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someone has to stop the LIES!
and then there's the politics of it because they said they want it to be obama's "waterloo".
No one denies that Blue Dogs are on the take from the insurance industry, just as republicans are.The New York Times reports that there are three Democratic senators who are viewed as holdouts on a procedural vote to go forward with debate on the final Senate health care reform bill. The senators are most conservative members of the Democratic caucus and represent states that largely voted for Republicans in both the 2004 and 2008 presidential races. They also are all top recipients of campaign contributions from the health insurance industry and have former staffers working for the industry.
From 2005 to 2009, Sen. Blanche Lincoln has received $139,149 from the health insurers and HMOs. The majority of that money comes from Blue Cross Blue Shield, the health insurance provider that holds a 75 percent market share in the senator’s home state of Arkansas. Blue Cross Blue Shield has contributed over $80,ooo to Sen. Lincoln since the 2006 election cycle.
Elizabeth Barnett, Sen. Lincoln’s former health advisor, left the senator’s office in 2007 to work as Blue Cross Blue Shield’s top Democratic lobbyist. Earlier this year, Barnett left Blue Cross to work for Avenue Solutions, where she retains Blue Cross Blue Shield as a client. Avenue Solutions’ profile of Barnett notes that she “had primary responsibility for representing [Blue Cross Blue Shield] and its 39 member plans before the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democratic Leadership, and other key Senate committees and offices.” Barnett also represents the two other major health insurers UnitedHealth Group and Aetna.
Yes, and Krauthammer said today that trial lawyers own the demoncwats.. gee do ya think the Insurance companies love trial lawyers???
why would they like trial lawyers. people like us couldn't afford to sue them without trial lawyers. that's why they keep asking for bogus 'tort reform'
raflmao
GOP is bought and paid for
Their position on healthcare was written by the insurance industry. Why else such a desperate fight against optional Govt coverage?
which demoncwat was it said "we don't want tort reform cause it would upset the trial lawyers." Oh! yes,, that would be nasty old Howard Dean. Trial lawyers, and the unions own your soul.
GOP is bought and paid for
Their position on healthcare was written by the insurance industry. Why else such a desperate fight against optional Govt coverage?
GOP is bought and paid for
Their position on healthcare was written by the insurance industry. Why else such a desperate fight against optional Govt coverage?
The biggest beneficiaries in the Senate included John McCain (R-Ariz.), with $546,000; Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), with $425,000; and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), with $413,000, who as head of the Finance Committee will play a leading role in the debate over health-care reform.
In the House, the two groups gave $257,000 to Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and $249,000 to Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.). On the Democratic side, Rep. Earl Pomeroy (N.D.) received contributions from the insurance sector ($104,000), while Rep. John D. Dingell (Mich.) took in $180,000 from drug companies.
Health Sector Has Donated Millions to Lawmakers - washingtonpost.com
Yes, dems....Please keep this stuff up.
since both parties are in the pockets of dozens of industries.....what the hell is the debate all about?.....both parties can give a rats ass about you or me.....all they care about is keeping all of us off balance.....like what this thread is doing....the Democrats have no business accusing the Republicans of being owned by anyone since they are owned by quite a few industries themselves....
since both parties are in the pockets of dozens of industries.....what the hell is the debate all about?.....both parties can give a rats ass about you or me.....all they care about is keeping all of us off balance.....like what this thread is doing....the Democrats have no business accusing the Republicans of being owned by anyone since they are owned by quite a few industries themselves....
You already know what I think about that particular issue.since both parties are in the pockets of dozens of industries.....what the hell is the debate all about?.....both parties can give a rats ass about you or me.....all they care about is keeping all of us off balance.....like what this thread is doing....the Democrats have no business accusing the Republicans of being owned by anyone since they are owned by quite a few industries themselves....
and how do you think that's going to go now that corporations have been given carte blanche to sink money into political candidates?
...even Democrats are evenly split about going back to the drawing board. Overall, 48 percent want to start over and another 25 percent just want to stop. Whats most remarkable about those numbers is how unremarkable they are, really. Geraghty notes that net approval for O-Care is -10 to -15 points in nine different polls conducted recently, and a CNN poll taken in November showed fully 72 percent of the public at the time wanting to either stop work, start over, or make major changes to the bills then circulating in Congress.
You already know what I think about that particular issue.
and how do you think that's going to go now that corporations have been given carte blanche to sink money into political candidates?
