by Greg Palast
Thursday, August 13, 2009
For The Huffington Post
Eighty billion dollars of WHAT?
I searched all over the newspapers and TV transcripts and no one asked the President what is probably the most important question of what passes for debate on the issue of health care reform: $80 billion of WHAT?
On June 22, President Obama said he’d reached agreement with big drug companies to cut the price of medicine by $80 billion. He extended his gratitude to Big Pharma for the deal that would, “reduce the punishing inflation in health care costs.”
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see
The Daily Show: Healther Skelter – Obama Death Panel Debate
First-of-Its Kind Study: Medicare for All Single-Payer Reform Would Be Major Stimulus for Economy
Obama’s New Mistress – Big Pharma + Mark Leno: Single Payer Saves Money
Dennis Kucinich: Health Insurance Companies Have a Death Grip on Our Political Process
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Another fast one from President Slick and the Obeyme Regime!