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Bill Frist wrote most of the legislation that became Medicare Part D, he was old buddies with Rove. Frist was a hospital guy and a bit of a scammer before going
by ch4s3 4y ago
Bill Frist wrote most of the legislation that became Medicare Part D, he was old buddies with Rove. Frist was a hospital guy and a bit of a scammer before going to congress, I won’t deny that he was in the tank for hospitals, but the pharma lobby didn’t write his law. The original version was pretty modest, people criticized it at the time for not spending enough money, though it may now bankrupt Medicare. I remember it pretty well because I was just then getting interested in politics, but a ton has been written about it.
- dc-programmer 4y agoI guessed and was basically directionally correct. That guy seems like he fits the Bush mold - Cheney and Rumsfield privatizing huge parts of the military comes to mind. Don’t get me wrong what you are saying makes sense. I’d be more surprised if it were a coherent system. But I do believe many government regulations and laws that may seem like sphaghetti against the wall at first are actually very intentional and lucrative to someone.
- ch4s3 4y agoWe’ll this thing in particular was Frist’s pet project for years, Bush and Rumsfeld just needed seniors on board for the election so it finally got done. A lot of things happen that way, just horse trading and trying to get re-elected.