Biden to Approve $20/month Medicare Premium hike to benefit Private Insurers (Donors)
“The Lever” reports that the Biden administration is hiking premiums by $20/month (deducted from Social Security checks) to make bigger payments to private insurance companies, including funding an expensive Alzheimer Drug that reportedly doesn’t work well and has potentially bad side-effects.The Democratic (and Republican) strategy is to focus on culture war issues, with the hope that people won’t notice the looting.“Winning” = Selling Out
Many Democratic operatives don’t mind passing this unpopular corporate giveaway in an election year because their idea of “winning” is a lucrative job in the private sector, not governing well in the public interest.
- https://youtu.be/Q8L2zBCbmCY (The Lever on Breaking Points)