"Nationwide, pharmaceutical manufacturers routinely pay medical professionals..State-employed doctors and researchers are generally no exception, though they are supposed to comply with their individual institutions' conflict-of-interest policies."
"Beginning in March, federal law will require drug and device companies to report and disclose all of their payments to medical professionals and researchers; by September, the data is supposed to be displayed in a searchable online government database."
I think he's intentionally seeing how far he can take his readers before they call BS. That article is possibly his greatest work in the genre, thanks for posting it.
I would be hesitant to depend on Steve's conclusions, this is a man who believes number 11 rules his life: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/02/1111/