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In case you wondered why the wealthcare bill didn't make it legal for people to buy cheaper drugs from Canada and why it didn't include medical marijuana provisions...
From National Journal 3/17/10:
Under his tenure, PhRMA has spent well over $100 million on ad drives backing health care reform legislation, a strategy that grew out of a deal Tauzin struck with the White House and key Democrats in the Senate that's provoked some criticism from parts of the drug industry. Early this year, Tauzin announced he would be departing PhRMA after five years at its helm and a search is underway for a replacement. Tauzin earned $4.5 million in 2008, according to IRS documents.
PhRMA is the trade association that lobbies for the drug companies.
If you have seen an ad promoting the wealthcare bill, chances are better than 50/50 that they paid for it. We need public financing of campaigns as much as we need single payer.
Amazing huh, that the bills biggest supporters were pharma/health insurers yet when one points this out to the herbalteabaggers they reply with something stupid like "it wasn't perfect but/hold you nose and support it/best we could do/we got our foot in the door/why do you hate Obama so much".
Yeah, and that's only the total $$$ that we KNOW about...