Huge! Today's Washington Post exposes: State lawmakers acknowledge lobbyists helped craft their op-eds attacking Medicare-for-all. Excerpt:
Lobbyists either helped draft or made extensive revisions to opinion columns published by three state lawmakers in a way that warned against the dangers of Medicare-for-all and other government involvement in health care, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post...
Lobbyists are trying to bend public opinion away from an idea that has seized much of the debate during the current Democratic presidential primary...But the ideas are also very popular among many Americans, and the health-care industry has taken notice.
And guess what? Many false talking points that Big Insurance and Big Pharma is supposed to have put in the mouths of lawmakers are the same points Pete Buttigieg has been saying to scare and deceive voters on the campaign trail. Two of the three legislators who let Big Insurance write their op-eds were Democrats!
We're telling media about this petition. Your voice matters now because the fight with Big Insurance and Big Pharma is on.
The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future -- a front group funded by Big Insurance -- has spent more than $1 million on TV ads against Medicare For All since August, especially in early presidential primary states.
The Washington Post credits one of our main partners -- Medicare For All Now -- for exposing these dirty tricks. "The group obtained the documents through Freedom of Information Act requests." Smart! (Support their work here.)
Our friend Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive who now leads Business for Medicare For All, told the Post: "These secret emails blow open what I saw firsthand and revealed as a health insurance whistleblower: These companies and their lobbyists will stoop to whatever it takes, no matter how grotesque, to deny people the lifesaving coverage they need. This is just the latest reason we need to reform this broken system where greedy corporations determine who can get medical treatment in America.”
Together we must show that Medicare for All is popular and will bring down costs for families. Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told PCCC members, "The majority of Americans are with us on the policies. Americans support Medicare for All, expanding Social Security benefits, gun reform, debt-free college, and a $15 minimum wage. Bold progressive values are popular EVERYWHERE. Together, we have the people. Together, with your help, we’ll have the votes." Chip in $3 here.
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