Koch Industries, on its website, took a public position opposing health care reform:
Koch Industries’ point of view regarding health care has nothing to do with political parties and everything to do with our fundamental principles. As a matter of principle, should government mandate prices and control access to doctors and hospitals? Is government an efficient health-care administrator? What’s more, is it morally right to run up billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities by promising entitlements for everyone? The principled, market-based answer is no.
So did David Koch, a co-owner of the company. In an editorial posted on the company website, he warned that the U.S. health care system was “under fierce attack,” and cautioned against “a government takeover of health care,” “further socialization of our health care system,” and “an over-reaching government that insists on encroaching into every aspect of our personal lives – especially health care.” (We’ve invited Koch Industries to comment and will update if the company has a response.)
Criticism of the health care law, however, does not seem to have prevented Koch Industries from applying for funds under the law–but that’s nothing new.
As the Associated Press reported today, more than a half dozen states which are suing the federal government to overturn the health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees.
Originally reported by ProPublica. Read the original article here.
