Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Tell the Gang of 6: Give back your dirty insurance money

Have you heard about the six senators who are out to kill health care reform?


Of course, that's not how they'd phrase it. Sens. Baucus, Bingaman, Conrad, Enzi, Grassley and Snowe say they're striving for "bi-partisan compromise." But what they're actually doing is working to make sure reform won't include a public option or mandatory employer-based insurance - two key policies needed for effective reform.


There are 100 members of the Senate, but these six, inexplicably, seem to be holding all the cards when it comes to health care.


So you probably won't be surprised to learn that all six have taken a huge amount of money from the health insurance industry and pharma. Take a look:


Senator Lifetime contributions from Insurance/Pharma
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) $1,203,205
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $206,297
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) $442,165
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-NV) $342,228
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) $702,595
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) $161,706
TOTAL: $3,058,256

These six senators -- who, by the way, represent only 2.74% of Americans between them -- are writing bad policy, and they're doing it while they take money from the very companies who stand to benefit the most.


Sign this petition today to tell Sens. Baucus, Bingaman, Conrad, Enzi, Grassley and Snowe: Give back every dime you've ever received from health insurance companies and big pharma.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/gang_of_6/?rc=fb_share1

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