"The public needs to see that reform will make it a winner."
And they wonder why they are losing $1.6 million dollars a week and why faithful readers like me are so unenamored with them.
Take a GOOD, LONG, EXCRUCIATING LOOK, American:
The Healthy and Hearty Voice of the Healthcare Lobbyists
You ain't gonna be winning anything except a LARGER TAX BILL!
"the overhaul legislation could guarantee a steady stream of customers subsidized by taxpayers.... Insurers now play major roles as middlemen.... the groups are focused on how to come out ahead in the end game"
That is such a creepy and ominous term.
But, of course, this is ALL ABOUT YOU and YOUR GOOD HEALTH because Obama and the front men for the agenda-pushing globalist s***ters say it is, 'murkn?
How much longer are you going to accept such lies?
"Healthcare drive fanned by lobbyists; As debate rages, industry groups see opportunity" by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press | July 26, 2009
WASHINGTON - A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Obama, is keeping the drive for healthcare going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds: lobbyists.
TRY MORE POWERFUL than that slave, kay?
That how you gonna start the piece off?
The drug industry, the American Medical Association, hospital groups and the insurance lobby are all saying Congress must make major changes this year.
Which is why I WANT NOTHING!! NO BILL, NO NOTHING!!!
IN fact, DON'T GO BACK in September, either!
Television ads paid for by drug companies and insurers continued to emphasize the benefits of a healthcare overhaul - not the groups’ objections to some of the proposals.
“My gut is telling me that something major can pass because all the people who could kill it are still at the table,’’ said Ken Thorpe, chairman of health policy at Emory University in Atlanta. “Everybody has issues with bits and pieces of it, but all these groups want to get something done this year.’’
The healthcare industry groups see a strategic opportunity.
Related:
Rice: 9/11 an “enormous opportunity”
Rumsfeld: "Why Not another 911"We don't need those kinds of opportunities!
As lawmakers squabble, the groups are focused on how to come out ahead in the end game....
It’s all got to do with shifts in the economy. Even before the recession hit, employer-sponsored health coverage had been steadily shrinking, and many people couldn’t afford the premiums for individual policies. Meanwhile, government programs have been expanding - and they’ve gotten increasingly friendly to private insurance companies. Insurers now play major roles as middlemen in Medicare, Medicaid, and the children’s insurance program.
Translation: Business has been dumping their employees on to government rolls -- with insurance companies claiming their cut.
Do I have to link SicKo again?
Of course, the slavish tone of the slave MSM is it's ALL FOR YOU, huh, 'murkn?
So is that bowl of s*** they served you today.
And if the government requires everybody to get coverage - just what the overhaul legislation calls for - it could guarantee a steady stream of customers subsidized by taxpayers not only for insurers, but for all medical providers.
The industry groups have invested heavily to make sure their views get taken into account. The healthcare sector gave $167 million in campaign contributions to congressional candidates in the 2008 election cycle, according to the watchdog group OpenSecrets.org. Healthcare companies poured $484 million into lobbying efforts in 2008, and are on pace to exceed that this year.
The political infighting on Capitol Hill has strengthened the hand of the healthcare groups, since liberals have been thwarted so far in their attempts to win speedy passage of the legislation through the House and Senate.
Good! We don't need any more looting legislation or being jammed up our asses.
Oh, wait, I am gonna need that reform bill after all, huh?
One of the liberals’ main objectives is to include a strong government-sponsored insurance plan in the legislation, to compete against private insurance. Stopping or weakening the government plan is a top priority for the insurance industry. Other healthcare interest groups are also leery because the public plan could put a dent in their budgets....
Oh, THEY are WORRIED about THEIR BUDGETS, huh?
All eyes are now on Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, who has never been friendly to the idea of a government-sponsored insurance plan....
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No relief in sight, either:
"URI creates pharmacy sciences major" by Kelsey Abbruzzese, Associated Press | July 26, 2009
PROVIDENCE - Professors from URI say they’ve found a solution for the growing number of students like Chase who want to study the research, development, manufacturing, and sales of medications but don’t want to be a retail pharmacist.
Starting this fall, the school will introduce a pharmaceutical sciences major, a four-year degree program that focuses on the science of drug development, manufacturing, and delivery.
That's almost as bad as the gay degree.
No wonder our kids are stoo-pid and having their asses kicked by the rest of the world. Still m'kay for cannon fodder, though.
Of course, don't smoke a joint, kiddo.
Clinton Chichester, chairman of the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences department, said the new major positions Rhode Island students for jobs in the expanding biotechnology and life sciences industry.
Sigh!
I'm sick of the mixed messages and lies: Slow Saturday Special: VenCap Cash Out
Also see: The Healthy and Hearty Voice of the Healthcare Lobbyists
The university recently completed a $59 million biotechnology center at its South Kingstown campus. The former life sciences dean envisions it as a springboard for professors to develop new drugs and technologies. Biotech companies that have offices in Rhode Island include
Man, they are everywhere giving to everybody.
Biotech jobs in Rhode Island fall under the state Economic Development Corporation’s healthcare and life sciences sector, which officials say has more than 38,500 jobs for 1,400 businesses. Jobs are at a premium in Rhode Island, where unemployment stands at 12.4 percent, the second-highest in the country.
Take it from someone who knows: those looters ain't looking out for you and they ain't gonna save you.
“I believe we can be a big part of stimulating the Rhode Island economy in this area of healthcare,’’ said Ron Jordan, dean of the College of Pharmacy. “It really will be a key part of Rhode Island’s recovery.’’
Mike Saul, executive director of the Economic Development Corporation, said the biotech center will attract high-caliber students....
Or terrorists, but not the rest of you snot-sniveling lobs, 'murkn kids.
That's what armies are for.
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