Item: Drugmakers pay millions to Idaho physicians: A new report discloses what doctors received for meals, travel, research and other expenses/Audrey Dutton, Idaho Statesman

More Info: They dine out courtesy of drug companies. A Boise psychiatrist ate $607 worth of meals paid for by Pfizer last year. They speak and get paid by drug companies, too. A Sun Valley psychiatrist earned $102,900 in the first half of 2011 to talk about Cephalon drugs. Idaho medical providers have received $2.56 million from the companies in the past three years for speaking, eating during presentations, conducting research, travel and consulting, according to investigative news outlet ProPublica, which has gathered and catalogued the payments in a database.

Question: What do you make of this cozy relationship between drug companies and Idaho doctors?