Democrats Help Corporate Donors Block California Health Care Measure, And Progressives Lose Again

[HarmonyRockets]

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/democrats-help-corporate-donors-block-california-health-care-measure-progressives?amp=1

As Republican lawmakers grapple with their unpopular bill to repeal Obamacare, Democrats have tried to present a united front on health care. But for all their populist rhetoric against insurance and drug companies, Democratic powerbrokers and their allies remain deeply divided on the issue — to the point where a political civil war has spilled into the open in America’s largest state.

In California last week, Democratic state Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon helped his and his party’s corporate donors block a Democrat-sponsored bill to create a universal health care program in which the government would be the single payer.

Rendon’s decision shows how progressives’ ideal of universal health care remains elusive — even in a liberal state where government already foots 70 percent of the total health care bill.

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[JNelson6563]

1. Vote him out!

[RandySF]

2. I'm unsure about the source.

It even takes time to bash Hillary.

[hunter]

6. clickbait covert evangelical site

Excerpt:

Faith and a media icon: Newsweek's unconventional new owners

• Owners linked to college founded by controversial pastor
• IBT's chief content officer endorsed article that said gay people can be cured

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Davis, a Californian electrical engineering graduate, is IBT Media’s chief content officer. Uzac, a French-South African economist, is its chief executive. The smartly suited pair have a confident sales pitch for the firm and are pursuing an aggressive expansion plan. They say that their online media outlets already reach 40 million unique users a month.

But they come with a backstory that is unusual for the mainstream media. The pair started their company in 2006 reportedly after meeting via Christian fellowships, and have frequently been the subject of reports linking them to David Jang, a controversial Korean pastor who is also the founder of Olivet University, an evangelical school based in San Francisco, California.

Davis once taught journalism at Olivet, and his wife, Tracy, is the university’s president. Uzac sat on Olivet’s board of trustees until last year, and his wife, Marion, who has also worked at IBT Media, was previously the press secretary for the World Evangelical Alliance. Olivet is a member of the alliance and Jang sits on the alliance’s North American council. Olivet graduates have been hired to work in a number of roles at IBT Media. The Guardian has confirmed that as Olivet expands its operations around the US, IBT Media has given money to the college.

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/28/newsweek-new-owners-background

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In 2016, IBT hired John Crowley, the Wall Street Journal's Europe, Middle East and Africa digital editor, as its UK editor-in-chief.... According to The Guardian, Crowley stated "We are not a wire service or so-called paper of record...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/24/international-business-times-wsj-john-crowley-uk-editor

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There's plenty more than that around...

Rather like the Huffington Post, a processed news product made from real news, like cheez-whiz is made from real cheese.

No offense to journalists who work there because it's a job, and real journalism jobs are scarce these days.

[Starry Messenger]

3. We don't need Sirota's "help," thanks.

His defeatism is his paycheck.

If you live in CA, fax Rendon. faxzero.com [phone]

[SMC22307]

4. Big, fat donors in the pharmaceutical and insurance industries...

won't stand for it. How much has Rendon received?

[cstanleytech]

5. This was discussed a few days ago and it was just postponed until its actually ready

as it still had major problems you could have sailed a barge through and the speaker said as much OP so please get the facts before you start a post like this as we do not need any needless shit stirring here on the DU against fellow Democrats.

https://speaker.asmdc.org/press-releases/speaker-rendon-statement-health-care

[dhill926]

7. Thank you...

Beat me to it.

[cstanleytech]

10. The thanks actually belong to Crash2Parties as they provided the link to the

speakers statement originally over in LBN.

[hunter]

8. shit stirring ... yeah that's the description I was looking for.

[chowder66]

9. Shit stirring and fear mongering seems to be ramping up lately.

Thank you for this response.

[msongs]

11. garbage post title - the allegedly losing "progressives" are also democrats. misleading title nt

[bahrbearian]

12. "Pie in the Sky"