Comments on: HILLARY’S STRANGE BEDFELLOWS http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Matt Horn http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/#comment-28823 Matt Horn Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:28:18 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/#comment-28823 There is nothing strange about this. She has been the biggest foe of the US system, but is also known to be a corrupt politician adept at the quid pro quo. With this kind of cash, she will adjust ther tactics and put proposals on the table that are not as draconian as the ones she initially supported. In all honesty, that may have been her plan from the beginning. Scare the industry into buying her off. A protection racket if you will. Just look what she did with the unions and WalMart if you have any doubts. There is nothing strange about this. She has been the biggest foe of the US system, but is also known to be a corrupt politician adept at the quid pro quo. With this kind of cash, she will adjust ther tactics and put proposals on the table that are not as draconian as the ones she initially supported. In all honesty, that may have been her plan from the beginning. Scare the industry into buying her off. A protection racket if you will. Just look what she did with the unions and WalMart if you have any doubts.

]]> By: smartdoc http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/#comment-28562 smartdoc Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:01:54 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/#comment-28562 I would also add that the source of contributions as reported does not represent the true source of these funds. Much if not most funds to Hillary come from "bundled" contributions as exemplified by the Hsu scandal. There are limits to what an insurance company can provide directly, and it is peanuts. However, every "health professional" (whatever that means) working for the company gives individual contrubutions, presented to Hillary as a huge bundled contribution. It is all perfectly legal, as well it should be. Hsu's problems was that he used alleged illegal activities and was a swindler. And I would also add that there is nothing Hillary does that Obama, Edwards, or McCain doesn't also engage in. John Edwards is a master at this with trial lawyer industry contributions. It is just that with Hillary, vast moneys flow into the Clinton Library and other Clinton operations in seeming influence peddling, as exemplified by the recent Kazahkstan business deals brokered by Bill. I would also add that the source of contributions as reported does not represent the true source of these funds. Much if not most funds to Hillary come from “bundled” contributions as exemplified by the Hsu scandal.

There are limits to what an insurance company can provide directly, and it is peanuts. However, every “health professional” (whatever that means) working for the company gives individual contrubutions, presented to Hillary as a huge bundled contribution. It is all perfectly legal, as well it should be.

Hsu’s problems was that he used alleged illegal activities and was a swindler.

And I would also add that there is nothing Hillary does that Obama, Edwards, or McCain doesn’t also engage in. John Edwards is a master at this with trial lawyer industry contributions.

It is just that with Hillary, vast moneys flow into the Clinton Library and other Clinton operations in seeming influence peddling, as exemplified by the recent Kazahkstan business deals brokered by Bill.

]]> By: smartdoc http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/#comment-28552 smartdoc Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:41:58 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/02/06/hillarys-strange-bedfellows/#comment-28552 This is not in anyway a Stockholm Syndrome mainfestation. It is just good business, Clinton style. There are many, many billions of dollars to be made by unscrupulous insurance companies with government monopoly contracts. There's big money also to corrupt politicians (Think Bill Clinton's recent influence peddling for mega-millions in Kazahkstan). This is very, very bad news for physicians and patients, by any measure. This is not in anyway a Stockholm Syndrome mainfestation. It is just good business, Clinton style.

There are many, many billions of dollars to be made by unscrupulous insurance companies with government monopoly contracts. There’s big money also to corrupt politicians (Think Bill Clinton’s recent influence peddling for mega-millions in Kazahkstan).

This is very, very bad news for physicians and patients, by any measure.

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