McCain introduced at health care event by health care lobbyist

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from ThinkProgress:



McCain introduced at health care event by health care lobbyist.»

At his health care policy event yesterday at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Florida, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was introduced by the institute’s chairman, former Republican senator Connie Mack. But, as Hotline reports, Mack is more than just a chairman. He’s also a registered state lobbyist “advocating for health insurance companies“:

According to the official site of the Florida Legislature, Mack is registered in 2008 to lobby for Prestige Health Choice, a Florida company. The co. is “filing to become approved by the state of Florida as a Provider Service Network,” and according to a company release dated Nov. 16, 2007, “Prestige will first provide Medicaid managed care services to Florida residents.”

According to Hotline’s Jennifer Skalka, “the McCain campaign lobbied On Call feverishly to tank” its reporting on Mack’s role as a lobbyist, calling the story “ludicrous, absurd and ridiculous.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/30/mccain-introduced-at-health-care-event-by-health-care-lobbyist/

[annabanana]

1. Speaking of "health". . . When are we going to find out

what kind of shape this guy is in, really?

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2. Agreed. Everyone's afraid to talk about it, but let's be honest......

....His physical (let alone mental) health, at least to an observer, doesn't look well enough for him to get through even part of one term.

[OhioChick]

3. A Physician I Know

Said that 4 melanomas to the face (in such a short time) will eventually result in brain cancer in s short time.

[glowing]

4. Its fairly obvious his mental health is in serious question..

[JDPriestly]

5. As I understand it, McCain's so-called health care policy

is to provide tax credits of, I think I read $5000 per family per year. (Correct me if I am wrong.) That is just ludicrous. I pay that much for insurance for just one person. And I'm in pretty good health and have Kaiser which is the least expensive insurance that I could find. If a person has a serious pre-existing condition, such as the cancer that McCain has, the cost of insurance skyrockets way above the amount I pay. His plan will not help people who have families and cannot afford to pay full rates for their health insurance. His plan will give tax relief to people who can already afford health insurance. It is useless.