We are all being Gas Lighted by the industries, that are profiting from our bad health. Instead we got the badly undermined and eviscerated ACA. The PHS would have recommended years ago, a Universal Health Plan, to protect all Americans. These industries had to undermine our public health institutions, after all it has been profitable. Instead the only tracking done anymore is to improve industry profits. The great majority of Americans believe, that the government is tracking their every move, and that public health issues would be identified. Like every other beneficial government program, they have been deliberately decapitated, under funded and have had any authority undermined. In fact we have seen an industry response of monetizing every aspect of this. We are seeing epidemics of diabetes, drug addictions, and suicides, yet there has been no public health response. The health industry views any agency like this as a direct threat. We promote, protect and defend the health and safety of the nation with integrity each and every day.Īll of our institutions are under attack and have been for decades. Personally, I wouldn’t trade my role for any other public or private sector job. Those who feel we are not an effective use of taxpayer dollars likely haven’t served as a PHS Officer or had a bad experience (it can happen with a poor supervisor). In our agencies, we regularly take on additional duties and do so with pride. For the PHS to be most effective, there needs to be restructuring which allows Officers real deployment “orders” that can’t be vetoed by a first or second-line supervisor, just as Reservists in military branches are allowed to deploy in the event of an emergency. The main problem is not the Officers, but the agencies and supervisors within the agencies, which can deny an Officer the opportunity to deploy because of short staffing, or just because it is inconvenient. My fellow Officers and I have responded to mass shootings, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, disease outbreaks and many other disasters, working around the clock to meet the mission and serve vulnerable populations. I am a current PHS Officer, proudly serving a critical role in my agency and leading a deployment team. The PHS Commissioned Corps has no resources, money, equipment or supplies, no vehicles…cars, trucks, planes, helicopters, boats, or ships (historically, we’ve had all of those), no bases (not even a donated closed base), no warehouses, no training funds, no hospitals (historically, we’ve had hospitals, quarantine stations, and immigration ports like Ellis Island)…we literally have nothing. How cringe-worthy is that? We would promote some officers to 0-6 (full Colonel rank) at 8-10 years of service…cringe away, that happened on the regular.
Promotions to Admiral (0-7/0-8 rank) of political friends of whomever was in the WH or a chamber of Congress…some who were long-term USPHS Corps officers, others were literally civilians the day before pinning on one or two stars…the only officer with three stars is the Surgeon General, who is traditionally a civilian the day before, and the only officer with four stars is the Assistant Secretary for Health who is ALWAYS a civilian the day before. I eye-witnessed countless cringe-worthy instances that provided grand opportunity for pause.
My time in the USPHS was divided in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (prison hospital) for five years and the Rockville/D.C. I am a previous active-duty USPHS Officer (senior officer), with eight years of active-duty service in the regular Air Force biomedical service corps.
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