Liz Fowler

ACA Passes with Individual Mandate Requiring Americans to Purchase Private Insurance, Delivering Industry Windfall

2010-03-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the most significant healthcare legislation since Medicare. While expanding coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, the law’s architecture reflects extensive industry lobbying, featuring an individual mandate …

Barack Obama America's Health Insurance Plans Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Max Baucus Liz Fowler +1 more healthcare insurance-industry regulatory-capture individual-mandate lobbying

Obama Cuts $80B PhRMA Deal Abandoning Medicare Negotiation Promise

2009-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Obama White House secretly negotiated an $80 billion deal with pharmaceutical industry lobbyists, abandoning the president’s campaign promise to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. White House officials Jim Messina and Rahm Emanuel met with PhRMA CEO Billy Tauzin, agreeing to maintain …

Barack Obama PhRMA Billy Tauzin Jim Messina Rahm Emanuel +1 more healthcare pharmaceutical-industry lobbying broken-promises regulatory-capture