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Oh, please. What your idol Keith Olbermann politely omitted out of that video is that democrats are actually receiving more money than Republicans. What youfailed to realize is that big medicine is playing both sides of the field because either way they still win. If you honestly think that the majority ofpoliticians on both sides have Americas best interest at heart your mistaken. There are ways to reform health care that would dramatically improve the qualityof health care in this country as well as lower the cost. Big medicine will never allow this. They would rather have a plan that would increase their profitsor keep the status quo.
Since Democrats took control of Congress in 2006, health care industry donors have been giving more campaign cash to Democrats than Republicans. Democrats have received about 63% of the health sector's donations so far this year. Overall, the industry appears to be on track to spend more on campaign contributions than in previous years, said David Levinthal, of the Center for Responsive Politics.
It's obvious that some regulations are needed to protect consumers from fraud that some companies may partake in. But history has also shownus that when government gets heavily involved in the private sector it causes bubbles and usually does more good than harm. Government has proved over and overthat when given more responsibility it fails miserably.