Sadly, for those who watched closely as the health care law evolved, this isn’t the least bit surprising. Fowler was a central character during the development of the law. She has been hopping back and forth between working in private industry and government for more than a decade. She was blamed by many liberals for Senate Dems eliminating the public option from evolving health care law while working for Max Baucus. Though in fairness, there were a handful of Senate dems who would never vote for a bill that eliminated private insurance. (Off the top of my head, Lieberman, Landrieu, Nelson, Lincoln, I’m pretty sure there were more.) As a result, we got a bill that made some decent reforms, increased coverage and access, but the primary beneficiary are insurance companies and large care providers. This is, unfortunately, the way the legislation process works.
