Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumPlague of sock puppets likely being paid by health insurance industry, not HRC
Based on a conversation I had with an old friend during the 2008 election season I would guess that the plague of sock puppets we are seeing are coming from the same deep pockets that made the 2008 election such an ordeal/farce, the health insurance industry which if current trends continue is likely to make at least $400,000 per person (very conservative estimate) in profit over each of our lifetimes - money which they would not make under single payer which eliminates health insurance.
Note there are a great many misconceptions about health insurance!
The US government already funds nearly two-thirds of U.S. health care costs. Source http://www.pnhp.org/news/2016/january/government-funds-nearly-two-thirds-of-us-health-care-costs-american-journal-of-pub
See more information here: http://www.pnhp.org/news/press-releases
djean111
(14,255 posts)What a nasty nest.
Baobab
(4,667 posts)the Dutch insurer that successfully used a bilateral investment treaty between the Netherlands and Slovak Republic to nullify the 2006 election and block single payer health care in SK.
See italaw.com for the details.
Achmea also seized money that Slovakia had in foreign bank accounts because the trade body ruled the insurer deserved compensation for lost profits due to SK having signed this trade deal that unknowingly locked them into for profit healthcare in perpetuity.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)And yes, we can afford it. Hell, we're already paying for it!!!
Baobab
(4,667 posts)Changing to single payer and indeed any real changes at all are barred by trade agreement. And soon a bunch of new ones will lock it down even more.
Checkmate.
Read my .sig for the nasty details.
They will be prosecuted for this though, its a crime against humanity.