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Subject 'SECRET DEAL' DISCOVERED BETWEEN OBAMA AND DRUG COMPANY LOBBYISTS

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[quote:Anonymous Coward 12917304:MV8xODcwNjgyXzMxMjA1OTU0X0M4NUEwOTZG]
Well, the fact that there were deals was obvious.  You can't shepherd a large overhaul or legislative package through without getting important stakeholders on board.  Especially now, since corporate American pretty much pulls all the strings in Congress and packs federal regulatory agencies with their insiders.

It's pretty obvious that the two biggest stakeholders in Obamacare were:

[b]Pharmaceutical companies[/b] (drug coverage is upped, also certain drugs are preventive with no co-pay which means the risk pool eats the charge and this will lead to greater use of preventive drugs, and also the Obama Administration is cracking down on imported drugs/Internet drug orders, and is otherwise supporting pharmaceutical companies in their price gouging tactics in the U.S.)

[b]Health insurance industry[/b] Health insurance purchase mandate increases their market penetration.  Also, baked into the package is a hefty profit guarantee (they are allowed to surcharge a fixed percentage of the cost of care, but with no upper limit on the cost of care, so they have every incentive to continue escalating health care costs since that will increase the value of their 15%)

There are obviously others.  Obama had to get doctors and nurses on his side, which he largely did, as well as all the medical associations.
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Original Message Three years ago, President Obama cut a secret deal with pharmaceutical company lobbyists to secure the industry’s support for his national health care law. Despite Obama’s promises during his campaign to run a transparent administration, the deal has been shrouded in mystery ever since. But internal emails obtained by House Republicans now provide evidence that a deal was struck and GOP investigators are promising to release more details in the coming weeks.

“What the hell?” White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina, who is now Obama’s campaign manager, complained to a lobbyist for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) in January 15, 2010 email. “This wasn’t part of our deal.”

This reference to “our deal” came two months before the final passage of Obamacare in an email with the subject line, “FW: TAUZIN EMAIL.” At the time, Billy Tauzin was president and CEO of PhRMA.

The email was uncovered as part of investigation into Obama’s closed-door health care negotiations launched by the House Energy and Commerce committee’s oversight panel.

“In the coming weeks the Committee intends to show what the White House agreed to do as part of its deal with the pharmaceutical industry and how the full details of this agreement were kept from both the public and the House of Representatives,” the committee’s Republican members wrote in a memo today.

[link to campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com]

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