Obama speech disrupter a health industry darling

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Source: Raw Story

Whether because of his outspokenness or in spite of it, Wilson is a major recipient of contributions from the health care industry.

In fact, over his entire congressional career, health professionals represent Wilson’s top industry contributors, donating a total of $244,196 to his campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics OpenSecrets.org database. He received another $86,150 from pharmaceutical companies, $73,050 from insurance companies and $68,000 from hospitals and nursing homes.

Among Wilson’s top contributors are the American Hospital Association, a lobby group that represents the interests of hospitals and health networks, and the American Medical Association, which represents physicians.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/10/obama-speech-disrupter-a-health-industry-darling/

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1. Shocking... :/

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2. Well, they're going to have to dig deep and come up with some more.

And God knows they have all our money.

[Cha]

3. Well no wonder the Tourettes got the best

of him..it's his money purse that the President is screwing with.

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4. He sounds pretty unhinged-read the entire article (RE: selling arms to Saddam)