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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTop Hillary Clinton Advisers and Fundraisers Lobbied Against Obamacare
Hillary Clinton is campaigning as a guardian of President Barack Obamas progressive policy accomplishments. In recent weeks, she has called the Affordable Care Act one of the greatest accomplishments of President Obama, of the Democratic Party, and of our country, and promised that she is going to defend Dodd-Frank and defend President Obama for taking on Wall Street.
Meanwhile, however, Clintons campaign has been relying on a team of strategists and fundraisers, many of whom spent much of the last seven years as consultants or lobbyists for business interests working to obstruct Obamas agenda in those two areas.
Consultants associated with the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that has been retained by business interests to defeat a variety of progressive reforms, are playing a major role in the Clinton campaign. Charles Baker III, the co-founder of Dewey, is a senior strategist and the campaigns chief administrative officer. Michael Whouley, another Dewey co-founder, played an early role in advising Clintons plan for the current campaign by convening some of the very first strategy sessions. Senior Dewey officials Jill Alper and Minyon Moore are also close advisers and fundraisers for Clinton, while at least four other Clinton officials have worked at Dewey within the last four years. In addition, disclosures show that Clintons Super PACs Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record have also paid Dewey Square Group for a variety of services in this election.
Undermining Obamacare reforms
Dewey, for instance, worked on behalf of the health insurance industry during the health reform debate, specifically to block the changes to Medicare Advantage that were critical for financing the Affordable Care Act. Medicare Advantage, which allows Medicare beneficiaries to use plans administered by private insurers, had long served as a cash cow for the health insurance industry. By one estimate, insurance companies over-billed the government by nearly $70 billion in improper payments over just a five year period. Dewey, which had been tapped to by health insurers to block cuts from the program starting in 2007, continued during the Obama era to lobby to protect Medicare Advantage, even as such reforms became a major part of how Democrats and the Obama administration sought to finance the Affordable Care Act.
Meanwhile, however, Clintons campaign has been relying on a team of strategists and fundraisers, many of whom spent much of the last seven years as consultants or lobbyists for business interests working to obstruct Obamas agenda in those two areas.
Consultants associated with the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that has been retained by business interests to defeat a variety of progressive reforms, are playing a major role in the Clinton campaign. Charles Baker III, the co-founder of Dewey, is a senior strategist and the campaigns chief administrative officer. Michael Whouley, another Dewey co-founder, played an early role in advising Clintons plan for the current campaign by convening some of the very first strategy sessions. Senior Dewey officials Jill Alper and Minyon Moore are also close advisers and fundraisers for Clinton, while at least four other Clinton officials have worked at Dewey within the last four years. In addition, disclosures show that Clintons Super PACs Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record have also paid Dewey Square Group for a variety of services in this election.
Undermining Obamacare reforms
Dewey, for instance, worked on behalf of the health insurance industry during the health reform debate, specifically to block the changes to Medicare Advantage that were critical for financing the Affordable Care Act. Medicare Advantage, which allows Medicare beneficiaries to use plans administered by private insurers, had long served as a cash cow for the health insurance industry. By one estimate, insurance companies over-billed the government by nearly $70 billion in improper payments over just a five year period. Dewey, which had been tapped to by health insurers to block cuts from the program starting in 2007, continued during the Obama era to lobby to protect Medicare Advantage, even as such reforms became a major part of how Democrats and the Obama administration sought to finance the Affordable Care Act.
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/08/hrc-inner-circle-lobbyists/
Maybe this answers the question of why, "No We Can't" is her mantra.
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Top Hillary Clinton Advisers and Fundraisers Lobbied Against Obamacare (Original Post)
Fawke Em
Feb 2016
OP
global1
(25,248 posts)1. Which Proves Again....
You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)2. That is complete bunk.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)4. Sorry... I find the reporters at the Intercept much more trustworthy than the Clintons.
cali
(114,904 posts)5. Then provide link
Your word is not enough.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)6. I am in my phone. Search the NYT.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)3. Hillary is bilingual,
her forked tongue speaks out of both sides of her face
Armstead
(47,803 posts)7. And the Hits Just Keep On Coming!
iAZZZo
(358 posts)8. former kxl lobbyist is behind clinton's campaign as well
"The newest hire for Hillary Clintons presidential campaign is a longtime strategist who played a key role in her 2008 primary defeat while working for then-Sen. Barack Obama.
Hes also a Washington lobbyist who lobbied the State Department -- led, at the time, by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- on behalf of the company seeking to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
Clinton's new consultant, Jeff Berman, has followed, in many respects, a well-worn path for those in Washington D.C. He spent a large chunk of his career in the public sector before a stint on K Street, and now he's back again. When Clinton hired Berman for his current role, it was seen as something of a coup, because he's known as a master of the mechanics of the primary process. Buzzfeed, which broke the news of Berman's hiring on Wednesday, described him as a bit of a living legend in the small world that can speak fluently" about the strategic minutiae involved in winning an election."
more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/hillary-clinton-keystone_n_7663356.html
regarding obama's campaign: http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Number-Inside-Presidential-Nomination/dp/0984934014/
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)9. Jeez... is there any unsavory character not in her camp?