Howard Dean, Now Employed by Health-Care Lobby Firm, Opposes Bernie Sanders on Single-Payer
Dean is being controlled by the same big pharma and big insurance corporate entities and their lobbyists as Hillary is. . . and this is why both of these people are suddenly against single payer.
Howard Dean is the latest in a string of Hillary Clinton supporters to charge that Bernie Sanders is wrong to support a single payer health care plan. The former chairman of the Democratic National Committee claimed on MSNBC last night that Sanders’s reforms might result in “chaos” because “trying to implement it would in fact undo people’s health care.” Dean added: “That is something people should be concerned about.”
Dean, a longtime supporter of single-payer, seemed to be changing his tune, a point made by host Chris Hayes during the segment.
This evolution of Dean, known within many circles for his spirited critique of the Iraq War during the 2004 Democratic primary, comes as he has settled into a corporate lobbying career.
Dean, though he rarely discloses the title during his media appearances, now serves as Senior Advisor to the law firm Dentons, where he works with the firm’s Public Policy and Regulation practice, a euphemism for Dentons’ lobbying team. Dean is not a lawyer, but neither is Newt Gingrich, who is among the growing list of former government officials and politicians that work in the Public Policy and Regulation practice of Dentons.
The Dentons Public Policy and Regulation practice lobbies on behalf of a variety of corporate health care interests, including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a powerful trade group for drugmakers like Pfizer and Merck.
THE REST:
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/14/howard-dean-lobbyist/
EDIT: If Clinton will kowtow to these forces as candidate, she'll do it as President - like Obama shamefully did - which is why single payer option was yanked from #ACA early on. Sanders will not be controlled by them. He is the only one who will not kiss their asses. They know that and that's why big pharma and big insurance have poured beaucoup money and propaganda tactics toward preventing Sanders from being the nominee. Clinton and Dean could well getting their talking points from pharma and insurance lobbyists and organizations - after all they KNOW how to prevent single-payer from becoming a thing in the US - they've been doing it for years.
= new reply since forum marked as read
