Look Who's Really Writing the Healthcare Bill -- It's Big Pharma & The Insurance Lobby

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Original sender's name: Kelly Wakefield Original sender's address: ottokelly > --- On Sat, 10/24/09, Jay Mock < jaymock wrote: > > There are those who think they can win by playing the> > con game of > > legislating against the health care industry. > > It's a rigged game. > > Jay> > > > Look Who's Really Writing the> > Healthcare Bill -- It's Big Pharma > > & The Insurance Lobby> > http://dailybail.com/home/look-whos-really-writing-the-healthcare-bill-its-big-pharma.html> > > > > > CNN Video: Health Care Reform Legislation, The Super> > Bowl Of Lobbying> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2vBrwTSVFM> > Video: PBS Bill Moyers Essay, The Health Care Lobby> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2B7TvqK4Ao> > Who is actually writing the healthcare reform> > bill? Lobbyists for Big > > Pharma and the insurance industry, of course. What> > could possibly go wrong? The last> > time we saw > > massive healthcare legislation on Capitol Hill, it was for> > Medicare Part D, the > > prescription drug benefit. As a result of this> > legislation, Medicare is > > unable to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical> > companies. David > > Walker called> > > > it the single most fiscally irresponsible bill in> > the last > > 50 years of Congress. And Walker is not prone to > > hyperbole. > > >