Key Members of Hillary Clinton Team Lobbied Against Bills She Now Touts as National Accomplishments

[silenttigersong]

As she campaigns for the presidency, Hillary Clinton is heralding the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank Act, yet she has infused her staff with former lobbyists and consultants who did all they could to block the two reforms.

In a Jan. 17 debate with her two Democratic rivals (Martin O’Malley has since dropped out), she hailed the Affordable Care Act as “one of the greatest accomplishments of President Obama, of the Democratic Party and of our country.” Now, The Intercept has published a report saying that Clinton’s team of strategists and fundraisers includes a number of former consultants and lobbyists for businesses that worked against Obama’s proposal for health care reform.

According to the website, one of Clinton’s biggest fundraisers, Heather Podesta, worked with several health insurance companies to spend $86 million in TV and radio. ....more @truthdig

[Thinkingabout]

1. Now we have Sanders working against the ACA with his failed

Medicare for all bill which did not pass the committee level.

[HerbChestnut]

3. Working against?

Sorry, that may be one of Hillary's talking points, but it's simply not true.

[Thinkingabout]

5. He did sponsor a bill for Medicare for all, this would not be a talking point, part of history.

[HerbChestnut]

7. Okay...

I think we have a different definition of what "working against" means. To me, "working against" means what the Republicans have been doing for years, which is try to stifle it from ever being passed in the first place and afterward constantly try to repeal it. Bernie not only voted for the ACA, he contributed a small piece of it. Yes, he wants to replace it with a better system, but that doesn't mean he's trying to make the ACA worse in any sense.

[silenttigersong]

2. Enough is enough

[ViseGrip]

4. I think anyone who votes for any Clinton in these days, is ignoring facts!

[hobbit709]

6. I'm waiting for her to start Grammstanding.

[Go Vols]

8. no surprise here