That’s how much the Washington Post reports that drug companies, health insurance companies and others in the corporate health-care business are spending on lobbying to water down health care reform in Washington, D.C.
I wonder if many uninsured and underinsured patients think that is money well spent. Or the people who have filed for bankruptcy because they couldn’t pay for health care – who are, in fact, most people who file for bankruptcy in the U.S. – do they think these millions are well-spent health-care dollars?
Instead of health care, what is the health-care industry buying with this money – more than $126 million in the first quarter? They’re buying more than 350 former Congress members and former staffers, who sell their influence to advocate on behalf of special interests.
