#News: #ObamaCare has received the public scorn that it deserves. Big Pharma colluded with the White House

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

#ObamaCare has received the public scorn that it deserves. Big Pharma colluded with the White House

Tommy Speigner

9:20 AM - Public

No surprise here, but it's crazy to me to hear about how everything about Obamacare is terrible and forced. But when it comes down to it, the companies that fought and were forced into this thing are now just a bit more humane and are going to stay that way. Only based on money...

Major Insurers Plan To Keep Portions Of Obamacare, No Matter What »

-- Some of the nation's biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive Supreme Court scrutiny later this month....

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Bob Hicks

7:30 AM -

+1'd on online.wsj.com

- Public

"ObamaCare's Secret History - How Pfizer CEO and Big Pharma colluded with White House at the public's expense:"

ObamaCare's Secret History »

The Wall Street Journal reports how a Pfizer CEO and Big Pharma colluded with the White House at the public's expense.

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Samuel Sprague7:59 AM

The Public Sector Unions (mine included) demanded an exemption from Medicare Part O before agreeing to support it. I'm exempt, so are millions more in the political and organized labor classes. Only the proletariat will have to labor under this yoke. This is really not much different than the old Soviet system where the political class had their own lanes on the highways so they wouldn't have to mingle with the Hoi Polloi

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Pradheep Shanker

8:24 AM - Public

"The truth is that this destructive legislation wasn't inevitable and far better reforms were possible. They still are, though they might have gained more traction in 2009 and 2010 with the right support. The miracle is that, despite this collusion of big government and big business, ObamaCare has received the public scorn that it deserves."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303830204577446470015843822.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

ObamaCare's Secret History »

The Wall Street Journal reports how a Pfizer CEO and Big Pharma colluded with the White House at the public's expense.

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Wilson Hines8:47 AM

I had a European History professor that I asked this question: "How did Hitler get the Germans, most of whom were just regular people like us, to do the things they did." She spent a lot of time in Germany and Europe, Her response was telling, "They're Germans and they do as they're told." I then asked, "What about the millions of immigrants from Germany who left for the New World from the 1600's forward?" Her response was more telling, "They were from the South of Germany and they left because they were tired of being told what to do."
In my studies, I have found her comments very spot on.

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Wilson Hines8:50 AM

My point with that is this: is our gobberment trying to change the culture in America whereas we just "do as we're told?"

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Waiting for 'Obamacare'

Washington Post (blog) - 9:43 AM

As I write this, I'm battling Day 8 of a summer cold. “Go to the doctor,” one friend told me. If only it were that simple. Instead, I'm waiting for 'Obamacare.' Diana Reese is a writer in Kansas City. Follow her on Twitter at @DianaReese. By Diana Reese | 09:41 AM ET, 06/12/2012.