Get a load of this story today in the Associated Press:
Lobbyists the silver lining in health care storm?
WASHINGTON ? A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds.
Lobbyists.
The drug industry, the American Medical Association, hospital groups and the insurance lobby are all saying Congress must make major changes this year. Television ads paid for by drug companies and insurers continued to emphasize the benefits of a health care overhaul ? not the groups’ objections to some of the proposals.
Gee, this healthcare thing looks really bleak for the president! The more the people find out about what he wants to do, the more they recoil at it and don’t want it. So wow ? it’s a real good thing so many influential congressmen are in the back pockets of so many lobbyists in the healthcare industry!
