Reply #16: Your link makes no sense

[Zodiak]

It says right in your own post that the Obama administration had a deal and that CONGRESS doesn't. It also says that Congress' efforts will effectively destroy Obama's "deal", and the Democrats are working hard to make that happen.

How can your article even talk about the administration's deal with pharma if there wasn't a deal in the first place?

Spamming links to your own posts is a little narcissistic to begin with, but to misrepresent them is disrespectful to this community. You insult our intelligence.

Here is what Obama said about the deal in your linked post:
""The agreement by pharmaceutical companies to contribute to the health reform effort comes on the heels of the landmark pledge many health industry leaders made to me last month, when they offered to do their part to reduce health spending $2 trillion over the next decade. We are at a turning point in America's journey toward health care reform. Key sectors of the health care industry acknowledge what American families and businesses already know - that the status quo is no longer sustainable. The agreement reached today to lower prescription drug costs for seniors will be an important part of the legislation I expect to sign into law in October. I want to commend House chairmen Henry Waxman, George Miller and Charles Rangel for addressing this issue in the health reform legislation they unveiled this week. This is a tangible example of the type of reform that will lower costs while assuring quality health care for every American"."

And here is what another of your quoted texts say about what congress is doing:
"When Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) introduced an amendment providing cheaper drugs for the Medicare/Medicaid eligibles — an amendment that would effectively scrap the White House deal with the branded drug lobby — Democrats on the panel couldn’t endorse it fast enough. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) came first, saying the proposal “makes all the sense in the world.” Not to be outdone, Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) quickly followed, the latter arguing that the current arrangement prohibiting negotiation, enacted by Republicans in 2003, was designed “simply to put money in the pharmaceutical companies’ pockets.”

Both make mention of a "deal" with Pharma....so why link it pretending there is no deal at all? Silly.