earmarks in the 2010 spending bill, which also includes funding for Medicare and Medicaid. Groups like Citizens Against Government Waste, as well as Sen. John McCain's staff, have drawn attention to dozens of items they consider questionable. Here's just a sampling: -- $150,000 for educational programs and exhibitions at the National Building Museum. -- $400,000 for renovation of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. -- $150,000 for exhibits at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation in Buffalo, N.Y. -- $500,000 for Mississippi River exhibits at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa. -- $200,000 for the Washington National Opera. -- $30,000 for the Woodstock Film Festival Youth Initiative. -- $2.7 million for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to support surgical operations in space. -- $200,000 for a visitor's center in Bastrop, Texas. -- $700,000 for a project called, "Shrimp Industry Fishing Effort Research Continuation," at the National Marine Fisheries Service in Silver Spring, Md. -- $292,200 for the elimination of blight in Scranton, Pa. -- $750,000 for exhibits at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates in Iowa. -- $1.6 million for a tram between the Marshall Flight Center and Huntsville Botanical Garden in Alabama. -- $655,000 for equipment at the Institute for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Research in Los Angeles. Republicans have been on a tear over earmarks and excessive spending over the past week, particularly as Congress prepares to take up a new jobs-creation package and raise the debt ceiling by nearly $2 trillion. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., on Thursday named what they called the 11 most wasteful spending projects considered by Congress so far this year. On Wednesday, four Republican lawmakers demanded an audit of the $787 billion stimulus program following reports of exaggerated or inaccurate accounts of the number of jobs created. McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Tuesday released a report on 100 "questionable" stimulus projects worth nearly $7 billion. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/11/watchdogs-foul-thousands-earmarks-spending/ moreResolved Question: Why are lies tolerated from our public officials?
_"I'm very pleased that (Democratic leaders) will be talking, too, about the immoral profits being made by the insurance industry and how those profits have increased in the Bush years." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who also welcomed the attention being drawn to insurers' "obscene profits." _"Keeping the status quo may be what the insurance industry wants. Their premiums have more than doubled in the last decade and their profits have skyrocketed." Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, member of the Democratic leadership. _"Health insurance companies are willing to let the bodies pile up as long as their profits are safe." A MoveOn.org ad. THE NUMBERS: Health insurers posted a 2.2 percent profit margin last year, placing them 35th of 53 industries on the Fortune 500 list. As is typical, other health sectors did much better — drugs and medical products and services were both in the top 10. The railroads brought in a 12.6 percent profit margin. Leading the list: network and other communications equipment, at 20.4 percent. HealthSpring, the best performer in the health insurance industry, posted 5.4 percent. That's a less profitable margin than was achieved by the makers of Tupperware, Clorox bleach and Molson and Coors beers. The star among the health insurance companies did, however, nose out Jack in the Box restaurants, which only achieved a 4 percent margin. moreResolved Question: how will demo explain their lies about insurance companys profits now that the truth is out?
WASHINGTON – Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry. In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up." Ledgers tell a different reality. Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even some beleaguered ones. Profits barely exceeded 2 percent of revenues in the latest annual measure. This partly explains why the credit ratings of some of the largest insurers were downgraded to negative from stable heading into this year, as investors were warned of a stagnant if not shrinking market for private plans. Insurers are an expedient target for leaders who want a government-run plan in the marketplace. Such a public option would force private insurers to trim profits and restrain premiums to compete, the argument goes. This would "keep insurance companies honest," says President Barack Obama. The debate is loaded with intimations that insurers are less than straight, when they are not flatly accused of malfeasance. They may not have helped their case by commissioning a report that looked primarily at the elements of health care legislation that might drive consumer costs up while ignoring elements aimed at bringing costs down. Few in the debate seem interested in a true balance sheet. But in pillorying insurers over profits, the critics are on shaky ground. A look at some claims, and the numbers: THE CLAIMS _"I'm very pleased that (Democratic leaders) will be talking, too, about the immoral profits being made by the insurance industry and how those profits have increased in the Bush years." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who also welcomed the attention being drawn to insurers' "obscene profits." _"Keeping the status quo may be what the insurance industry wants their premiums have more than doubled in the last decade and their profits have skyrocketed." Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, member of the Democratic leadership. _"Health insurance companies are willing to let the bodies pile up as long as their profits are safe." A MoveOn.org ad. THE NUMBERS: Health insurers posted a 2.2 percent profit margin last year, placing them 35th on the Fortune 500 list of top industries. As is typical, other health sectors did much better — drugs and medical products and services were both in the top 10. The railroads brought in a 12.6 percent profit margin. Leading the list: network and other communications equipment, at 20.4 percent. HealthSpring, the best performer in the health insurance industry, posted 5.4 percent. That's a less profitable margin than was achieved by the makers of Tupperware, Clorox bleach and Molson and Coors beers. The star among the health insurance companies did, however, nose out Jack in the Box restaurants, which only achieved a 4 percent margin. UnitedHealth Group, reporting third quarter results last week, saw fortunes improve. It managed a 5 percent profit margin on an 8 percent growth in revenue. Van Hollen is right that premiums have more than doubled in a decade, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study that found a 131 percent increase. But were the Bush years golden ones for health insurers? Not judging by profit margins, profit growth or returns to shareholders. The industry's overall profits grew only 8.8 percent from 2003 to 2008, and its margins year to year, from 2005 forward, never cracked 8 percent. The latest annual profit margins of a selection of products, services and industries: Tupperware Brands, 7.5 percent; Yahoo, 5.9 percent; Hershey, 6.1 percent; Clorox, 8.7 percent; Molson Coors Brewing, 8.1 percent; construction and farm machinery, 5 percent; Yum Brands (think KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), 8.5 percent. ___ moreResolved Question: I currently work for RJ Reynolds Tobacco as a field rep, but I want a new job....where do I go from here? ?
With all the new FDA regulation on tobacco, my coworkers and I are worried we may be laid off soon. I want something new anyways, since I really hate this job, but not sure where to go from here. I am thinking of a sales position, maybe medical equipment or pharmaceutical. With my experience as a tobacco rep, what kind of jobs should I look for now? moreResolved Question: Will you critique my resume?
I'm going for a job as a medical sales rep. I have a resume now, not sure how it looks, I would love an outside opinion. Thanks for your consideration! Molly ******** 408 Washington Street ******************* (443) 310-***** Objective: To obtain a professional sales position, leading to management in the pharmaceutical and medical device sales industry, where my administrative experience, communication skills, and initiative can be utilized to increase sales and improve customer relations. Education: Towson University, 9/2001 – 5/2003 B.S. Sociology/Anthropology, Criminal Justice Concentration Anne Arundel Community College, 9/1999 – 5/2001 A.A. General Studies Transfer Member of Phi Theta Kapa Honor Society Experience: Gee Cosper & Associates 2007 – present Assistant to the President • Performing a variety of detailed office administrative tasks, including developing daily office procedures • Compose technical correspondence, including writing a variety of reports and materials from notes, research and source material in files • Maintaining a complex filing system, including confidential material • Preparing agenda and other materials, distributing as necessary • Maintaining of records on office activities pertaining to personnel, purchasing, travel expenses and related activities • Development and maintenance of our company website Pusser’s Caribbean Company Store and Grille 2004 - present Retail Sales Associate • Operating a computerized point of sale cash register and inventory management system; including the accurate entering of sales information, receiving payment for products, processing credit card transactions, refunds, exchanges and voids • Reconciling daily sales, prepare deposits, and produce end of day reports for management • Actively engaging customers in conversation and assisting in the understanding, demonstration, description and selection of merchandise Training Server • Escorting guests to tables, cocktail preparation, wine service and sales • Explaining the menu and special orders items to guests and cooks • Providing a high level of quality customer service to patrons • Training of new employees in customer service standards and procedures and use of computer systems. Anne Arundel Community College, Academic Advising 1999 - 2001 Student Worker, front desk • Answered telephones and gave information to callers, and transfer calls to appropriate individuals • Scheduled appointments for students with certain advisors after determining their particular educational needs • Greeted all visitors and callers, handling their inquiries, and directing them to the appropriate individuals according to their needs • Operated office equipment such as fax machines, copiers and phone systems and used computers for word processing, spreadsheet and other applications Jerome H. Markoff, Esq. 1999 - 2002 Legal Secretary • Contacted clients on a daily basis, updating outstanding balances and court pleadings. • Filed documents with courts and assisted in trial preparation • Collected data and reviewed research materials, determined accuracy and validity of sources and appropriateness for use • Typed and prepared reports or other written materials from source documents and transcription • Received calls and greeted visitors, recorded and relayed messages, responded to requests for information Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office, Summer 1999 Volunteer • Assisted the criminal investigative unit by preparing and analyzing evidence for trial. • Located and attached appropriate files to incoming correspondence • Prepared and processed documents; reviewed for accuracy and completeness • Maintained files and record keeping systems References available upon request. moreResolved Question: How to efficiently lose weight at the gym?
I was wondering, I just joined a gym, and im a good 15kg overweight. I am on a healthy 1000 calories a day diet consisting of chicken or fish for dinner, and fruits from breakfast and lunch. My only problem now is I want to make sure I am doing the most efficient workout at the gym for weight loss. I currently do 35 mins or until i burn 400 calories on the cross ramp. I can't use the treadmill due to medical reasons. I also do 2-3 sets between 10-15 reps on each of the gym equipment. I was wondering how I could optomize this. I'm 6'4" btw if that helps, and im a male. moreVoting Question: Which area of medical sales is the best way to go after I earn my degree?
Hello, I am 28 years old, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and back in school to finish my degree. After career & personality tests and much research, I'm seriously leaning towards a sales career in the medical business. I have about a year and a half left of school, and am considering attaining a Bachelors in Business Marketing. I've heard that the majority of successful medical sales reps are young, female, attractive and outgoing. (If that offends anyone, I apologize. It's not my personal opinion, since I obviously have not had any real world experience in the feild. It's the opinions of many of the professionals I've spoken to about my career path.) Yes, I do fall into that category however. How important that is to my questions depends on the person answering. Also, I realize this is a hard business to break into. That you have to know people to get in, but once you're in, you're in. (This pertains to one of my questions later.) My questions are as follows: 1) Out of all of the specfic fields in medical sales (i.e. pharmaceutical sales, laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, DNA sales, medical supplies sales, medical equipment sales, imaging sales, etc.), what is the overall "best", in your opinion, and why? 2) In your opinion, what are the 3 best qualities and the 3 worst qualities of this position? 3) What Bachelors degree do you think would be best for your specific choice? 4) What experience do you have? 5) What type of work can I get into now, that will not only help me to gain business to business sales experience while attaining my degree, but possibly help me to get my foot in the door later (or give me the opportunity to network to help me get in the door later)? 6) Are there any type of certifications or accreditations that I could attain on the side while in school that will benefit my career or help me to land a job? 7) In your opinion, what are the best 2 or 3 companies in the DFW area to work for in your chosen specific area of medical sales? 8) What areas in medical sales are the least likely to be seriously affected by the economy with layoffs, etc. (Which has the best job security?) You'd REALLY help me out if you could answer any or all of my questions. If you are in one of these fields, when answering, it might help if you think about this: "If you could go back, do it all over again with the knowledge you have now, what would you do different? What would you tell your younger, inexperienced self to help you earlier in your career?" Thank you all in advance!! I REALY appreciate your help!! moreResolved Question: Can someone help me get a job as a Medical Equipment Sales Rep?
Are there any Medical Equipment Sales reps here? What company do you work for? Are they hiring? What's the best way to get into this industry? I really don't know anyone in the industry, so I can't get referred into it. I live in southern California, and would really like to stay here. What's the pay like? Is it base plus commission? How much do you enjoy your job? I currently work as a field rep for RJ Reynolds Tobacco, but I really do not enjoy it anymore. The cigarette industry is declining every year, and the FDA is trying to regulate tobacco, so there really isn't a great future in tobacco. moreResolved Question: Is the solution to the health insurance crisis not universal health care, but regulating hospital costs?
Maybe the problem with health care in this country doesn't need to be addressed with universal health care, but with regulation of the health care system's costs. Hospitals have focused more on pampering and spoiling their patients than on essential care. Today's brats have complained to hospitals demanding prompt care and quality, all at improperly fast speeds. Hospitals don't have a limit to the amount of staff they hire. For example, health care is out of touch with industry in the rest of Michigan. Hospitals hire anyone who has taken the required classes right out of fast food places or retail, while other industries are cutting back. All these people know it too. Doctors live in palaces and hospital staff are regularly feted to lavish dinners paid by drug reps, who are also driving up drug costs with their spending. It's sad to see people going bankrupt to pay for their medical care while hospitals are having a ball, hiring limitless staff and spending on expensive equipment. They don't ever try to control their costs. Meanwhile, hospitals use the same tactic the military uses to get funding; FEAR. People buy it and complain about the health care in other countries. They give these hospitals carte blanche to charge them whatever they want, under the illusion they are getting better health care. The fact is, the way Canada's health care system is run is probably the most stable and realistic one. Eventually, our system will have to come down to their level to survive, with or without universal health care. moreResolved Question: Is the management of American hospitals and healthcare systems out of control, cost-wise?
I think that a lot of the problem with the healthcare system in America is that the costs are out of control. The management has been hijacked by greedy corporate types with MBA's. The healthcare industry has been hiring when other industries have been suffering and laying off. Most people who used to work at McDonald's go take a class and work at a hospital or nursing home. Hospitals have so much expensive equipment, some that cost MILLIONS. Yet, if you don't have decent health insurance or any health insurance, most patients get charged exorbitant prices for their care! Why should anyone have to go into serious debt for care? It seems like the executives of these hospitals are taking advantage of the situation and extorting people! This is why they can hire all sorts of people, even the dregs of society, and buy all kinds of machines! What's worse, the pharmaceutical industry hikes up their costs by using their drug rep minions to buy expensive lunches, dinners and outings for doctors to bribe them! That is outrageous! I used to work at a restaurant and whenever I needed to charge a rep extra, they didn't care, they'd tell me to put on a huge tip too! All that BS about needing to keep patents in order to recoup the costs of researching the drug are total garbage! I think hospitals and drug companies need to get their costs in line! Every other industry has had to, why not the medical industry? moreResolved Question: What does a medical sales rep do?
Obviously I know they sell medical equipment, but what does their day entail? Hours? Travel? Paperwork? etc Any insight would be appreciated! moreResolved Question: I currently work for RJ Reynolds Tobacco as a rep, but I want a new job....where do I go from here? ?
Ever gone to a gas station and saw the cigarette rep dealing with the store owner/manager? That's what I do now, and I hate my job! I want something new, but not sure where to go from here. I am thinking of a sales position, maybe medical equipment or pharmaceutical. With my experience as a tobacco rep, what kind of jobs should I look for now? moreResolved Question: Where can I find medical equipment sales rep opportunities?
Where can I find them? moreResolved Question: People, we need 2 wake up !?
US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Abid Aslam / Inter-Press Service | April 8, 2008 WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers have a financial interest in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a review of their accounts has revealed. Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq, is to brief the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. The latest findings are unlikely to have a significant impact on this week’s proceedings but could stoke anti-incumbent sentiment in this year of presidential and legislative elections. Lawmakers charged with overseeing Pentagon contractors hold stock in those very firms, as do vocal critics of the war in Iraq, says the Centre for Responsive Politics (CRP). Senator John Kerry, the Democrat from Massachusetts who staked his 2004 presidential bid in part on his opposition to the war, tops the list of investors. His holdings in firms with Pentagon contracts of at least five million dollars stood at between 28.9 million dollars and 38.2 million dollars as of Dec. 31, 2006. Kerry sits on the Senate foreign relations panel. Members of Congress are required to report their personal finances every year but only need to state their assets in broad ranges. Other top investors include Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen, a New Jersey Republican with holdings of 12.1 million - 49.1 million dollars; Rep. Robin Hayes, a North Carolina Republican (9.2 million - 37.1 million dollars); Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin (5.2 million - 7.6 million dollars); and Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat (2.7 million - 6.3 million dollars). Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Democrat and former governor of West Virginia who chairs the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, invested some 2.0 million dollars in Pentagon contractors, CRP says. Other panel chiefs who invested in defence firms include Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut Independent who presides over the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rep. Howard Berman, the California Democrat who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In all, 151 current members of Congress — more than one-fourth of the total — have invested between 78.7 million dollars and 195.5 million dollars in companies that received defence contracts of at least 5.0 million dollars, according to CRP. These companies received more than 275.6 billion dollars from the government in 2006, or 755 million dollars per day, says budget watchdog group OMB Watch. The investments yielded lawmakers 15.8 million - 62 million dollars in dividend income, capital gains, royalties, and interest from 2004 through 2006, says CRP. Not all the firms deal in arms or military equipment. Some make soft drinks or medical supplies and military contracts represent a small fraction of their revenues. Many are leaders in their industries and, as such, feature in the investment portfolios of millions of ordinary people who invest at least a portion of their savings in mutual funds, which in turn hold stocks in up to hundreds of companies. “Giant corporations outside of the defence sector, such as Pepsico, IBM, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson, have received defence contracts and are all popular investments for both members of Congress and the general public,” says CRP. “So common are these companies, both as personal investments and as defence contractors, it would appear difficult to build a diverse blue-chip stock portfolio without at least some of them,” the group acknowledges. If some of the stocks appear innocent, aides say legislators also are. Some did not buy the stocks in question but inherited them. Many hold them in blind trusts, so called because the investments are handled by independent entities, at least theoretically without the politicians’ knowledge of how their assets are being managed. Even so, according to CRP, owning stock in companies under contract with the Pentagon could prove “problematic for members of Congress who sit on committees that oversee defence policy and budgeting.” Members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees held 3.0 million - 5.1 million dollars in companies specialising in weapons and other exclusively military goods and services, it added. Critics have assailed President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney for their ties to companies seen as benefiting from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Bush was characterised as pushing conflict in the interest of the oil fraternity whence he hailed. Before becoming vice president, Cheney headed Halliburton, a major player in the oil services industry and the object of controversies involving political connections, government contracts, and business ethics. Halliburton’s subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root, was given multi-billion-dollar contracts to provide construction, hospitality, and other services to the U.S. military following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The contracts drew fire because of Cheney’s history and then-ongoing financial relationship with the firm, and because the company did not have to compete for the Pentagon’s business. The firm was renamed KBR Inc. after Halliburton spun it off last year. moreResolved Question: What commission structure should I ask for when working as an independent third party medical collections rep?
I have created an opportunity using my contacts in medical equipment/product sales in acute care facilities to pick up a third party collections line. I would like to find out the average % an independent rep. claims from the recovered agency fee. i.e...... $1 million bucket and 10% is recovered by agency at 15% fee which is $15,000. What % of that $15,000 should I ask for? What about when early out is recovered and the rate is lower? I need to find the balanced number. moreResolved Question: What is the best way to get into the Pharm sales field?
Is it really as hard as from what I read on the internet? I am currently in outside sales for an Oilfield service company, but this is NOT the type of sales I enjoy, I am more of a people person than what these customers want. I just don't fit in here. My wife wants to move back to her family in Utah. Are there pretty good opportunities in the Pharm Sales Field? Even Medical equipment sales. I have a BS degree in Industrial Technology. I am also a Magician and Balloon artist on the side. (If I could do that full time and support a family I would) Bottom line is I love people, I love making people feel good and happy, and I really love helping people. I relate better to women than men, I think that is why the oilfield enviro is not working well for me. Just hoping that perhaps some Pharm Reps out there can help point me in a positive direction, or perhaps they can tell me if I would be a good fit for such a position. moreMedical Equipment Reps News
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