Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations

[rdean]

"The industry would love to have a Republican Congress," said Wendell Potter, a former executive at Cigna Corp., one of the country's biggest insurers. "They were very, very successful during the years of Republican domination in Washington."

Insurers in the past have been able to count on the GOP, which often helped shape the market to the industry's specifications.
Republicans expanded Medicare's use of commercial insurance companies to administer benefits, which has been very profitable for insurers. With the help of GOP legislation, insurers also have increasingly shifted costs to consumers through high-deductible plans.

And Republicans have pushed to allow insurance companies to sell their plans across state lines, avoiding state regulations. Party leaders have made that a centerpiece of their 2011 healthcare agenda.

Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations - Los Angeles Times

Denial of Care Profits: $73 million for CIGNA’s retiring CEO

It’s hard for most of us to imagine a lifestyle supported by a $73 million retirement bonus. It’s even harder to imagine a whole nation’s healthcare controlled by those who have benefited so wildly from denying healthcare to those who need it.

Denial of Care Profits: $73 million for CIGNA’s retiring CEO – Healthcare-NOW!

 

[rdean]

What? No Republicans defending health care companies?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

They are playing the odds, just like they did when they poured all that money into the Democrats campaign funds 2 years ago, and during the so called debate about health care. Why do you have a problem with them doing it with Republicans but not Democrats.

 

[JimH52]

Health Care Companie, Wall Street, Big Old, and now Foreigners.

The GOP is getting all the big money, thanks to the Roberts court.

 

[mudwhistle]

Maybe the insurance companies know something Obama won't tell us.

They haven't been in business this long if they don't know what they're doing. They can't operate in the red like Obama wants them to after all.

Wonder which industry is next. Obama has demonized just about every important segment of the economy that's out there. And you wonder why his spending isn't working. It's kind of hard to build confidence in an economy you're aggressively trying to ruin and then conveniently have to take over.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Health Care Companie, Wall Street, Big Old, and now Foreigners.

The GOP is getting all the big money, thanks to the Roberts court.

Yep, before that all the money went to the Democrats.

You are incredibly ignorant about just about everything, aren't you?

 

[Oddball]

Golly...The politicians pass a massive and sweeping bill regulating insurers, and the first people in line to shape/reshape those regulations are the biggest insurers?

Gee...Never saw that one coming!

 

[Revere]

PhRMA gave Obama tens of millions to promote Obamacare, in exchange from omitting them from price controls.

 

[Stephanie]

Health Care Companie, Wall Street, Big Old, and now Foreigners.

The GOP is getting all the big money, thanks to the Roberts court.

fer sure the Democrat party take NO monies from the above mentioned. and lets add a few, UNIONS, ACORN, AND any other shady groups there is.
good gawd.

 

[Stephanie]

Read this crap and weep people. this is the Obama and the Democrat party.

Obama Administration Gave General Electric—Parent Company of NBC--$24.9 Million in ‘Stimulus’ Grants
Monday, October 11, 2010
By Fred Lucas




(CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration gave corporate giant General Electric—the parent company of NBC--$24.9 million in grants from the $787-billion economic “stimulus” law President Barack Obama signed in February 2009, according to records posted by the administration at Recovery.gov.

Despite getting $24.9 million from U.S. taxpayers, GE decreased its U.S.-based employees by 18,000 in 2009, according to the company’s 2009 annual report.

According to Standard & Poor's, GE took in $156 billion in revenue in 2009.

GE was the primary recipient of 14 stimulus grants, a spokeswoman for Recovery.gov confirmed to CNSNews.com. These 14 grants provided GE with $24.9 million in tax dollars. On four additional stimulus grants, the primary recipient of the federal money hired GE as a contractor. Recovery.gov is the administration’s website that tracks stimulus expenditures.

At the end of 2008, GE employed 152,000 U.S. workers, according to its 2009 annual report. But at the end of 2009, according to the report, it employed only 134,000 U.S. workers, a decline of 18,000 workers.

The Energy Department provided GE with 9 stimulus grants, the Department of Health and Human Services provided the company with 3, and the Justice Department and the Commerce Department each gave the company 1 stimulus grant.
All of these federal stimulus grants went to GE’s Global Research Center.

The earliest of the stimulus grants went to GE in July 2009 and the latest in April 2010.

CNSNews.com asked a GE spokesperson if the company contested Recovery.gov’s representation that GE had received 14 stimulus grants worth $24.9 million, and also whether the company now employed more or fewer workers as a result of receiving the grants.

In an e-mail response, GE spokeswoman Anne Eisele said, “I’m afraid I must politely decline to comment.”

read the rest.
Obama Administration Gave General Electric?Parent Company of NBC--$24.9 Million in ?Stimulus? Grants | CNSnews.com

 

[mudwhistle]

Golly...The politicians pass a massive and sweeping bill regulating insurers, and the first people in line to shape/reshape those regulations are the biggest insurers?

Gee...Never saw that one coming!

Hey...Obama was elected to solve problems not cause them.

If his wonderful Obamacare was worth a damn they'd be lining up to support him.

As it is everyone just wants to be excluded from it's Draconian regulations.

 

[rdean]

Health Care Companie, Wall Street, Big Old, and now Foreigners.

The GOP is getting all the big money, thanks to the Roberts court.

fer sure the Democrat party take NO monies from the above mentioned. and lets add a few, UNIONS, ACORN, AND any other shady groups there is.
good gawd.

Unions represent less than 10% of labor in this country. The now defunct ACORN supported and fought for the minimum wage and helped poor people get jobs. Two shady organizations.

Unlike the Republican Party that has sent millions of American jobs to China from 2001 to 2008. Worked to deny unemployment benefits for the resulting unemployed and strives to keep America pure from the those nasty gays, Hispanics and Muslims.

At least the Republicans had the class to Apologize to BP. Yea, they showed us exactly how much class they have.

 

[mudwhistle]

Health Care Companie, Wall Street, Big Old, and now Foreigners.

The GOP is getting all the big money, thanks to the Roberts court.

fer sure the Democrat party take NO monies from the above mentioned. and lets add a few, UNIONS, ACORN, AND any other shady groups there is.
good gawd.

Unions represent less than 10% of labor in this country. The now defunct ACORN supported and fought for the minimum wage and helped poor people get jobs. Two shady organizations.

Unlike the Republican Party that has sent millions of American jobs to China from 2001 to 2008. Worked to deny unemployment benefits for the resulting unemployed and strives to keep America pure from the those nasty gays, Hispanics and Muslims.

At least the Republicans had the class to Apologize to BP. Yea, they showed us exactly how much class they have.

How many jobs is Obama planning to send to China. How many has he already sent to Brazil?

Race-baiting and Marxist tactics isn't gonna win this one for you.

 

[rdean]

fer sure the Democrat party take NO monies from the above mentioned. and lets add a few, UNIONS, ACORN, AND any other shady groups there is.
good gawd.

Unions represent less than 10% of labor in this country. The now defunct ACORN supported and fought for the minimum wage and helped poor people get jobs. Two shady organizations.

Unlike the Republican Party that has sent millions of American jobs to China from 2001 to 2008. Worked to deny unemployment benefits for the resulting unemployed and strives to keep America pure from the those nasty gays, Hispanics and Muslims.

At least the Republicans had the class to Apologize to BP. Yea, they showed us exactly how much class they have.

How many jobs is Obama planning to send to China. How many has he already sent to Brazil?

Race-baiting and Marxist tactics isn't gonna win this one for you.

I believe Obama wants to create jobs here. Unlike Republicans. You know that right? Republicans have no plans to create jobs here. If you don't believe it, please give an example of Republicans creating jobs. But make it a real one. Don't say, "If we let oil companies drill everywhere they want for free, they will give Americans jobs cleaning up oil companies mess".

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

What? No Republicans defending health care companies?

they are more than playing the odds, they are funding their best friends...the highest bidders for what they will give back in payment for election funds

 

[Revere]

You mean you're not entitled to free speech to affect government regulations that affect you?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Unions represent less than 10% of labor in this country. The now defunct ACORN supported and fought for the minimum wage and helped poor people get jobs. Two shady organizations.

Unlike the Republican Party that has sent millions of American jobs to China from 2001 to 2008. Worked to deny unemployment benefits for the resulting unemployed and strives to keep America pure from the those nasty gays, Hispanics and Muslims.

At least the Republicans had the class to Apologize to BP. Yea, they showed us exactly how much class they have.

10%? How is that possible with most of the jobs being government jobs?

Government employees now outnumber private sector employees in unions | jacksonville.com

Never mind, I just realized you said labor, and we all know government employees never labor.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I believe Obama wants to create jobs here. Unlike Republicans. You know that right? Republicans have no plans to create jobs here. If you don't believe it, please give an example of Republicans creating jobs. But make it a real one. Don't say, "If we let oil companies drill everywhere they want for free, they will give Americans jobs cleaning up oil companies mess".

Isn't that cute?

I bet you believed that Obama was going to abolish DADT, close Guantanamo, and promote civil rights too.

 

[Oddball]

What? No Republicans defending health care companies?

They're too busy wiping the tears of hysterical laughter from their eyes, from reading your idiotic posts.

 

[Revere]

Is Obama going to give you better health care than you have now?