Hadassah Lieberman (Joe's wife)

Evan Bayh's wife works for Wellpoint. How about Joe's wife?

Hadassah Lieberman

Hadassah Lieberman joined the Hill & Knowlton public relations firm in March 2005. "The legendary lobbying and PR firm hired her as a 'senior counselor' in its 'health and pharmaceuticals practice'," Joe Conason wrote July 12, 2006, in Truthdig, marking her "return to consulting after more than a decade of retirement."

Lieberman, a daughter of Holocaust survivors and a naturalized U.S. Citizen, is the wife of Joseph I. Lieberman, a Democrat and the Junior U.S. Senator from Connecticut.

Hadassah Lieberman "earned a master’s degree in international relations from Northeastern University (1971), worked at Hill & Knowlton public relations as a senior counselor in health and pharmaceuticals and has frequently delivered speeches on women’s health care," Jennifer Medina wrote August 14, 2006, in the New York Times.

Hadassah Lieberman "developed an Advisory Network for Women's Health whose Sister to Sister Network promotes awareness and prevention of heart disease (1998-2000). She has also worked at HFL & Associates (1997-98); APCO Associates (1993-97); the National Research Council (1) (1990-93); Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (1982-85); Hoffmann-La Roche (1972-81); and Lehman Brothers (1971-72)," according to an American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) interview published July 10, 2001, in the Washington Post.

Lieberman was Senior Program Officer at the National Research Council (1990-1993); Director of Policy, Planning and Communications at Pfizer (1982-1985); and a Research Analyst at Lehman Brothers (1971-1972), according to NNDB.com. (2)

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"When a senator’s wife works for one of the capital’s largest lobby shops, appearances tend to matter. In this case, something happened immediately that didn’t look very good," Joe Conason wrote July 12, 2006, in Truthdig.

"Lieberman signed up with Hill & Knowlton in March 2005. The firm’s clients included GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharmaceutical giant that manufactures flu vaccines along with many other drugs. In April 2005, Sen. Lieberman introduced a bill that would award an array of new government 'incentives' to companies like GSK to produce more vaccines—notably patent extensions on other products, at a cost of billions to governments and consumers.

"That legislation provoked irritated comment by his hometown newspaper, the New Haven Register. In an editorial headlined 'Lieberman Crafts Drug Company Perk,' the Register noted that his bill was even more generous to the pharmaceutical industry than a similar proposal by the Senate Republican leadership. 'The government can offer incentives and guarantees for needed public health measures,' said the editorial. 'But it should not write a blank check, as these bills do, to the pharmaceutical industry that has such a large cost to the public with what may be an uncertain or dubious return.'

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hadassah_Lieberman

Joe Lieberman will *never* vote for HCR..... he is *Literally* in bed with the health insurance lobby.

and only done work for the corporate parasites of our society.

When a Senator opposes the public option while his wife works for the industry, the wife becomes a fair target.

Joe Conason: Sen. Lieberman Literally in Bed With Drug Lobby

Posted on Jul 12, 2006
By Joe Conason

Editor’s note: In this column, Conason points out that the Connecticut senator who would lecture us on ethics drafted a bill in 2005 that made generous giveaways to pharmaceutical companies—one month after his wife went to work in the pharmaceuticals division of a major lobbying and PR firm.


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Lieberman dutifully recites his opposition to “tax cuts for the rich” and “privatizing Social Security,” and his support of “universal health insurance” and “affordable healthcare.” When he utters those phrases, unfortunately, they ring hollow to many rank-and-file Democrats.

Actually, the syndrome afflicting him is found among entrenched veterans of both parties, especially those who appear more concerned with connections and contributions than values or ideals.

Sen. Lieberman has long been known to cultivate the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, which provide jobs in his home state and contributions to his campaign fund. But he has literally been sleeping with one of their Washington representatives ever since his wife, Hadassah, joined Hill & Knowlton last year. The legendary lobbying and PR firm hired her as a “senior counselor” in its “health and pharmaceuticals practice.”

This news marked Hadassah Lieberman’s return to consulting after more than a decade of retirement. “I have had a life-long commitment to helping people gain better health care,” she said in the press release announcing her new job. “I am excited about the opportunity to work with the talented team at Hill & Knowlton to counsel a terrific stable of clients toward that same goal.”

It would be uplifting to imagine that Hill & Knowlton—after spending the past decade as a defendant in tobacco class-action lawsuits because of its role in propaganda disputing the deadly effects of smoking—is now devoted to improving everybody’s health. More likely, the firm remains devoted to improving the profits of its clientele, which has historically included Enron, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Saudis, Kuwaitis, American International Group and Boeing.

When a senator’s wife works for one of the capital’s largest lobby shops, appearances tend to matter. In this case, something happened immediately that didn’t look very good.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060712_conason_lieberman_drug_lobby/

"I would support the public option, but it would mean that I would be sleeping alone for the next 4 or 5 years"? Hell, I would be against it too if it meant that I wasn't going to get any for the next 5 years. :)

“They took the babies out of the incubator, took the incubators, ...

The event happened way before Hadassah Lieberman joined the firm but just the same Hill & Knowlton stinks any anyone associated with them will forever stink.

So that article is untrustworthy as a source.

Read Conason's piece from 2006:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8720036&mesg_id=8720058

:puke:

Wish we could yank Traitor Joe's 'government run' health care.

rather than the voters they so avidly seek around election time.

Joe and Hadassah Lieberman are not an aberration. Evan and Susan Bayh are in the same boat. Susan sits on the board of Wellpoint, a major health insurer, while her husband whines about the public option and threatens to filibuster.

Oh yeah, I'm SURE Hadassah-ten-years-out-of-the-game was the MOST qualified candidate for the job! :puke: