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August 21, 2009
Progressives Turn on Obama as Air America Exposes ‘Fascist’ Drug Deal
Progressives Turn on Obama as Air America Exposes ‘Fascist’ Drug Deal
From Breitbart
"It makes me puke that we have just been 'Cheneyed' by a guy named Barack Obama."
"What if the people out there screaming and breaking up the discussions at the town meetings are correct?"
Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma
Huffington Post is squealing on Obama - LOL Even the liberals are getting ticked off just for different reasons. ~ Wild Thing
For complete article you can go here, it is a long article at Huffington Post
A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.
The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was prepared by a person directly involved in the negotiations, lists exactly what the White House gave up, and what it got in return.
It says the White House agreed to oppose any congressional efforts to use the government's leverage to bargain for lower drug prices or import drugs from Canada -- and also agreed not to pursue Medicare rebates or shift some drugs from Medicare Part B to Medicare Part D, which would cost Big Pharma billions in reduced reimbursements.
In exchange, the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) agreed to cut $80 billion in projected costs to taxpayers and senior citizens over ten years. Or, as the memo says: "Commitment of up to $80 billion, but not more than $80 billion."
Representatives from both the White House and PhRMA, shown the outline, adamantly denied that it reflected reality. PhRMA senior vice president Ken Johnson said that the outline "is simply not accurate." "This memo isn't accurate and does not reflect the agreement with the drug companies," said White House spokesman Reid Cherlin.
Stories in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times last week indicated that the administration was confirming that such a deal had been made.
Critics on Capitol Hill and online responded with outrage at the reports that Obama had gone behind their backs and sold the reform movement short. Furthermore, the deal seemed to be a betrayal of several promises made by then-Sen. Obama during the presidential campaign
"And over the past several days, both the White House and PhRMA have offered a series of sometimes conflicting accounts of what happened in an attempt to walk back the story."
The White House meeting took place on July 7th, as first reported that evening in the Wall Street Journal. Also on the same day, a health care lobbyist following the talks was provided the outline of the deal by a person inside the negotiations. That outline had been floating around K Street before being obtained by the Huffington Post. In order to learn more about its origin, HuffPost agreed not to reveal the name of the lobbyist who originally received it.
"That is the PhRMA deal," said the lobbyist of the outline. He then clarified, "It was the PhRMA deal."
The deal, as outlined in the memo:
Commitment of up to $80 billion, but not more than $80 billion.
1. Agree to increase of Medicaid rebate from 15.1 - 23.1% ($34 billion)
2. Agree to get FOBs done (but no agreement on details -- express disagreement on data exclusivity which both sides say does not affect the score of the legislation.) ($9 billion)
3. Sell drugs to patients in the donut hole at 50% discount ($25 billion)
This totals $68 billion
4. Companies will be assessed a tax or fee that will score at $12 billion. There was no agreement as to how or on what this tax/fee will be based.
Total: $80 billion
In exchange for these items, the White House agreed to:
1. Oppose importation
2. Oppose rebates in Medicare Part D
3. Oppose repeal of non-interference
4. Oppose opening Medicare Part B
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Wild Thing's comment........
LOL love their definition of fascism: “Government partnering with corporations to impose their profit-making regime on you”. OK, whatever.
But...but....they said during the campaign that character didn't matter.
We are in the right and want freedom and less government.
Posted by Wild Thing at August 21, 2009 05:55 AM
Comments
I saw Janet Napolitano a couple of days ago trying to prop up HR 3200. I thought that was Kathleen Sebelius' job? What does that have to do with homeland security, unless they're expecting trouble. What a corrupt bunch of turds we have in office. Nothing dies a natural death in an aquarium. If a fish starts having trouble, the other fish eat it. Washington D.C. is like an aquarium. And the other fish are circling. haha.
Posted by: Jim at August 21, 2009 09:04 AM
I love it!! An air America denizen actually says that Teh One Lies!! On the airwaves!!
Hopefully, lots more of this "Cheneyed" business continues. Is that anything like getting waterboarded?
heh
Posted by: yankeemom at August 21, 2009 09:12 AM
THE ARROGANCE OF THE FAR LEFT KNOWS NO BOUNDS. IT IS REFLECTED IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAY AND DO. WHEN CONFRONTED, THEIR ONLY DEFENSE IS TO DENIGRATE AND DEFAME, EVEN IF THE TARGET IS ONE OF THEIR OWN.
NEVER ASK FOR A LOGICAL EXPLANATION, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.
THE VERY FACT THAT THEY THOUGHT THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT NATION WOULD ROLL OVER FOR ALL THIS CRAP, IS AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR ARROGANT ELITISM.
LOOK BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND RECALL HOW THE CITIZENS ROSE UP AND PRESSURED THE CONGRESS TO DEFEAT THE IMMIGRATION BILLS. THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING NOW. THE 'SLEEPING GIANT'S' CAGE HAS BEEN RATTLED IS FIGHTING BACK.
GOD BLESS AMERICA. AND HE DOES
Posted by: SEAN. at August 21, 2009 11:01 AM
Wow! This surprises me. I would not have thought the far left would ever admit that obama lies. They even said that he lies in a charming way. I hopethe GOP is taking notes and keeping tapes. This is high powered ammunition.
obama has so many lies and a stack of unkeepable promises. Eventually the MSM may lose it's self control and go into a feeding frenzy. They did with Jimmy Carter near the end of his first term as his mistakes were too great to cover.
Posted by: TomR at August 21, 2009 11:42 AM
Ah, yes, the good ol' "Corporate State", a traditional Fascist move. I wonder; is there a form of collectivism that this guy isn't just head over heels in love with?
Posted by: JohnE PFC U.S. Army at August 21, 2009 12:45 PM
No problem. He's a partner with God in matters of life and death, too. Obama is the senior partner.
I think he's slipping into madness.
Posted by: Rhod at August 21, 2009 02:37 PM
Well now obama's out their trying to get preachers, Rabbis' and whatnot to back his rationed health care...Where's the ACLU, isn't this a separation of Church issue, now he's got religous hacks hawking health care from the pulpit.
The same preachers he spurned at the Prayer Breakfast he now wants for salesman to shame us into supporting socialism.
Posted by: Mark at August 21, 2009 09:51 PM
Jim, it sounds like Obama is bringing out
as many guns as he can. Janet Napolitano
hahaa yes she belongs in DHS.
Thanks Jim for the information.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 21, 2009 11:44 PM
Yankeemom, LOL good one!
"Is that anything like getting waterboarded?"
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 21, 2009 11:49 PM
SEAN, that was beautifuly put
yesssss the sleeping giant is rising up.
God bless America.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 21, 2009 11:54 PM
Tom, I agree so much. It really
surprised me I didn't know
Air America was still around.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 21, 2009 11:56 PM
JohnE PFC U.S. Army, good point,
he sure is checking off his list
one by one and is bound and
determined to get this one too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 21, 2009 11:57 PM
Rhod, oh that's right, how silly of me
to forget Obama's self made position.
hahahaaa Good one Rhod!
Rhod, I really think Obama has
a lot of mental problems, deep one's
and they showed up right from the
start in his books. I agree he is
getting worse with the power
he has now, sending him further
into some kind of madness.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 22, 2009 12:02 AM
Mark, this is so crazy, absolutely nuts.
"The same preachers he spurned at the Prayer Breakfast he now wants for salesman to shame us into supporting socialism."
He makes me sick!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 22, 2009 12:09 AM
