The appointment of Leddy to the health reform commission leaves a horrible perception, at best, and at worst puts reform in the hands of someone affiliated with an organization which profits significantly from insurance sales.
AARP has actually been pretty good on their support of national reform, but has stopped short of indicating a position on whether future reform should include insurance or take advantage of its elimination.
Regardless of all that, for Speaker Smith to claim he is above the regulations and that we should just trust that his choice will do a good job despite his undeniable conflict of interest is something that Democrats appear to generally be rolling over for.
The appointment of Leddy to the health reform commission leaves a horrible perception, at best, and at worst puts reform in the hands of someone affiliated with an organization which profits significantly from insurance sales.
AARP has actually been pretty good on their support of national reform, but has stopped short of indicating a position on whether future reform should include insurance or take advantage of its elimination.
Regardless of all that, for Speaker Smith to claim he is above the regulations and that we should just trust that his choice will do a good job despite his undeniable conflict of interest is something that Democrats appear to generally be rolling over for.