Posted by AJ DePriest at our Facebook Page.... explaining exactly that $$$ rules our 'Representatives' even here in TN:
"I received this message (below) this morning. It IS embarrassing. The Tennessee General Assembly REPUBLICANS don't even TRY to hide how corrupt they are anymore. They take big med and big pharma money with impunity. Let's look at our Governor and Republicans on the House Health Subcommittee (committee that torpedoed the Patient Bill of Rights Act) and see how deep they are in the swamp. NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list of campaign contributors from big med and big pharma, merely highlights. BOB RAMSEY (Chair of the committee): TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE ASSN PAC - 01/03/2020 $1,000.00 INDEPENDENT MEDICINE'S PAC-TN - 11/16/2019 $1,000.00 MADISONVILLE PRIMARY CARE - 12/19/2019 $1,000.00 CLARK BOYD: INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS PAC - 01/03/2022 $1,500.00 INSURORS OF TN PAC - 01/03/2022 $1,500.00 FRIENDS OF THA - 07/21/2021 $1,000.00 INDEPENDENT MEDICINE'S PAC - 01/04/2022 $1,000.00 PHRMA TENNESSEE PAC - 11/19/2021 $1,000.00 MARK HALL: CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. (TENNOVA HOSPITALS) - 10/28/2021 $1,000.00 TENNESSEE ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS PAC - 12/01/2021 $1,000.00 TENNESSEE ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC - 09/03/2021 $1,000.00 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY - 10/25/2021 $500.00 INDEPENDENT MEDICINE'S PAC-TN - 01/04/2022 $500.00 PFIZER INC. PAC - 09/21/2021 $500.00 TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE ASSN PAC - 12/30/2021 $500.00 SABI KUMAR (NO SURPRISE HERE): INDEPENDENT MEDICINE'S PAC-TN - 10/07/2021 $4,000.00 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TN PAC - 10/07/2021 $2,000.00 DENTAQUEST PAC-TN-C - 01/05/2022 $2,000.00 HCA TRISTAR FUND - 10/25/2021 $2,000.00 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED - 12/20/2021 $2,000.00 FRIENDS OF THA - 10/07/2021$1,500.00 MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. - 10/07/2021 $1,250.00 AMERIGROUP TENNESSEE, INC. - 11/01/2021 $1,000.00 CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE PAC - 09/24/2021 $1,000.00 HUMANA INC. - 01/11/2022 $1,000.00 INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS PAC - 10/25/2021 $1,000.00 INSURORS OF TN PAC - 01/11/2022 $1,000.00 PHRMA TENNESSEE PAC - 11/23/2021 $1,000.00 TENNESSEE RADIOLOGISTS PAC - 01/05/2022 $1,000.00 ACADIA HEALTHCARE PAC TN-C - 01/11/2022 $500.00 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB - 01/11/2022 $500.00 GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE - 01/11/2022 $500.00 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS - 10/07/2021 $500.00 WALGREEN CO. - 10/25/2021 $500.00 TNSURG PAC - 01/11/2022 $250.00 PAT MARSH: ELI LILLY & CO. PAC - 10/13/2020 $500.00 INDEPENDENT MEDICINE'S PAC-TN - 10/16/2020 $500.00 PFIZER INC. PAC - 07/27/2020 $2,000.00 NAT'L HEALTH CORP. PAC - 09/16/2020 $250.00 COMMUNITY CLINIC - 03/26/2020 $1,100.00 PAUL SHERRELL: INDEPENDENT MEDICINE'S PAC-TN - 11/30/2021$1,000.00 FRIENDS OF THA - 01/07/2022 $500.00 HCA TRISTAR FUND - 12/16/2021 $500.00 TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE ASSN PAC - 11/30/2021 $500.00 BRYAN TERRY (WOW!): TENNESSEE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S PAC - 10/12/2021 $10,000.00 TENNESSEE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S PAC - 10/12/2021 $10,000.00 TENNESSEE ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC - 09/07/2021 $3,000.00 HCA TRISTAR FUND - 12/17/2021 $2,000.00 PHRMA TENNESSEE PAC - 11/19/2021 $2,000.00 ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC. - 01/11/2022 $1,000.00 ELI LILLY & CO. PAC - 11/11/2021 $1,000.00 FRIENDS OF THA - 10/12/2021 $1,000.00 INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS PAC - 08/19/2021 $1,000.00 LIFEPOINT HEALTH PAC - 10/25/2021 $1,000.00 PFIZER INC. PAC - 12/02/2021 $1,000.00 TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE ASSN PAC - 01/11/2022 $1,000.00 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY - 01/11/2022 $500.00 CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE PAC - 09/22/2021 $500.00 GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC PAC (GSK PAC) - 07/08/2021 $500.00 INSURORS OF TN PAC - 01/11/2022 $500.00 MAXIM HEALTHCARE INC TN PAC - 01/11/2022 $500.00 NAT'L HEALTH CORP. PAC - 01/08/2022 $500.00 WALGREEN CO. - 11/15/2021 $500.00
What about Governor Lee? Here are two of his top contributors: • Community Health Systems: $49,000 (These are TENNOVA hospitals in Tennessee, so famous for killing more than their fair share of patients with NIH protocols). • PhRMA Tennessee PAC, representing the pharmaceutical industry: $47,600 CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. - 01/10/2022 $12,700.00 TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE ASSN PAC - 01/10/2022 $12,700.00 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TN PAC - 11/18/2021 $12,700.00 NAT'L HEALTH CORP. PAC - 07/08/2021 $10,000.00 ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC. - 01/10/2022 $12,700.00 HCA TRISTAR FUND - 08/09/2021 $8,600.00 INSURORS OF TN PAC - 01/10/2022 $7,500.00 CAREGIVER PAC - 11/08/2021 $5,000.00 PFIZER INC. PAC - 08/19/2021 $5,000.00 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) - 09/08/2021 $8,150.00