Posted on 01/10/2010 6:21:59 AM PST by BCrago66
With Democrat Martha Coakley in trouble in the Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat, Democrats could lose vote No. 60 for President Obama's health-care bill. In response, an army of lobbyists for drug companies, health insurance companies, and hospitals has teamed up to throw a high-dollar Capitol Hill fundraiser for Coakley next Tuesday night. The invitation is at right (click here for a better view).
Of the 22 names on the host committee--meaning they raised $10,000 or more for Coakley--17 are federally registered lobbyists, 15 of whom have health-care clients. Of the other five hosts, one is married to a lobbyist, one was a lobbyist in Pennsylvania, another is a lawyer at a lobbying firm, and another is a corporate CEO. Oh, and of course, there's also the political action commitee for Boston Scientific Corporation.
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>>Maybe in the very short term... but this POS reform is nothing more than the first step to government-run healthcare, which in the end, will result in their demise.
Don’t bet on that. The Corporatist Fascists and Democrat Communists will find a way for the government to funnel money into the insurance companies under Obamacare.
As usual, the people that work for a living (either by working for a paycheck or by working in their small business) will be left out of whatever “solution” the neo-feudal lords work out.
btt
See also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aymXbEj5wE&feature=player_embedded
Hypocrisy: Martha Coakley Takes Money From Health Insurance Lobbyists
MASSSTATEGOP
January 13, 2010
Martha Coakley says she holds health insurers accountable, then one day later, takes money from the very same health insurance lobbyists at a Washington fundraiser.
They understand the time-value of money stuff. It’s much better to have a windfall now than a long, sustained business plan over time. They’re hoping for a massive surge of money (which this atrocity will give them). The uppers at the companies will earn enough to live 10 generations very wealthy.
It doesn’t really matter to them if they get shut down later. The lower shlubs that work there will get screwed of course, as well as all the tax payers and people forced to pay inflated premiums.
Keep in mind that CEOs of a corporation seldom think beyond their expected retirement date. A solution which gets them lots of money from bonuses and stock options short term, but dooms the company long-term, is OK with most.
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