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People move between gov’t and private industry and vice versa. News at 11.
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.
Which is why we need to remove ALL money/bribes/lobbying from politics. ALL OF IT.
This is also why I oppose term limits. I’d rather have a (clean) “career politician” in office than a lobbyist who moves back and forth between public and related private positions.