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White House & Big Pharma: What's the Deal? (Must watch video at site.)
CBSNews.com ^ | 08/10/2009 | Sharyl Attkinson

Posted on 08/10/2009 7:18:08 PM PDT by devane617

While much of the health care debate has been carried out publicly, some very private negotiations have gone on too - between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry. So private, neither side will release all the details, yet they potentially involve millions of Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

Sources say negotiations involving the White House and the pharmaceutical industry shifted to fast-forward in mid-June. President Obama had just taken a serious hit on the escalating cost of his health care plan and needed a shot in the arm. Days later, he got it with the full backing of the pharmaceutical industry and its promise to save Americans $80 billion in health care costs.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamacare
This is a shocking (my assessment) story that aired tonight on CBS Evening News. Obama and Pharma making deals in the dark, and CBS did a great story on it. You MUST watch to video. MAYBE THERE IS HOPE!
1 posted on 08/10/2009 7:18:09 PM PDT by devane617
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To: devane617

What doesn’t give me hope is the amount of money Obama is throwing at this. A few hundred mil from AARP, Soros, pharmaceuticals, etc. This is how he won the election, bought it. A lot of people tend to believe what they see in an ad.

How can we fight this kind of cash?


2 posted on 08/10/2009 7:51:19 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: Kenny

WITH PEOPLE!!

All of the polls show that the American people do not want government run healthcare. If Obama and the dems ram it through anyway..they are finished. Obama is a one term president(if he doesn’t get impeached before then) and the dems are toast in the house and senate in 2010. They are probably finished anyway because they are wrecking the country in short order.

KEEP GOING TO THESE TOWNHALLS FOLKS!! DO NOT BACK DOWN OR LET UP!!


3 posted on 08/10/2009 8:33:39 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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