Healthcare Lobbying – big business
THIS IS JUST SICK…..yet no one says a word, no one acts, another day goes by in America….what the hell is going on with Americans? Are we THAT beaten down now? Seems so….
“The health care sector has spent $263 million this year lobbying Congress for changes to reform plans, a government watchdog group estimates.
“This is one of the biggest lobbying pushes that we’ve seen on a single issue in U.S. history,” said Dave Levinthal, communications director for the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
There are more than 3,000 people registered to lobby about health care, almost six lobbyists for every member of Congress.
Many of the lobbyists are former members of Congress and staffers from both sides of the aisle.
“It’s like a sports team. If you want to put together a good team, then you’re going to have to hire some pretty big-dollar players,” Levinthal said.”
Source: CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/24/health.care.lobbying/index.html
