Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack

Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by DesiLurker on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @02:36PM (#17861544)

whats amazing to me is how little money it takes to sway a politicians vote. yes there are big numbers in the list but most of them are 10s of thousands. its just amazing that they are willing to put their conscience aside and condemn people to bankruptcy or worse for that little. for the worshipers of free market they sure are selling themselves off cheap.

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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by swebs on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @04:19PM (#17862492)

I'm amazed by just how high the donations can go. What the hell did senator Sherrod Brown do to get $1.4M from the healthcare industry? A quick Google search doesn't reveal anything out of the ordinary, except for maybe the most ironic tweet of all time:

https://twitter.com/sensherrodbrown/status/89082321753065062...

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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by whamlastxmas on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @06:13PM (#17863404)

The problem isn't that they're bought with $10k. They're approached and told "Take this money or we'll give your competitor $5 million to campaign and take your place". And they know they follow through with the threats, so they take the $10k.

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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by DesiLurker on Thursday August 30, 2018 @04:28AM (#17874986)

but even that should ultimately bid-up the bribes after all its a 'free market'!

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