Howard Dean: Healthcare Lobbyist

[rsacamano]

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[crim son]

1. Dean had my support and empathy for a long time

but lost it when I learned about this a while ago.

[ancianita]

2. Fuck that guy.

[ReasonableToo]

3. Health INSURANCE Lobbyist. End.

[Geronimoe]

4. Corporate MSM misleads the public

They really should be disclosing Howard Deans ties to lobbying when they interview him.

So the real story is that another well compensated corporate for-profit healthcare system shill supports Hillary.

[Helen Borg]

5. He learned his lesson...

Such a difference with Liz Warren!

[slipslidingaway]

6. Posted back in 2009 ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8606842&mesg_id=8608167

http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/07/21/biotech_firms_lobby_hard_for_say_on_healthcare/?page=1

" ... The quest for influence is not always obvious.

Howard Dean, the former Democratic Party chairman, wrote an opinion piece this month in The Hill, an influential Capitol Hill newspaper, arguing that fewer than 12 years of monopoly rights for biotech companies’ products “would prematurely rob innovators of their intellectual property and . . . destroy incentives to develop new cures.’’

Dean failed to note in his editorial that he is an adviser to McKenna, Long & Aldridge, a global law firm that is advising the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the influential trade group. Nor did Trippi mention that his public relations firm handles social media projects in a partnership with the Boston public relations company Brodeur Partners, which also has BIO as a client.

After the Globe inquired about those ties, both Dean and Trippi said they only advocate for causes they genuinely support, but said they should have disclosed those relationships and would do so in the future..."

[Pastiche423]

7. Maybe the Dean Scream wasn't a bad thing

Although it hurts my heart to say so.