Unintended Consequences

The senate in my home state of Massachusetts has passed legislation that would ban any payments or gifts made by pharmaceutical and medical device companies to healthcare practitioners, their families, medical facilities, and all staff at those facilities. If enacted into law, this bill would be the most far-reaching and toughest such legislation in the country — and would have serious negative side effects for CME and medical meetings in the state and across the country. Draconian<