Or so he said.
He was bringing change wasn't he.
Wasn't that change going to be something substantive? Something you could that was more than symbolic? After all, you entrusted the office of the president of the United States to the least qualified person to hold that office in .... well, nearly forever.
What if everything the man said was just the opposite, what if the White House had lobbyists regularly running through its halls ...
The industry groups have invested heavily to make sure their views get taken into account. The health care sector gave $167 million in campaign contributions to congressional candidates in the 2008 election cycle, according to the watchdog group OpenSecrets.org. Health care companies poured $484 million into lobbying efforts in 2008, and are on pace to exceed that this year.
Separately, the drug companies have offered up $80 billion over 10 years to reduce prescription costs of seniors if a deal goes through, while major hospital groups agreed to a $155-billion reduction in Medicare and Medicaid payments to free up funds that would help subsidize coverage for the uninsured.
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