Yup, that's why you are finally getting national health insurance -- not because the government cares about you.
"I think there's a desperation now on the part of business for government to bail them out when it comes to healthcare costs"
See: Why the Nation Doesn't Need Massachusetts Health Care
And how come the Globe is MINIMIZING their OWN award-winning report?
WASHINGTON - With sharply rising healthcare costs -
"I think there's a desperation now on the part of business for government to bail them out when it comes to healthcare costs," said Drew Altman, president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a healthcare policy group. "They've thrown their ideological opposition to government healthcare out the window because they need help with costs."
Meanwhile, the healthcare industry, sensing that a national bill may be inevitable, is offering its help. In a letter to Obama, heads of such diverse interests as the American Hospital Association, the pharmaceutical lobby PhRMA, and the Service Employees International Union declared their "unprecedented effort" to help remake healthcare.
Even Chip Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals and architect of the "Harry and Louise" TV ads that helped kill the Clinton healthcare plan in the 1990s by raising worries about "government-run" managed care, has been attending the Kennedy negotiating sessions, the Kennedy aide said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media....
--more--"And look who gets an op space today:
Edward M. Kennedy Health bill would fix what's broken
No wonder the pukes are so worried about them shutting down' it;s an agenda-pushing platform for them!
Please see: What Your National Health Plan Will Look Like and related links.
Also see: Why You Are Getting National Health Care
Taxing the American Public's Health
How You Will Pay For Your Medicine
Return of the HMOs
Is OUR PLAN really what you want?
Or would it be something like this?: Slow Saturday Special: Single Payer Op
Other bailouts needed:
Bush Bankrupted Pension Insurance Fund
Brokerage Insurer Broke
VenCap Pissed Away AmeriKan Pensions
Taxpayer Bailouts Never End