Mohloli: The Intercept
Ka 2004, joale-Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., O ile a iketsa Democrat ea nang le mekhoa e metle, ea commonsense Democrat e tsepamisitse maikutlo ho fumaneng chelete, joalo ka ho falla ho lumella Medicare ho sebelisa boholo ba eona le sekala sa eona ho buisana hammoho ka litheko tse tlase tsa lithethefatsi.
"Re ile ra leka ka matla ho lumella mongoli oa [Lefapha la Bophelo le Litšebeletso tsa Botho] hore a buisane, a sebelisa batho bohle ba baholo ba limilione tse 42 e le sesebelisoa sa lipuisano, ho theola litšenyehelo tsa meriana," ho boletse Lincoln, ho sheba fatshe mohanyetsi oa hae oa Rephabliki nakong ea lipuisano tsa thelevishene. “Mme re ne re sa dumellwa ho etsa jwalo. Bonyane ka makhetlo a mabeli ke ile ka vouta mabapi le phetoho eo. ”
Matsatsi hamorao, o ile a hapa letšolo la hae la likhetho hape. Empa lilemo tse tšeletseng ka mor'a peiso eo, Lincoln o ile a tlosoa setulong nakong ea likhetho tsa 2010 tsa congressional midterm, ka lebaka la karolo e 'ngoe ea ho kenngoa ha k'hamphani ea lithethefatsi. chelete e lefifi hore phalla ho kena peisong.
Hona joale Lincoln o sebeletsa Pfizer e le moemeli oa baeti ea tsepamisitseng maikutlo ho thibela tlhahiso ea ho boloka litšenyehelo eo a kileng a e tšehetsa. Lincoln Policy Group, feme eo a e thehileng, e kenya letsoho $20,000 ka khoeli ho sebetsa ho boloka thibelo ea Medicare e buisana ka litheko tse tlase tsa lithethefatsi tse seng li lekantsoe ka har'a sephutheloana sa poelano ea tekanyetso ea Congress.
Ka mehala ea maano le liofisiri tse ling tsa k'hamphani ea lithethefatsi, Lincoln o entse joalo sebetsa ho loantša tlhahiso ea theko ea lithethefatsi. 'Me libekeng tse sa tsoa feta, senator oa mehleng o ntse a tsoela pele ho sebelisana le boetapele ba demokrasi, ho kenyelletsa le ho etsa ponahalo moketeng oa morao tjena o neng o le holim'a marulelo Washington, DC, moo Moemeli oa House Majority Whip. James Clyburn, DS.C., le Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., ba neng ba le teng.
Mohopolo o tsebahalang, oo pele e neng e le oa bobeli oa ho fokotsa litšenyehelo tsa Medicare joale o bohareng ba merero ea lapeng ea Mopresidente Joe Biden. Melao e tšehelitsoeng ke tsamaiso e batla hore Medicare e bonts'e mekhatlo e meng ea mmuso, joalo ka Lefapha la Veterans Affairs, ka ho khona ho buisana ka meriana e theko e tlase ka lenaneo la Karolo ea D.
Mohopolo ona o ka pholosa mmuso hoo e ka bang $ Limilione tse likete 500 ho feta lilemo tse leshome, ho lokolla chelete ea ho lefella katoloso ea mananeo a mang a Medicare, ho kenyelletsa le phaello e ncha e reriloeng ho koahela meno, pono, le tlhokomelo ea kutlo eo e leng karolo ea morero oa mopresidente oo ho thoeng ke Build Back Better. Tlhahiso ea litheko tsa meriana e ka boela ea fetolela litšenyehelo tse tlase tsa lengolo la ngaka ho pholletsa le boto, kaha liinshorense tsa bophelo bo botle le tsona li tla khona ho fumana litheko tse fokotsehileng.
Indasteri ea lithethefatsi, ho latela setsebi sa eona sa maemo a holimo, Stephen Ubl, e entse ho hlola tokisetso eo e le eona ntho e tlang pele bophelong ba eona, e bitsa boiteko ba molao "ts'okelo e teng lekaleng." Indasteri e na le marshaled lisebelisoa tse kholo, ho kenyelletsa le mehala e tsoang ho lihlopha tsa bobuelli ba bakuli le lipapatso tse tšehelitsoeng literekeng tsa bohlokoa.
Empa ka hare ho Beltway, khanyetso e tsoa lifahlehong tse tloaelehileng. Baetsi ba molao le basebetsi ba bangata ba etelletseng pele ba demokrasi ba hiriloe ke indasteri ea lithethefatsi ho kholisa basebetsi-'moho le bona ba pele hore ba tlohele tlhahiso ea litheko tsa lithethefatsi.
Komiti ea Naha ea Demokerasi e ile ea tšoara chelete ea eona ea pele ea ho bokella chelete ka tlung selemong sena marulelong a Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, feme e tsebahalang ea molao e thusang lik'hamphani tsa lithethefatsi tse kang Eli Lilly le Co., Johnson & Johnson, le Roche ho susumetsa lithethefatsi. khang ea litheko. Li-lobbyists tse tsoang femeng tse kopaneng le molulasetulo oa DNC Jaime Harrison le liofisiri tse ling tse hlahelletseng tsa demokrasi, ho latela tlaleho mabapi le ketsahalo.
Mosebetsi-'moho le Lincoln, eo e kileng ea e-ba Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., le eena o sebetsa Brownstein e le moemeli oa li-lobby bakeng sa Eli Lilly le Co. Pryor, joaloka Lincoln, ba ikhethile ho lumella Medicare ho buisana ka litheko tse tlase tsa lithethefatsi ha a ne a sebeletsa ofising, pele a etsa ho tlolela mekhatlong e ikemetseng. Ka 2007, Pryor e hlahile le ba bang ba Senate Democrats le baitseki ho batla khato mabapi le ho theola litheko tsa lithethefatsi tse fanoeng ke ngaka ka ho tlosa thibelo ea matla a lipuisano a Medicare.
Pfizer a le mong o bokelletse sehlopha sa boipiletso se kenyelletsang Dean Aguillen, moeletsi oa mehleng oa Sebui sa Ntlo Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Remy Brim, moeletsi oa mehleng oa pholisi ea bophelo bo botle ho Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; le bathusi ba fetang halofo ea leshome le metso e 'meli ho ma-Democrats a phahameng a Senate.
Ann Jablon, eo e kileng ea e-ba mookameli oa basebetsi ho Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., molula-setulo oa hona joale oa Komiti ea Litsela le Mekhoa, e nang le matla a ho laola leano la ho ngola lekhetho, hona joale o emela lik'hamphani tse 'maloa tsa lithethefatsi e le moemeli oa lobby, ho akarelletsa le Amgen Inc. Astellas Pharma, le Bayer.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, sehlopha sa khoebo se emelang lik'hamphani tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa lithethefatsi lefats'eng, le eona e tsoetse pele ho hira batšehetsi ba demokrasi, ba eketsa Vin Roberti, 'muelli oa lichelete ea hlahelletseng haufi le Pelosi, lethathamong la bona la bo-rakhoebo ba ngolisitsoeng ba 185 pejana. selemong sena. Likhoeling tse sa tsoa feta, PhRMA e hirile lifeme tse ling tse nang le maqhama a haufi le li-Democrats tsa congress, ho kenyeletsoa Thorn Run Partners, Foley & Lardner LLP, le Tiger Hill Partners. Ka Phupu, PhRMA hired Christopher Putala le feme ea hae, Putala Strategies, e le feme ea konteraka ea boipiletso. Putala ke mothusi oa mehleng oa Biden.
Indasteri ea lithethefatsi e bile e bolokile tšusumetso e itseng har’a bahlahlobisisi ba eona ba pepenene. Michaeleen Crowell, mookameli oa mehleng oa basebetsi ho Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Ke ho sebetsa joalo ka moemeli oa k'hamphani ea lithethefatsi Horizon Therapeutics PLC khahlano le tlhahiso ea litheko tsa Medicare.
Ehlile, ha se basebetsi ba demokrasi feela le baetsi ba molao ba bolokiloeng ke baetsi ba lithethefatsi. Sen. Jon Kyl oa mehleng, R-Ariz., o bolokiloe ke Merck le PhRMA ka bobeli, ha Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., a sebeletsa Pfizer. Bongata ba bao e kileng ea e-ba bathusi ba GOP ba iphelisa ka ho ba batšehetsi ba indasteri ea lithethefatsi.
Tšusumetso e matla ea tšebeliso ea chelete e bonahala e hlahisa litholoana. Ha se feela hore baetsi ba molao ba GOP ba eme ba tiile khahlano le mehato efe kapa efe ea ho lumella Medicare ho sebelisa matla a eona a ho reka ka bongata ho theola litheko, empa Mademokrate a 'maloa a khomaretseng le ona a robehile maemo ho sokela tlhahiso.
Khoeling e fetileng, sehlopha sa centrist House Democrats, ho kenyeletsoa Reps. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.; Scott Peters, D-Calif.; le Kathleen Rice, DN.Y., ba ikopantseng le Rephabliki ho vouta khahlano le ho kenyelletsa puo ea litheko tsa lithethefatsi tsa Medicare ho bili ea $3.5 trillion ea tšebeliso ea sechaba ho House Energy and Commerce Committee. Ho e-na le hoo, ba tšehetsa khanyetso e ka fokotsang lithethefatsi tseo Medicare e ka li buisanang. Schrader le Peters ka bobeli ba fumane chelete e ngata ea lets'olo ho tsoa indastering ea meriana.
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