Nowhere else in the developed world could a family be personally bankrupted by a medical emergency, yet [Mitch] McConnell insists that this country has the world's best health care.
Of course, as a member of Congress and lifelong government employee, McConnell does have the world's best health care.
He's also been showered in health care riches as a politician. He is the seventh-largest recipient of health-care sector contributions in Congress, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The health care sector has given McConnell $3.1 million since 1989.
No wonder he wants only "incremental changes" that won't rock the gravy train.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
'Slow down' just a tactic to stall
Today's Herald-Leader included this great editorial:
