Then and Now
Then:
“But these negotiations will be on C-SPAN, and so the public will be part of the conversation and will see the choices that are being made. So if a member of Congress is carrying water for the drug companies and says, well we can’t negotiate for the cheapest available price on drugs because we need the money for R&D research, we will have a discussion right there in front of the American people about the fact that the drug companies do need profits, but their also spend a whole bunch of it on marketing, television ads where nobody even knows what the drug is for.”
We hear from a Senate Democratic aide that offices are being deluged with calls after the “tentative deal” the health care gang of 10 reached tonight.
The aide tells TPMDC even Reid senior staff are trying to piece it together.
The bottom line is they “swear” the public option is “not dead,” the aide said.
“Few outside ten members themselves have details, including Reid,” the aide said, adding that staffers were kicked out of the negotiating room when they neared a deal.
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