Fowler had already been through the revolving door more than once or After the legislation was passed, the White House turned to the As America’s new Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare And then in December 2012: Whoosh… she went back through the What will she do there? Will she test the adult diapers? Will she You go girl!<\/p>\n (This is not the first time this sort of special privilege has been Wellpoint was not the only winner in the healthcare sector last year. The New York Times<\/em> reports:<\/p>\n Just two weeks after pleading guilty in The special favor was buried in Section 632. It involved a kidney That’s how a zombie<\/strong><\/a> One of the chief Amgen lobbyists, for example, had been an employee But poor Elekta AB. The Swedish maker of radiation tools got stabbed Elekta was at a disadvantage. A foreign company, it couldn’t give More to come…<\/p>\n Regards,<\/p>\n Bill<\/p>\n
\ntwice. She worked for Baucus before joining Wellpoint… and after. When
\nshe came back to Baucus she replaced Michelle Easton, another Wellpoint
\nlobbyist<\/strong><\/a>, who helped guide the senator on health policy while Ms. Fowler was on the Wellpoint payroll.<\/p>\n
\nclever lobbyist to implement it. After all, the sweet spot in the
\nlegislation was the provision requiring people to buy products from
\ncompanies such as Wellpoint, whether they wanted to or not.<\/p>\n
\nand Economic Policy at the National Economic Council, she had to make
\nsure Wellpoint got a good return on its investment.<\/p>\n
\nrevolving door. Type in “Elizabeth Fowler” and “revolving door” into
\nGoogle and you will get the whole story. The “architect of Obamacare,”
\nsay the papers, left the White House to go to the honeypot at Johnson
\n& Johnson.<\/p>\n
\ntake out the trash or write advertising jingles? No, she is up to her
\nold tricks \u2013 in a “senior position” at their “government affairs and
\npolicy group.”<\/p>\n
\ngranted in the USA. The ethanol industry got it coming and going. Tax
\ncredits subsidized farmers for growing corn and then federal mandates
\nrequired fuel companies to buy it.)<\/p>\nHow the Zombie System Works<\/h3>\n
\na major federal fraud case, Amgen, the world’s largest
\nbiotechnology firm, scored a largely unnoticed coup on Capitol Hill:
\nLawmakers inserted a paragraph into the “fiscal cliff” bill that did
\nnot mention the company by name but strongly favored one of its drugs.<\/em><\/p>\n
\ndialysis drug, Sensipar, that was spared from cost-cutting restrictions
\nfor another two years. This was the fruit of efforts by 74 Amgen
\nlobbyists. It is expected to cost the Medicare system up to $500
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
\nsystem works. Congressional staff members slip favors to private sector
\ncompanies. Then the companies return the favors, giving staff members
\ncushy jobs.<\/p>\n
\nof Sen. Baucus, head of the Senate Finance Committee. Jeff Forbes was
\nthe senator’s chief of staff. Amgen has given the politicians $5 million
\nsince 2007… with $68,000 going to Baucus.<\/p>\n
\nin the back by the same last-minute legislation. That’s the way
\nzombiedom works: The rewards go to people who are best able to pervert
\nthe political process.<\/p>\n
\nmoney to the politicians. Varian, its competitor, could. Plus, Varian
\nput 18 lobbyists on the case and managed to get Elekta’s payments cut in
\nhalf.<\/p>\n![\"Bill](\"https:\/\/www.insidersstrategygroup.com\/images\/web\/bbonner-sig.gif\" "\\"Bill")
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