Why Isn't Big Business Lobbying for Universal Health Care?

Jonathan Tasini poses a simple question: why isn't Big Business loybbing to extend Medicare to all Americans? By every indication, a government-sponsored health care system would help Corporate America. So again, why isn't Big Business using its considerable clout to lobby Congress for a universal health care system? Because, as Scott Shields over at MyDD points out, corporate executives have an innate abhorrence for progressive economic policy, even when it might help their bottom line.

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