Democrats Are Way Out of Touch on Health Care
At a hearing last week, an industry-backed Democrat absolved health insurance CEOs for America’s health care crisis. That party leaders allow themselves to be seen as defenders of the insurance industry shows just how out of touch they are.
Frank Pallone Jr has raked in hundreds of thousands in campaign cash from the insurance sector in his nearly forty years as a congressman. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images for Protect Our Care)
As consumers get bilked so that health insurers can rake in profits to pay their shareholders and executives billions in combined stock value each year, one industry-backed congressional Democrat is inserting himself into the spotlight to proudly defend Big Insurance.
On Capitol Hill last week, the senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee used a high-profile hearing with health insurance CEOs from UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, Elevance Health, and Ascension to console executives, absolving them of blame for anything happening in health care right now.
A Politico story (headlined “In a twist, Republicans are demonizing insurers while Democrats defend them”) recounted the spectacle created by longtime representative Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ).
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