Health Care Bill Masks Business Bailout

Yup, that's why you are finally getting national health insurance -- not because the government cares about you.

"I think there's a desperation now on the part of business for government to bail them out when it comes to healthcare costs"

See: Why the Nation Doesn't Need Massachusetts Health Care

And how come the Globe is MINIMIZING their OWN award-winning report?

"Business warms to Democratic leaders; Corporate America partnering on bills" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | May 28, 2009

WASHINGTON - With sharply rising healthcare costs - Starbucks now spends more on healthcare than on coffee beans, and car companies spend more on healthcare than on steel, a Kennedy staff member noted - business leaders are working with Congress on a universal coverage plan, hoping to obtain some relief in the form of cost-containment or government assistance.

"I think there's a desperation now on the part of business for government to bail them out when it comes to healthcare costs," said Drew Altman, president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a healthcare policy group. "They've thrown their ideological opposition to government healthcare out the window because they need help with costs."

Meanwhile, the healthcare industry, sensing that a national bill may be inevitable, is offering its help. In a letter to Obama, heads of such diverse interests as the American Hospital Association, the pharmaceutical lobby PhRMA, and the Service Employees International Union declared their "unprecedented effort" to help remake healthcare.

Even Chip Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals and architect of the "Harry and Louise" TV ads that helped kill the Clinton healthcare plan in the 1990s by raising worries about "government-run" managed care, has been attending the Kennedy negotiating sessions, the Kennedy aide said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media....

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And look who gets an op space today:

Edward M. Kennedy Health bill would fix what's broken

No wonder the pukes are so worried about them shutting down' it;s an agenda-pushing platform for them!

Please see: What Your National Health Plan Will Look Like and related links.

Also see: Why You Are Getting National Health Care

Taxing the American Public's Health

How You Will Pay For Your Medicine

Return of the HMOs

Is OUR PLAN really what you want?

Or would it be something like this?: Slow Saturday Special: Single Payer Op

Other bailouts needed:

Bush Bankrupted Pension Insurance Fund

Brokerage Insurer Broke

VenCap Pissed Away AmeriKan Pensions

Taxpayer Bailouts Never End