Today in San Francisco, Tim Pawlenty is speaking to a group of health insurance executives, and he’s getting paid to do it.
The former Minnesota governor turned GOP presidential candidate recently endorsed the Ryan Republican plan that would voucherize Medicare – it’s a plan that would nearly double seniors’ out of pocket costs and give health insurance companies a serious payday.
And now he's literally getting paid by the insurance companies.
Perhaps being bought and paid for by the health insurance executives is something Tim Pawlenty is fine being known for, but it won’t help future seniors who will be forced to pay more for less in terms of health care if Republicans get their way and end Medicare. Perhaps pocketing thousands of dollars in cash to give a speech outlining his plan to repeal health reform is a plus for Tim Pawlenty, but it won’t help seniors afford their prescription drugs or preventive care, it won’t help young people access health insurance and it won’t help people being denied coverage based on a pre-existing condition.
Tim Pawlenty has been bragging about giving Americans some hard truths lately. Well, here’s a hard truth for Tim Pawlenty: raking in thousands of dollars for yourself while siding with insurance company profits over affordable healthcare for the rest of us will not go unnoticed. We’ll make sure of that.
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