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Pluto
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:15 pm Post subject: HMO&PhRMA Lobbyists Involved in MA's Close Special Elect |
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...Pulling for Martha Coakly, the Democrat, to win.
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.
Highlighted in blue so you can understand just whose side the health care lobbyists are on.
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Wait. So the health care industry wants the health bill to pass???
Actually, it is not surprising at all, is it. AS I have said all along, this is now that industry's turn for a bailout with all the guaranteed new customers the bill will create. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:20 am Post subject: Re: HMO&PhRMA Lobbyists Involved in MA's Close Special E |
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| Pluto wrote: |
...Pulling for Martha Coakly, the Democrat, to win.
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.
Highlighted in blue so you can understand just whose side the health care lobbyists are on.
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Gotta get rid of corporate personhood. |
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