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RT @AmyTraubDMI: Wanted: "respected economist" to do studies w preconceived conclusions, contact US Chamber of Commerce http://bit.ly/2CXyS6 6 days ago |
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RT @Noreen1 Classy: Chamber pushing to sponsor an economic study to claim that health care legislation kills jobs. #p2 http://bit.ly/3kAuER 6 days ago |
Chamber Funding Jobs Study
The Page by Mark Halperin —
USCC WashPost: USCC collecting cash for health care take-down.
Chamber Of Commerce Solicits Money For Economist Who Will Give Bad Review Of Health Care Bill
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is soliciting funds to pay an economist $50,000 to study health care reform legislation and issue (what the lobby presumes) will be a negative review, providing ammunition to shoot down health care reform in the Senate, according to The Washington Post. ...
Chamber Of Commerce Solicits Money For Economist Who Will Give Bad Review Of Health Care Bill
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is soliciting funds to pay an economist $50,000 to study health care reform legislation and issue (what the lobby presumes) will be a negative review, providing ammunition to shoot down health care reform in the Senate, according to The Washington Post. ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, November 16, 2009
The Note —
... LINK
HEALTH CARE:
Bloomberg’s Kristin Jensen and Laura Litvan: “Reid’s Health Overhaul Bill Likely to Split Senate Democrats” LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Lisa Girion: “Healthcare bills could jeopardize states' consumer protection laws" LINK
The New York Times’ Duff Wilson: “Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform” LINK
The Washington Post’s Michael Shear: “Health bill foes solicit funds for economic study” LINK
The Washington Post’s Aaron Davis: “House health bill includes Medicaid relief for states” ...
Chamber of Commerce Eyes Study of Health Reform Costs, Using Results as Political Weapon
Politics Daily —
... An internal e-mail obtained by the Washington Post revealed that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is collecting funds to hire a big-league economist to study the costs of health care reform. The e-mail, disclosing part of the organization's battle plan against President Obama's reform effort, predicts that the business lobby will be able to use the study as a weapon. ...
The Chatty Cathy Principle
Swampland —
... And in today's Washington Post, Michael Shear tells us that the Chamber of Commerce is attempting to carry the Chatty Cathy Principle forward into the academic world. Here's how: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an economic study that could be used to portray the legislation as a job killer and threat to the nation's economy, according to an e-mail solicitation from a top Chamber official. The e-mail, written by the Chamber's senior health policy ...
ThinkFast: November 14, 2009
Think Progress —
... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are trying to collect $50,000 to fund a study by a “respected economist” that could be used to attack health care reform. Part of the plan is to then have the economist “circulate a sign-on letter to hundreds of other economists saying that the bill will kill jobs and hurt the economy.” ...
Chamber of Commerce, creating its own reality
Political Animal —
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CREATING ITS OWN REALITY.... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hasn't had an especially good year. Its denials of global warming have been embarrassing; the group has lost some high-profile corporate members; its membership numbers have been exposed as exaggerated. Now that the Chamber has been caught trying to finance a phony study on health care reform , the organization's credibility is poised to reach new lows. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting ...
Wanted: "Respected economist" who doesn't like being so respected
Ezra Klein —
... The Chamber of Commerce recently blasted out a fundraising e-mail to its member groups asking for $50,000 to hire a "respected economist" to study the health-care bills. Seems sensible enough. Knowledge is power, and all that. But then, as Michael Shear reports, comes step two: ...
Chamber draws fire for proposed health study
News —
... In an email soliciting funds for the study, the Chamber proposes hiring a "respected economist" to author a report on healthcare, then circulate the results in an effort to kill reform legislation, the Washington Post reports: ...
Slow News Day -- By: Ramesh Ponnuru
The Corner on National Review Online —
It must be, if the Washington Post is running this story on its front page:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an economic study that could be used to portray the legislation as a job killer and threat to the nation's economy, according to an e-mail solicitation from a top Chamber official.
The e-mail, written by the Chamber's senior health policy manager and obtained by The Washington Post, proposes spending $50,000 ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
... "Going Rogue" reviewed: "This is not the prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination."
Is the Washington Post still stuck on the PTSD narrative? "Attack is a reminder of the mental demons unleashed by combat," even though Hasan had never been in combat, and we here at the Post don't consider those he killed to have died in combat. Wait, what were we saying?
U.S. Chamber and other critics of Obamacare plan an economic study to illuminate the job-killer.
Barone advises a Democratic president ...
More Phony-Baloney
Democratic National Committee —
... This morning the Washington Post reported that the Chamber of Commerce is proposing to spend $50,000 to hire a “respected economist” to write a report that would back-up the thoroughly debunked insurance industry claim that health reform is harmful to the economy. ...
Today's Roundup: The Usual Suspects Are Doing Their Best To Sandbag Health-Care Reform
Crooks and Liars —
So according to the Times, the pharmaceutical companies are jacking up their prices high enough to cancel out the savings they promised Obama for the health care bill. Why am I not surprised?
What does it take for Democrats to understand how this works, anyway?
And in other healthcare reform news, the Washington Post reports what the usual suspects are up to:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an ...
Remainders: Effigy
Ben Smith's Blog —
MSNBC hits Obama.
Malek explains her.
The Chambers plans to pay for a climate study.
Paterson trails everyone.
A big gay media empire shuts down.
Tea partiers think better of burning people in effigy, but the damage is probably done.
Devore tries to channel the tea party energy.
And in China, they're selling "Oba Mao" t-shirts. Maybe the vendors could make some kind of deal with Breitbart.
Health Care Reform Opponents Try To Buy Report From Economist To Support Their Views
Liberal Values —
... how they did this by requesting a study from a CMS actuary which included limitations which made it virtually meaningless. Today The Washington Post reported on an email sent by opponents of health care reform to attempt to buy an economist to support their position: ...
Chamber of Commerce’s “Buy an Economist” Health Care Strategy Identical to its Anti-Employee Free Choice Campaign
Firedoglake —
... sought to pay a “respected economist” $50,000 to author a study attacking health care reform. The Chamber planned to use the paid-for study in its anti-health care campaign: ...
