Bernie keeps it real: the insurance cos are laughing all the way to the bank
On Morning Joe just before the close, Sen. Bernie Sanders made it plain: “the insurance companies and the drug companies are going to make out like bandits,” under the Senate’s version of healthcare “reform,” and he added, “they’re laughing all the way to the bank.” Asked how the American people are supposed to take that, Sanders continued to keep it real: “let me break it to you,” he said. “Big money interests control the United States Congress.” Still, Sanders said passing the bill is better than nothing, since at least under the health reform bill fewer people will die for lack of insurance. And he said it was even worse under Republicans.
Finally, an honest man in the Senate.
Meanwhile, the insurance and drug lobbies aren’t the only ones buying Senators. Washington Sketchy introduces us to what could be a contender for the phrase of the year: “cash for cloture,” plus other fun phrases Republicans are using to dis the Senate bill. (For Floridians, for instance, there’s “Gator aid…” seriously … To watch Bernie in action,
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