Billy Tauzin, head of PhRMA, scored today when he revealed that he had struck a secret deal with the White House when he negotiated an agreement that the pharmaceutical industry wouldn’t have to give up more than 80 billion dollars in profits. This came about when it was revealed that the House was discussing a [...]
President Barack Obama basically gave away the farm today when he indicated that he was open to giving up the public option for healthcare insurance, saying that he would not “draw a line in the sand” over the issue. Rahm Emanuel was quoted as saying:
Well it has been an interesting week. After word go out that I had been banned by my university from listing their name on my blog, which was covered almost immediately by Inside Higher Education, there were quite a few comments on the internet. There were a number of comments about a double standard where others had used letterhead from the university to promote medications on behalf of drug companies,
The lobby for hospitals, the American Hospital Association (AHA) headed by Richard Umbdenstock, contacted heads of hospitals across the land and urged them to “push back” against President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform. Obama decided that he could come up with part of the one trillion dollars he will need over the next decade to pay for healthcare for all by cutting payments to hospitals by 200 billion dollars.
President Barack Obama has decided to take a more hands on approach to healthcare reform, with plans for speeches, town hall meetings, and direct meetings with legislators, instead of sitting back and waiting for Congress to mess things up. That might be a good thing,
The Medical Gang of Four have been clinging to the table at the healthcare reform talks and trying not to look like party poopers while they deviously plan their next move.
President Barack Obama’s administration is rolling back into universal healthcare land just like Hillary Clinton tried to way back when. We’ll see if he can survive the shark infested waters any better than she did.
