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Related: About this forumHoward Dean, Now Employed by Health-Care Lobby Firm, Opposes Bernie Sanders on Single-Payer
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Dean, known within many circles for his spirited critique of the Iraq War during the 2004 Democratic primary, comes as he has settled into a corporate lobbying career.
Dean, though he rarely discloses the title during his media appearances, now serves as Senior Advisor to the law firm Dentons, where he works with the firms Public Policy and Regulation practice, a euphemism for Dentons lobbying team. Dean is not a lawyer, but neither is Newt Gingrich, who is among the growing list of former government officials and politicians that work in the Public Policy and Regulation practice of Dentons.
The Dentons Public Policy and Regulation practice lobbies on behalf of a variety of corporate health care interests, including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a powerful trade group for drugmakers like Pfizer and Merck.
In 2009, Dean praised single-payer while speaking on Democracy Now, calling the idea by far the most economically efficient system. Thats because, as Dean noted at the time, a Medicare-for-all style single-payer system would cut down on bureaucratic overhead and do a better job at controlling prices. An analysis by University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor Gerald Friedman found that the single-payer plan introduced into the last Congress, for instance, would have save $592 billion, while expanding coverage to all uninsured American, regardless of ability to pay. Over 95 percent of households would see higher after-tax income because of the cost controls and elimination of insurance premiums.
Incumbent healthcare interests, particularly drug companies and insurers, have long viewed single-payer as a threat to their business model. Health insurance lobbyist strategy memos that were leaked from a source to veteran journalist Bill Moyers reveal a sophisticated effort to undermine public support for single-payer policies and to discredit Michael Moores Sicko, a movie that sharply criticizes the inequities and price-gouging of the American healthcare system. One slide discusses the need to use town halls and special forums to shape the Democratic primary debates in 2008 and peel away support for the reforms proposed in Sicko, while another calls for pundits to appear on television and denounce Moore as harmful to the Democratic Party.
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Howard Dean, Now Employed by Health-Care Lobby Firm, Opposes Bernie Sanders on Single-Payer (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Jan 2016
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A lobbyist for health insurance corporations and Big Pharma, I shoulda known the media
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#4
Did Chris Hayes even question the moral impropriety of Dean's employment?
Ichingcarpenter
Jan 2016
#9
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)1. Lowdown.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)2. Everyone has their price, it seems. n/t
Wilms
(26,795 posts)3. He campaigned on Universal back in 2016
Hope he gets called-out on that.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)5. 2016?????
LOL
Wilms
(26,795 posts)6. The least you could do is cite 2004!
Gimme a hand here, Iching! Will ya?!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)8. I'll let you fix it to
either 2026 or 2006 ....... your choice
appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)4. A lobbyist for health insurance corporations and Big Pharma, I shoulda known the media
work was only minimal. Disgust. Thank heaven for the greats Bill Moyers and Michael Moore.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)7. He's in fine company. Hillary and the republicans.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)9. Did Chris Hayes even question the moral impropriety of Dean's employment?
That might tell you something too.
These political corporate hacks need to wear logos on their coats
like NASCAR.