Umthombo: The Intercept
Ngonyaka okumakwe ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus olubulale izigidi, i-CVS Health yaxhasa ngezimali igagasi lokumela ipolitiki ngokumelene nezinyathelo zokulawula izindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nokwandisa ukufinyelela.
Umdondoshiya wokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ongumnikazi womshwalense wezempilo wakwa-Aetna futhi osebenzisa izinkulungwane zamakhemisi nemitholampilo engena ezweni lonke, inqobo nje uma $ 5 million ku-Partnership for America's Health Care Future, noma i-PAHCF.
Umnikelo onamanani ayisikhombisa ovela ku-CVS uwumnikelo omkhulukazi owaziwayo ku-PAHCF, owasungulwa ngo-2018 ukuze unxenxele futhi ukhulume ngokumelene neziphakamiso ezifana ne-Medicare for All, inketho yomphakathi, kanye nezinguquko ezifanayo ezithole ukwesekwa okukhulayo eminyakeni yamuva nje. I-PAHCF iyi-501(c)(4) futhi ayidingeki ukuthi idalule imininingwane yomnikeli.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-PAHCF ixhaphozi abavoti ezifundazweni eziyisisekelo zeDemocratic Alliance njengeSouth Carolina ezinezikhangiso ezikhuthaza abavoti ukuthi baphikise iMedicare for All. Ezifundeni ngokucabangela inketho yomphakathi, leli qembu laqasha abagqugquzeli bendawo futhi lasakaza izikhangiso eziklanyelwe ukudikibalisa izishayamthetho zezifundazwe ekuvoteleni uhlelo. Futhi ngaphambi nje kokhetho lukazwelonke, iqembu futhi izikhangiso ezisakazwayo ukuhlasela inketho yomphakathi.
Akukhona i-CVS Health noma i-PAHCF ephendulile esicelweni sokuphawula. Ngaphandle komnikelo we-CVS Health, inkampani ayifakwanga ohlwini njenge ilungu lomfelandawonye ye-PAHCF kuwebhusayithi yeqembu.
Emavikini asanda kwedlula, i-PAHCF ibonakala iqala kabusha indima yayo. Iqembu lethule izikhangiso ezinayo waxwayisa abenzi bomthetho ngokumelene nokweseka isiphakamiso sikaMongameli uJoe Biden kuzwelonke ongakhetha kukho kanye nezinsizakusebenza ezifundazweni ukuhlasela iziphakamiso ezisekelwe kuhulumeni zezinhlelo zomshwalense womphakathi.
Ngesonto eledlule, isikhulu esiphezulu se-CVS Health uKaren S. Lynch kusayinwe ngokuhlanganyela incwadi eya ku-Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, exwayisa ngokuthi umkhankaso wokwenza inketho yomshwalense wezempilo yomphakathi uzoxosha amabhizinisi omshwalense wezempilo kuhulumeni.
Le ncwadi, ephinde yasayinwa abaphathi abakhulu be-Anthem, Cigna, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, kanye ne-UnitedHealth Group, isole ukuthi umzamo wokwehlisa amaphrimiyamu kanye nokwandisa ukumbozwa ngenketho yomphakathi "uzoqhubeka nokuwohloka komnotho wezwe."
Ukudalulwa komnikelo ka-$5 million kuza njengoba i-PAHCF isiqale omunye umjikelezo wokukhangisa Colorado, Maine, Montana, Connecticut, Kanye Washington, DC, izimakethe. Inhlangano iphinde yethula i-offshoot in Nevada, esinye isimo lapho izishayamthetho zicubungula isiphakamiso senketho yomphakathi.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-PAHCF wacelwa ngempumelelo ukuba anqotshwe umzamo wangaphambilini wokudlulisa lokho okubizwa ngokuthi uhlelo lomshwalense wenketho yomphakathi eColorado.
Uhlelo lwaseColorado lwaklanyelwe ukuhlinzeka izakhamuzi ngolunye uhlelo lomshwalense wezempilo ngamaphrimiyamu angabiza isilinganiso esingamaphesenti angama-20 ngaphansi kwezinkampani zomshwalense ezizimele. Lesi siphakamiso sasiqukethe nenani lezinyathelo zokonga, okuhlanganisa imfuneko yokuthi izinkampani zezidakamizwa zidlulisele izaphulelo kubathengi ngokuqondile, kunokuba kube ngabahlinzeki bokunakekelwa kwezempilo benkampani yangaphandle noma abashwalense.
Izikhangisi ze-PAHCF zahlambalaza lesi siphakamiso, zithi izokwethula โukunakekelwa kwezempilo okulawulwa uhulumeniโ okuzofaka osopolitiki ezinqumweni okufanele zishiyelwe iziguli nodokotela.
Leli qembu, elisebenza ngokubambisana ne-Federation of American Hospitals kanye ne-Healthcare Leadership Council, liphinde lanxenxa abenzi bomthetho ngokuqondile. Amadokhumenti angaphakathi avela eqenjini, ngaphambilini kubika yi-The Intercept, ibonisa ukuthi i-PAHCF nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo bazibandakanya ngokuqondile nababhali bemibono ekubhaleni amakholomu emibono, yazisa izikhulu zeDemocratic Party ngobungozi bokwamukela izinguquko zezempilo, futhi yasebenzela ukucindezela abangenele ukhetho lukamongameli.
Kepha abaqaphi abanjengoCentre for Health and Democracy bathi leli qembu limane liwumkhankaso wokuvikela inzuzo kanye nesabelo semakethe sabahlinzeki bezempilo abazimele kanye nezinkampani zomshuwalense.
"Indaba yokunakekelwa kwezempilo eMelika imayelana nezinkampani eziqhutshwa inzuzo uma ziqhathaniswa nabaseMelika abadinga ukunakekelwa," kusho uWendell Potter, umongameli weCenter for Health and Democracy.
Ngenkathi lolu bhubhane lubhidliza umnotho futhi lufuna usizo lwezempilo oluxhaswe ngumqashi kwabanye 15 abayizigidi ezingu Abantu baseMelika, iningi lemboni yokunakekelwa kwezempilo lachuma. I-CVS Health iqoqwe cishe $ 13.9 billion emalini yokusebenza ngonyaka odlule. I-HCA Healthcare, uchungechunge lwezibhedlela ezenza inzuzo oluphinde luxhase ngemali i-PAHCF, ikhokhele isikhulu sayo esiphezulu uSamuel Hazen $ 30.4 million ngonyaka odlule.
I-CVS inikela ngezindodla zemali ethonyeni lezepolitiki. Ngonyaka odlule, inkampani yachitha $ 10.3 million ngemizamo yokunxenxa uhulumeni. Ukudalulwa kokuzithandela okubonisa umnikelo wezigidi ezingu-5 zamaRandi ku-PAHCF kuphinde kwaveza eminye iminikelo emaqenjini anethonya lezombusazwe angaluvezi ulwazi lwabanikeli.
Inkampani inikele ngo-$1,750,000 ku-Majority Forward, iqembu elixhumene noSen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., elisekela iSenate Democrats kanye no-$1,750,000 ku-One Nation, iqembu elixhumene noSen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., elisekela iSenate Republicans . I-CVS iphinde yenza iminikelo ezinhlanganweni zezepolitiki ezahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa Indlela Yesithathu, i-Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, i-Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, i-American Enterprise Institute, i-Center Forward, kanye ne-American Action Forum.
โUngalenzi iphutha: Uma nje izigidigidi zabo zenzuzo zisongelwa, iqembu eliphambili lemboni yomshwalense wezempilo lizosebenzisa noma yini edingekayo ukuze kugcinwe isimo sinjengoba sinjalo,โ kwengeza uPotter.
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