I guess I missed this when it came out. I was just reminded of Max Baucus when I heard about his appointment as Ambassador to China today. I knew there was something about him and Pharma that bothered me. The below link -- to a December 2012 piece by Glenn Greenwald -- pretty much tells the story. Baucus's aide -- insurance industry tool Liz Fowler -- essentially drafted the no-public-option Obama care, with obvious benefits to insurance companies, as well as for Pharma. And sure enough, both Fowler and Baucus cashed out and took presumably lucrative jobs in those industries.
Not only did Obama basically accept the industry-drafted giveaway that became Obamacare, but he watched as its architects went back to being lobbyists for the industries that they served oh-so-well while supposedly representing the people. And, as if to endorse that kind of behavior, he rewards one of them with an ambassadorship.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/obamacare-fowler-lobbyist-industry1
Not only did Obama basically accept the industry-drafted giveaway that became Obamacare, but he watched as its architects went back to being lobbyists for the industries that they served oh-so-well while supposedly representing the people. And, as if to endorse that kind of behavior, he rewards one of them with an ambassadorship.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/obamacare-fowler-lobbyist-industry1
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