Knock Knock. Who's There? Liberal Bloggers on Health Care.

  • by: |
  • 04/13/2007
Liberal bloggers on health care who?

The wonderful proliferation of blogs devoted to health care in general and pharmaceuticals in particular begs the question -- who's doing it?

Just came across a good study by the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (a part of the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management).

Many interesting factoids on the issue of political blogs and their readership. Not a lot on health care specifically, but some data did pop out:

* Daily political blog readers are disproportionately "Strong Democrat" and "Strong Liberal."

* Of Democrats who read political blogs daily, 72% agree "strongly" that "Government should provide health insurance for the uninsured." For Democrats who are not daily political blog readers, that number is 53%.

* Same question for Republicans returns a 5% "strongly agree" for political blog readers and 6% for all others.

Perhaps one take-away is that the growing number of health care blogs represent the Democrat "ownership" of the blogosphere. Indeed the study opines that "Some observers have pointed out that conservatives appear to dominate in talk radio while liberals have a greater presence in political blogs."

Ergo, the more blogs on health care and health care related issues (such as the FDA, MMA, Evidence-Based Medicine, etc.) the more disproportionate the liberal (read "anti-Pharma") voice.

Here's a link to the complete report:

http://www.ipdi.org/UploadedFiles/The%20Audience%20for%20Political%20Blogs.pdf

And certainly grist for the mill for those in Big Pharma who don't think they should enter the fray.

As far as I'm concerned -- the more the better.
CMPI

Center for Medicine in the Public Interest is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization promoting innovative solutions that advance medical progress, reduce health disparities, extend life and make health care more affordable, preventive and patient-centered. CMPI also provides the public, policymakers and the media a reliable source of independent scientific analysis on issues ranging from personalized medicine, food and drug safety, health care reform and comparative effectiveness.

Blog Roll

Alliance for Patient Access Alternative Health Practice
AHRP
Better Health
BigGovHealth
Biotech Blog
BrandweekNRX
CA Medicine man
Cafe Pharma
Campaign for Modern Medicines
Carlat Psychiatry Blog
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
Conservative's Forum
Club For Growth
CNEhealth.org
Diabetes Mine
Disruptive Women
Doctors For Patient Care
Dr. Gov
Drug Channels
DTC Perspectives
eDrugSearch
Envisioning 2.0
EyeOnFDA
FDA Law Blog
Fierce Pharma
fightingdiseases.org
Fresh Air Fund
Furious Seasons
Gooznews
Gel Health News
Hands Off My Health
Health Business Blog
Health Care BS
Health Care for All
Healthy Skepticism
Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma
Hugh Hewitt
IgniteBlog
In the Pipeline
In Vivo
Instapundit
Internet Drug News
Jaz'd Healthcare
Jaz'd Pharmaceutical Industry
Jim Edwards' NRx
Kaus Files
KevinMD
Laffer Health Care Report
Little Green Footballs
Med Buzz
Media Research Center
Medrants
More than Medicine
National Review
Neuroethics & Law
Newsbusters
Nurses For Reform
Nurses For Reform Blog
Opinion Journal
Orange Book
PAL
Peter Rost
Pharm Aid
Pharma Blog Review
Pharma Blogsphere
Pharma Marketing Blog
Pharmablogger
Pharmacology Corner
Pharmagossip
Pharmamotion
Pharmalot
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Piper Report
Polipundit
Powerline
Prescription for a Cure
Public Plan Facts
Quackwatch
Real Clear Politics
Remedyhealthcare
Shark Report
Shearlings Got Plowed
StateHouseCall.org
Taking Back America
Terra Sigillata
The Cycle
The Catalyst
The Lonely Conservative
TortsProf
Town Hall
Washington Monthly
World of DTC Marketing
WSJ Health Blog