--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > > The healthcare industry is spending upwards of $1.4 million each day on > average to lobby members of Congress on health care legislation, a report > issued by Common Cause this week reveals. > > Industry spending has nearly doubled since 2000. Healthcare interests > contributed $94 million to Congress members during the 2008 election cycle > alone up from $40 million in 2000. > > Common Cause's report has received almost no treatment in the press with a > single article in Bloomberg News and one in the National Journal. > > The industry is attempting to alter the course of Democrats' plans to provide > universal health coverage for most Americans. > > "The top recipients of health industry campaign contributions from 2000 to > 2008 are new Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln > (D-AK) at $7.3 million and $6.3 million respectively," National Journal > reports. "All of the campaign finance data used in the report came from the > Center for Responsive Politics. > > "The report concludes that members of Congress face a disheartening conflict > of interest: side with their large campaign donors or back reform measures > that have support from the public, like the public plan option which would > create a publicly-funded health insurance entity to compete with private > insurers," the site adds. > > http://snipurl.com/kxmgl [rawstory_com] >
This is a huge problem, as it was in the Clinton years. That is why I've been posting about writing your senators and representatives.
