Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Montana Sen. Max Baucus

[Wetzelbill]

Run time: 46:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwvbpI7RCI0   Posted on YouTube: March 03, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 06, 2009 By DU Member: Wetzelbill Views on DU: 584

 
Informative! -WB

[greendog]

1. Max doesn't like single payer.

Did you see how rattled he got with Tumulty's question?

He's in the predator's pockets. Bastard.

[antigop]

2. No, he doesn't. n/t

[Cleita]

3. So the lip smacking is hard to listen to but all I got out of this was

that he sat down with Bernanke and a committee of financial experts discussing something they know nothing about delivering universal health care. So they aren't looking actually at how health care is delivered and paid for and who gets it and who doesn't, but only the small financial aspect of it. I don't know how anyone can claim this person is an expert in it considering he gets a big check from the for profit industry in campaign contributions.

Insurance $588,185
Health Professionals $537,141
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $523,313
Health Services/HMOs $360,200
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $330,226

That is $2,339,065 in campaign contributions from the industry that has to influence his bias.

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00004643

I really don't care for these conservatives who claim they are Democrats.