The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report

Washington Post by Ezra Klein | Oct. 12, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a report (pdf) projecting doom and despair for those who seek to reform its business practices. The report was farmed out to the consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has something of a history with this sort of thing: In the early-'90s, the tobacco industry commissioned PWC to estimate the economic devastation that would result from a tax on ... Full Story »

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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 15, 2009

This intelligent opinion piece is a thoughtful rebuttal, point by point, of the health insurance industry’s latest "report" describing the ghastly fate awaiting us should congress actually do something meaningful about healthcare. Interestingly, one example the author uses was the Phillip Morris' hyperbole distortion campaign against Clinton’s healthcare plan back when conservatives were also up in arms because Clinton dared steal their birthright to reign in perpetuity.

Déjà vu all over again: same right wing playbook, same right wing distortions, same right wing issues, but with a different cast of characters.

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