Posted on 01/11/2014 4:37:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Fascism comes to America. The corporations have found their Fuehrer.
And, "if you don't cut off the money, then you are putting the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger yourself..."
Then Private Property will be extinct.
I can only speak for the Blues group that I worked for. They are the largest Blues group in the country ... 5 states. They were totally against it and the higher ups made many trips to DC and fought against it. They also encouraged the PAC to contact their congress critters and tell them to vote “no.”
And given this Blues influence on the other leading insurers, I’m sure they got others to work with them. The Obama administration probably ended up paying them off somehow.
That not quite how I remember it. Most of them chose to participate and certainly did nothing to campaign against it.
Take a look at these...
In fact, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief in support of the law, and reports that it played a central role in the passage of “RomneyCare,” the template for ObamaCare. The insurer claims that it “remains firmly committed to the 2006 health care reform and the individual mandate, and believes that the closely related reforms enacted by Congress in 2010 will further advance important economic and social goals.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/walgreens-blue-cross-team-up-to-promote-obamacare
Still, it’s not just that Blues will offer coverage in places other carriers may avoid. In states where Republican governors oppose the health law, Blues may be the single biggest factor in educating consumers and recruiting them into Obamacare.
I was there ... I saw it and listened to it. The plan I worked for campaigned hard against it.
In fact, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief in support of the law, and reports that it played a central role in the passage of “RomneyCare,” the template for ObamaCare. The insurer claims that it “remains firmly committed to the 2006 health care reform and the individual mandate, and believes that the closely related reforms enacted by Congress in 2010 will further advance important economic and social goals.”
BCBSMass is a different organization. Not all Blue plans are connected except through the association. I did not work for BCBSMass.
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