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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 04:03 PM Aug 2019

Paul Ryan will now profit off his failures to strip healthcare from millions of Americans

As Speaker of the House, Ryan tried to take away coverage from 23 million Americans.
Josh Israel
Aug 27, 2019, 11:13 am


As Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan (R-WI) was best known for his repeated attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare) and take away health insurance coverage from tens of millions of Americans. Now a private citizen, Ryan is about to profit from his own legislative failures.

According to his hometown paper, Ryan has joined the board of directors at SHINE Medical Technologies. The Janesville-based company makes molybdenum-99, a radioactive isotope used to illuminate bones and body tissue in medical tests — the sorts of tests typically paid for by health insurance plans.

In a statement announcing the news, the company’s CEO Greg Piefer said the former 10-term congressman and 2012 vice presidential nominee “will provide critical guidance to SHINE as we expand into domestic and international markets that require deep mastery of global policy, economics and leadership.”

Ryan said he was “excited to be joining SHINE’s board at this important time in the company’s development.”

https://thinkprogress.org/after-trying-to-kill-health-insurance-for-millions-paul-ryan-now-profits-from-medical-tech-9dbac192d3d8/

Fucking right wing libertarian hypocrite.........................

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Paul Ryan will now profit off his failures to strip healthcare from millions of Americans (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2019 OP
For fucking real? CrispyQ Aug 2019 #1
strange bedfellows ... Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #2
Yepper spot on............................. turbinetree Aug 2019 #3
ding, ding, ding! oasis Aug 2019 #5
I wish the AMA would rate medical tech companies according to how many rethugs are on their boards. diva77 Aug 2019 #4

diva77

(7,640 posts)
4. I wish the AMA would rate medical tech companies according to how many rethugs are on their boards.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 04:46 PM
Aug 2019

What a pox on a company if it fills seats with thugs with no moral compass.

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