Health Care Lobbying efforts - “killing a key plank in Obama’s reform platform”
Big surprise here.
Check this out via the Washington Post’s Daily Dose blog.
One week after the nation’s health insurance lobby pledged to President Obama to do what it can to constrain rising health costs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is putting the finishing touches on a public message campaign aimed at killing a key plank in Obama’s reform platform.
As part of what it calls an “informational website,” the company has hired an outside PR company to make a series of videos sounding the alarm about a government-sponsored health insurance option, known as the public plan. Obama has consistently maintained that a government-run plan, absent high-paid executives and the need for profits, could be a more affordable option for Americans who have trouble purchasing private insurance. The industry argues that creating a public insurance program will undermine the marketplace and eventually lead to a single-payer style system.
Can we really trust the Health Care Industry to reform themselves?
So lets review - the Health Care Industry pledges to reform then backtracks on reform now, as represented by this action, are pushing to kill off a public option.
Why are the Health Insurance Companies afraid of a little competition.
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