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President anti lobby has become part of the Washington insiders, consumers be damned. He whored out to the drug companies for a lousy campaign ad. Remember this when you continue to pay hundreds of dollars for your prescriptions, as President Obama has prevented volume discounts for Medicare and will prevent importation of cheaper drugs. Gee, how is that helping the lower the cost of health care?
Yup, the same plan that BUSH implemented.
Nice change there.
yep. obama is also a corporatist.
more proof that obama is a corporatist (from the 15,000 housing credit legislation):
The most sweeping proposal, advanced by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., would have eliminated all the spending and replaced it with a series of tax cuts. It was defeated 61-36.
Democrats also upheld a so-called Buy American provision that requires projects financed by the measure to be built with DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED iron and steel.
BUT WITH OBAMA VOICING CONCERN ABOUT THE PROVISION, the requirement was changed to specify that U.S. international trade agreements not to be violated.
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WASHINGTON — The drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to spend as much as $150 million
on television commercials supporting President Obama’s health care overhaul, beginning over the
August Congressional recess, people briefed on the plans said Saturday.
There is an old joke that goes like this: 2 bulls are on top of a hill looking down at a herd of heifers. The young bull says to the old bull "hey, let's run down there and screw one of those heifers!". The older and wiser bull says "no, let's walk down there and screw ALL of them".
This is the approach to healthcare. Obama is like the old bull. He knew he could not "run down there" and screw the drug companies, Wal*Mart and the insurance industry all at once. So he chose his battles wisely. He turned what would have been a united enemy into allies against the most evil of the 3- the big insurance companies. We will deal with the other 2 later.
Then again maybe Wal-mart, AARP, AMA and the drug companies have already made their deals with the Democrats. Maybe they will all take us to the cleaners and laugh about the stupid American voters who allowed their health care and paychecks to be hi-jacked by special interest to include the Democratic party.
LOL..well we know they made their deal already with the government.
Anyone know if the health insurance companies are next to visit the WH ?
Such a furvor over this. The Dems have control of Congress and the WH so, to me, it's black and white that "a" bill will get produced and voted on.
LOL, liberals actually think this is a good thing. Now they can slash their research budgets and still charge whatever they like for the same drugs. Think DOD's $600 screwdrivers are a problem? Wait until the Democrats go on the drug industry's payroll the way they did for Fannie and Freddie.
Then again maybe Wal-mart, AARP, AMA and the drug companies have already made their deals with the Democrats. Maybe they will all take us to the cleaners and laugh about the stupid American voters who allowed their health care and paychecks to be hi-jacked by special interest to include the Democratic party.
Yes, big pharma already sealed their deal with Hatch and a few others.
They have a 12 year exclusive use of their drugs deal signed and sealed.
LOL..well we know they made their deal already with the government.
Anyone know if the health insurance companies are next to visit the WH ?
Such a furvor over this. The Dems have control of Congress and the WH so, to me, it's black and white that "a" bill will get produced and voted on.
This is the other reason the Dems just don't pass a health care bill. Not only don't they have balls, they, like the Republicans, are in bed with the insurance, pharmaceutical and medical industries. Rather than represent the people, they are representing their big contributors. There's a reason industry pays big money for lobbyists and political donations -- it works.
The insurance, pharmaceutical and medical industries are controlling the public discourse and the politicians' votes. Whatever bill results will benefit those industries far more than the consumers. If that weren't true, they wouldn't be contributing to getting the legislation passed. They, unlike many American's, don't vote against their own best economic interests.
LOL..well we know they made their deal already with the government.
Anyone know if the health insurance companies are next to visit the WH ?
Such a furvor over this. The Dems have control of Congress and the WH so, to me, it's black and white that "a" bill will get produced and voted on.
So they all made their deal....GREAT...
I must have lost my invitation to come the deal making table, either that or I'm just a working tax paying stiff who is about to get hosed on the deal...
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