PhotoWhy haven’t the big lobbying groups done more? Today’s opposition is at least as much about principle as profit, and lobbying groups haven’t been willing to go all-out for principle. Speaking loudly against the bill risks alienating powerful politicians — and risks making the health care groups look partisan. I also know that the groups are lobbying behind the scenes for changes that would make the bill marginally less bad. A halfhearted effort to stop the bill won’t protect millions of Americans from losing their insurance and, ultimately, from being denied medical care.

Source: New York Times June 13, 2017 07:18 UTC