Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBERN NOTICE: Biden's Super PAC Is Led By Health Care Lobbyists
On Wednesday, Joe Biden attacked Bernie for supporting Medicare for All. That same day, we learned that the super PAC bankrolling Bidens campaign is led by health care industry lobbyists.
Coincidence? You be the judge.
The Intercept and Sludge report that the super PACs treasurer is a former Biden aide who is now the CEO of a lobbying firm that has represented health care systems, medical device companies and the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. The lobbying firm notes on its website that our past and current clients include hospital systems, insurers, medical device companies and advocacy organizations. The super PACs board also includes a lobbyist for the hospital industry.
On the same day that the super PAC launched pro-Biden ads, Bidens campaign lashed out at Bernie for supporting a Medicare for All system that would reduce the profits of the super PAC leaders health care industry clients. Amid weak grassroots fundraising, Bidens campaign abruptly reversed its opposition to super PACs, effectively green lighting the new super PAC, which can rake in unlimited corporate and billionaire donations.
In response to the attacks, Bernie 2020 campaign manager Faiz Shakir said this:
"When we eliminate premiums, co-payments, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses, the overwhelming majority of people will pay less for better health care.
"Will Joe Biden tell the American people how many more of them hes willing to allow to go bankrupt? How many more people would die because they dont get to a doctor in time? We need to have the guts to stand up to corporate greed. Thats what this election is about."
At this point, Bidens allegiance to health insurers and drug companies is not exactly a surprise.
Biden launched his presidential campaign with a fundraiser hosted by the CEO of a private health insurance company. The American Prospect has also noted that Steve Ricchetti, referred to as Biden's campaign chairman in a published report last month, was a longtime lobbyist for health care and other corporate clients.
As Vox put it: The health care industry is betting on Joe Biden in its war against Medicare-for-all.
Bern after reading,
https://bernie.substack.com/p/bern-notice-bidens-super-pac-is-led
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Medicare for All would end the insurance companies control over the system, and hurt the huge profits that they make by denying healthcare to their clients.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,425 posts)Thanks for the thread brooklynite.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,425 posts)for two hundred thousand dollars a pop?
(snip)
Since leaving the White House, Biden has reaped millions.
CNBC reported in June 2019 that Biden and his wife, Jill, made more than $15 million combined in 2017 and 2018. And the same month, the Washington Post reported that Biden has made millions of dollars largely from book deals and speaking fees for as much as $200,000 per speech.
The Center for Responsive Politics estimates Bidens net worth, as of July 2019, at between $2.14 million and $7.92 million.
(snip)
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/oct/30/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-hes-among-poorest-g/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(297,696 posts)during the General Election? Please.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Fear monger much? Biden has said all along that he supports ACA with changes and improvements, not M4A.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)on Biden before he even announced. Frankly my dear I dont give a damn about what Bernie says
as I cant trust his people.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,638 posts)people about taxes under Medicare for All on Wednesday. As if this has never come up before. That's it?
Come on, needs moar fear and paranoia about how everybody is going to die because of the ACA. Make hospitals scary. Hospitals will stop at nothing to defeat Bernie. How many times have we heard that someone is taken to the hospital and then pronounced dead? A lot. Coincidence? You be the judge.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Fiendish Thingy
(15,657 posts)What's a few million uninsured folks going bankrupt, when there's billions in profits to made?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Demsrule86
(68,691 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
OldRed2450
(710 posts)She was cheated. The evidence is there
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
WobblyDem
(16 posts)Medicare For All has:
85% support among Democrats
52% support among Republicans
We could nominate a wheel of cheese and still have a strong campaign if we ran with M4All. Very happy it's our policy and not the Republicans, we'd get thrashed.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Demsrule86
(68,691 posts)gets the money to beat Trump the monster...he won't owe anyone anything and they know it...obviously with millions of jobs lost the insurance companies don't want someone advocating such a plan as MFA...did you think they would? The purity patrol can go away...and by the way I despise the intercept for good reason.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
myohmy2
(3,177 posts)...explains a lot...
"At the same time we are learning that Joe Biden has a Super PAC to bankroll his campaign with unlimited donations from corporations and billionaires, he is once again peddling dishonest insurance company talking points about Medicare for All. Bidens proposal preserves the corporate greed and corruption that rots our health care system, and his plan leaves millions of Americans uninsured."
...paying attention?
...we can do it...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden