Senators Who Signed Letter Opposing Public Health Plan Took $17.7 Million in Campaign Donations from Health Care and Insurance Industries
Posted on: Monday, 8 June 2009, 16:06 CDT
Public Campaign Action Fund analysis finds that nine Republican Senators took nearly
The Senators have collectively taken
"Americans want a government that is responsive to our needs, not a Congress that listens to its donors from the insurance and health care industry," commented
All nine Senators sit on the Senate Finance Committee, which is actively engaged in debating health care reform. The nine signers include Senators
Public Campaign Action Fund is a national nonprofit dedicated to comprehensive public financing of elections, and to holding anti-reform politicians accountable for the favors they give to their wealthy donors.
SOURCE Public Campaign Action Fund
Source: PR Newswire
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Posted by Michael L. Wagner on 06/08/2009, 21:48 In fact, there will be no debate here--we’re getting Massachusetts’-type Mandatory Health Insurance rammed down our throats!!! No Problema??? Read: + Canadian Health Insurance: Lessons for the United States / Government Accountability Office (GAO): --“If the universal coverage and single-payer features of the Canadian system were applied in the United States, the savings in administrative cost alone would be more than enough to finance insurance coverage for the millions of Americans who are currently uninsured.” + The Truth About Drug Companies / Mother Jones: --The top ten drug companies reap more profits than the rest of the Fortune 500 COMBINED!!! + The neutron bomb of health insurance / CNN Money: --“Imagine being insured...and then not being insured. Such situations are on the rise.” “Called \"rescissions,\" … they don\'t occur in employer-sponsored group plans … the practice appears to be growing.” |
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