Can Top Recipient of Healtcare Lobbyist Cash Reform Healthcare

I'm reading some of the reviews on the SEIEU healthcare forum and some things are fairly consistent.  1.  Edwards was the only one with a detailed plan and firm committment to pay for it.  2. Obama does not have a plan yet but is developing one.  3.  If we re-elect Hillary there will be some as yet undefined plan too.

However, no one is talking about how a top recipient of healthcare lobbyist money is going to be expected to reform healthcare.  Maybe I'm a naderite but how can someone who takes so much money from this special interest group be expected to actually reform it in a positive way for consumers?

The company Senator Clinton has with this issue are uniformly horrible.
Top recipients in Congress from the HealthCare Industry 2006:

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/re cips.asp?Ind=H&cycle=2006

Rank     Candidate                   Office                   Amount

1    Santorum, Rick (R-PA)       Senate         $1,382,169

2     Clinton, Hillary (D-NY)      Senate        $1,273,298

3     Johnson, Nancy L (R-CT)   House     $1,209,288

4      Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)             Senate      $1,090,098

5    Talent, James M (R-MO)   Senate      $940,233

6    Lieberman, Joe (I-CT)      Senate       $901,810

7     Corker, Bob (R-TN)     Senate      $779,577

8    DeWine, Mike (R-OH)     Senate    $730,129

9     Barton, Joe (R-TX)      House    $710,484

10   Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) Senate      $707,882

Tags: Hillary Clinton (all tags)

Comments

7 Comments

There appears to be a...

...conflict of interest. Compound interest, that is.

by MeanBoneII 2007-03-25 12:55PM | 0 recs
it's hard to pick

who's the most detestable person on the list?

I'd have a tough call between santorum and nancy johnson

by TarHeel 2007-03-25 04:29PM | 0 recs
Re: it's hard to pick

Joementum and Santorum

by yitbos96bb 2007-03-26 06:15AM | 0 recs
Re: it's hard to pick

Joementum and Santorum

by yitbos96bb 2007-03-26 06:15AM | 0 recs
Hillary's in company with

some real winners there,

Rick Santorum, Nancy Johnson,, yuck...

by TarHeel 2007-03-25 04:10PM | 0 recs
Re: Can Top Recipient of Healtcare Lobbyist Cash R

We all know Hillary is a corporate shill.  This just goes to prove it even more.

by vwcat 2007-03-25 04:52PM | 0 recs
Re: Can Top Recipient of

THis is why Obama, Edwards, Clark or Gore are the best candidates to help th country.

by yitbos96bb 2007-03-26 06:16AM | 0 recs

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