Bill Moyer, as usual with his wisdom takes a few minutes out to enlighten us about the Blue Cross connection with Max Baucus. It appears 2 top advisors have both been at WellPoint and function either now or in the past as his right arms. No wonder healthcare reform is so difficult to get through the committee. No wonder the Colbert Report suggested we send our healthcare bills to Max Baucus, he has the experts on healthcare claims close at hand. BD
The Baucus Bill Becoming a Circus – Still Looking for Magic
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In most polls, the majority of Americans favor a non-profit alternative -- like Medicare -- that would give the private health industry some competition. So if so many of us, including President Obama himself, want that public option, how come we're not getting one?
If you’ve been watching the Senate Finance Committee’s markup sessions, maybe you’ve noticed a woman sitting behind Committee Chairman Max Baucus. Her name is Liz Fowler.
Fowler used to work for WellPoint, the largest health insurer in the country. She was its vice president of public policy. Baucus’ office failed to mention this in the press release announcing her appointment as senior counsel in February 2008, even though it went on at length about her expertise in “health care policy.”
A veteran of the revolving door, Fowler had a previous stint working for Senator Baucus – before her time at WellPoint. But wait, there’s more. The person who was Baucus top health advisor before he brought back Liz Fowler? Her name is Michelle Easton. And why did she leave the staff of the committee? To go to work – surprise – at a firm representing the same company for which Liz Fowler worked – WellPoint. As a lobbyist.
Today, none dare call it treason. So why not call it what it is – a friendly takeover of government, a leveraged buyout of democracy.
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