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George Soros Pledges $5 Million To Bankroll Health Care Refo

hypocritexposer

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George Soros Pledges $5 Million To Bankroll Health Care Reform Push, Group Says

In another sign of the urgency gripping the pro-health care reform camp, billionaire George Soros has pledged to sink $5 million into the fight, the group getting the money confirmed.

Soros — whose operation carefully guards the privacy of such donations — made the pledge to Health Care For America Now, the leading coalition of pro-reform groups, unions and providers, HCAN chief Richard Kirsch confirmed in an email that was forwarded to me.

Kirsch was asked by a prominent liberal blogger to comment for a post on Soros’ $5 million pledge, which the blogger had heard about. “Thanks for the heads up,” Kirsch emailed in reply. “HCAN is pleased to be supported by people and organizations who support our campaign to win quality, affordable health care for all.”

The blogger, who didn’t end up writing about the donation, passed the email along, and an HCAN spokesperson didn’t dispute the email or the figure when I asked about it.

The Soros pledge is noteworthy, because both sides will seize on it. The right will say it shows the real astroturfing is coming from the pro-reform side — billionaire bogeyman Soros is bankrolling this fight!

The left will cite the donation to demand that HCAN show real results. Some on the left, such as blogger Jane Hamsher, have been asking why heavily-bankrolled HCAN hasn’t been able to secure more commitments from Dem members of Congress to stand firm behind a public option.

HCAN officials regularly appear at a big weekly meeting of progressive groups — the one where Rahm Emanuel famously demanded last week that groups stop attacking other Dems. The question is whether HCAN will heed Rahm’s command and refrain from pressuring Dems to stand up for core reform principles. If so, the question becomes, What are you using all this money for?
 

hypocritexposer

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The drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to spend as much as $150 million on television commercials supporting President Obama’s health care overhaul, beginning over the August Congressional recess, people briefed on the plans said Saturday.
 

Sandhusker

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George Soros is a hedge fund manager, he makes money when everybody else loses. He made billions when the markets crashed. Our success and his success is inverse to each other and he wants Obamacare...... Hmmmm......
 

aplusmnt

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Sandhusker said:
George Soros is a hedge fund manager, he makes money when everybody else loses. He made billions when the markets crashed. Our success and his success is inverse to each other and he wants Obamacare...... Hmmmm......

Very good point!
 

hypocritexposer

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Sandhusker said:
George Soros is a hedge fund manager, he makes money when everybody else loses. He made billions when the markets crashed. Our success and his success is inverse to each other and he wants Obamacare...... Hmmmm......

Sandhusker, what financial shape are the insurance companies in at present?

Didn't they lose quite a bit in the derivatives deal?

If there is enough backlash against a one payer system, and Obama concedes and says okay, but everybody, (including 45M uninsured) needs to be insured and we will regulate the industry....

then it will be a taxpayer bailout and federal control of the industry, as other industries in the last 7 months.

I just can't wrap my head around Pelosi et al demonizing the insurance industry when they are contributing $150M into the advertisement campaign for Health Care reform, when Pelosi et al are in bed with the insurance industry already.

what do you think?
 

Sandhusker

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I think most insurance companies are in as good as shape as anybody. AIG was the ones that got stupid with deriviatives and got deep.

I don't really see Obama working with insurance companies. He doesn't work with anybody, it's his way because he's the chosen one. He wants the goverment calling the show and eventually singlepayer (contrary to what he says now, he's on tape discussing exactly that). There's no room for insurance companies his his dreams/marxist fantasies.
 
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