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[–] Indepentarian 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Oh really? And that isn't because the insurance companies wanted you to feel this way, is it?

Hm, I wonder if that's why the pharma and insurance industries used their insiders to craft legislation that would force everyone to buy their products. Because prices always go down in captive markets, right?

If there was any doubt just who Obamacare was created to serve from day one (spoiler alert: it was never America's population), we now have the answer and it is so simple, even a 5-year-old can get it. Moments ago Politico reported that former Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner, and the infamous former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services who was responsible for writing many of Obamacare’s rules and regulations for the insurance industry, only to be fired following the disastrous rollout of the HealthCare.gov enrollment website, has been hired as the new CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans, the "powerful K Street lobbying group." http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-15/complete-farce-ex-obamacare-head-will-head-health-insurance-lobby

before joining Baucus’ office as the point person for the health care bill, Fowler was the Vice President for Public Policy and External Affairs (i.e. informal lobbying) at WellPoint, the nation’s largest health insurance provider (before going to WellPoint, as well as after, Fowler had worked as Baucus’ top health care aide). And when that health care bill was drafted, the person whom Fowler replaced as chief health counsel in Baucus’ office, Michelle Easton, was lobbying for WellPoint as a principal at Tarplin, Downs, and Young. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/obamacare-fowler-lobbyist-industry1

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[–] ThisIsWhoWeR 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Insurance companies were the biggest campaign contributors to Black Jesus's second election campaign. But they're still just evil, racist, greedy Republicans.