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Yes, it is fairly obvious that he wasn't innocent based on that quote.

The high-prescribers were people operating out of strip malls, often with unclear credentials, and whose main clientele were opioid addicts. Many of these people (I am choosing not to use the word doctors) ended up in prison...consultants who were advising them, not so much.

There are a large number of people who could do this job, it is reasonable to ask whether the person you want doing this job is someone who, at best, was unaware that these people were breaking the law. And, to be clear, he was Partner of their Healthcare practice whilst this was going on...he wasn't just making Powerpoints.

The revolving door between consultancies and government must continue. No-one is more skilled than running government than lawyers and consultants who have lots of experience in...advising other people how to run things.



> The high-prescribers were people operating out of strip malls, often with unclear credentials, and whose main clientele were opioid addicts.

I think this is an assumption. May be right but for all doctors who “listen to patients needs” to be pill pushers deserving prison time seems a little too inconvenient. At the end of the day he is asked to optimize a business in a consultancy not to play to his moral principles and get replaced on the project for someone who will optimize it for business needs. At least he is potentially seeing all the inputs with these relationships and a side of the healthcare industry a lot of people wouldn’t have any experience with without holding these positions themselves to be able to be in these rooms where these conversations are held.




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