Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Reforms

[JohnWxy]

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/141566/bill_moyers:_dangerous_alliance_of_health_industry_and_right-wingers_will_stop_at_nothing_to_derail_progressive_reforms/


Push finally came to shove in Washington this past week as the battle for health care escalated from scattered sniper fire into all-out combat. If it all seems to be getting more and more confusing, join the club. It's hard to see what's happening through all the gun smoke.


The Republicans have more than health care reform in their bombsights -- they want a loss for Obama so crushing it will bring the administration to its knees and restore GOP control of Congress after next year's elections.


In the words of Republican Senator Jim DeMint, "If we're able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him."

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As the Republicans fired away, big business stepped up the attack too, their lobbying and advertising guns blazing. The Chamber of Commerce, for one, announced a major campaign of rallies and print and Internet ads to crush the White House plan for a competitive public option allowing consumers to choose between a government plan and private health insurance.
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You underestimate the party of "NO" at your (and the nation's) peril.

The public option is going down.