The healthcare debate is heating up, despite the fact that Congress is in recess. There are a few aspects of this debate which have been somewhat under-the-radar that need to be looked at. <\/p>\n
Power Line<\/a> ran an article yesterday detailing who the White House has hired to manage the advertising campaign to promote the Congressional healthcare bill. The article points out:<\/p>\n “Glenn (Reynolds of Instapundit)also quotes Politico’s <\/em>Ben Smith<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a>: “It’s hard to imagine a situation in which, say, Karl Rove was still getting checks from a firm that was, in turn, employed by the drug lobby not drawing fire from the left, and Axelrod’s arrangement is, a bit belatedly, getting that attention.” Hugh Hewitt cites <\/em>this Bloomberg story<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a> and calls it <\/em>David Axelrod’s very big problem<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a>.” <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There is an obvious conflict of interest here that is being ignored, but let’s look at some of the other aspects of the story.<\/p>\n Politico<\/a> is reporting:<\/p>\n “House Democrats are probing the nation’s largest insurance companies for lavish spending, demanding reams of compensation data and schedules of retreats and conferences.<\/em><\/p>\n “Letters sent to 52 insurance companies by Democratic leaders demand extensive documents for an examination of ‘extensive compensation and other business practices in the health insurance industry.’ The letters set a deadline of Sept. 14 for the documents.” <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Meanwhile, the American Thinker<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n The healthcare debate is heating up, despite the fact that Congress is in recess. There are a few aspects of this debate which have been somewhat under-the-radar that need to be looked at. Power Line ran an article yesterday detailing who … Continue reading \n
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