The good doctor was frustrated.Why can't Dr. Cull get private financing if his idea is so good?
Dr. David Cull, a prominent vascular surgeon in Greenville, S.C., had invented a small valve system that could spare 300,000 dialysis patients across the country enormous suffering — and save American taxpayers billions of dollars in Medicare costs.
Yet, Cull's hometown senator, Jim DeMint, refused to write a letter supporting the surgeon's application for a federal grant under the landmark health care bill that President Barack Obama signed into law a year ago this week.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
A year later, still no cure for politics in health care
McClatchy reports:
