I sometimes say I am apolitical for expedience, but it's more accurate to say I am an Independent, or that I am Libertarian. What Libertarian means to me is one who advocates fiscal responsibility in government, and is socially progressive. In other words about half-way between Democrat and Republican. If there were ever going to be a third party in the US, Libertarian would be a good choice right about now, as it could possibly go some distance toward healing the bitter rancor currently existing between the two parties, which I believe is a clear sign that Empire USA is on increasingly shaky ground.
I have never seen reference to Bhattacharya's political party choice, but it's interesting to me that he has doctorates in two disciplines, medicine and economics. That he blends the two is very unusual: to stop and consider the inferences, he is driven to create the fairest health care system possible, for every strata of society.
And we need that badly, US health care has become so profit oriented that a strong argument can be made that the medical research overseen and conducted by the US health care institutions is somewhere on the spectrum between profit oriented, strongly biased, and fraudulent.
In the two articles linked below it becomes obvious Jay Bhattacharya isn't profit oriented even a little, and a blend of brilliance, expertise, humility, and compassion.
Let's have more of that in health care please.
Enjoy.
Why I Believe Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Will Make A Phenomenal NIH Director: A Student’s Perspective
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