This is from 2009, but McCain has been a top insurance company agent during the entire period insurance became obsolete as a delivery system for healthcare -- and after.
Washington Post:
Health insurers and their employees contributed $2.2 million to the top 10 recipients in the House and Senate since 2005, while drug makers and their employees gave more than $3.3 million to top lawmakers during that period, according to an analysis of federal elections data by Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group.
The biggest beneficiaries in the Senate included John McCain (R-Ariz.), with $546,000; Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), with $425,000; and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), with $413,000, who as head of the Finance Committee will play a leading role in the debate over health-care reform.
Consumer Watchdog on the same subject at the same time:
"When a key player in health reform has taken more money from health insurers and drug companies than any other member of Congress save one, he has to go the extra mile to prove that industry money hasn’t bought the debate," said Carmen Balber, Washington director for Consumer Watchdog.
Our healthcare heroes are all Democrats, and some independents allied with the Democratic Party.
= new reply since forum marked as read
