"Then you have a big group who are more businessmen than medical professionals — doctors who look at those ... markets water ionizing and antioxidant equipment. "(But) when someone's doing ...

After a trip to the doctor earlier this year ... ‘Is this covered by Medicare as DME (durable medical equipment)?’ And she said, ‘I wouldn’t let you have it if it weren’t.’” ...

Every year, pharma and medical device companies spend billions paying doctors in speaker fees ... that allows them to opt out of using equipment developed by Thompson's company in their surgery.