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Money runs Albany28 July 2008 We all know health insurance is skyrocketing - up 79 percent since 2001 - while insurers cut benefits. We know that drug prices are so high many must go without vitally needed medicines. Why can't our legislators in Albany do something to protect us from these predatory practices? The simple answer: campaign cash. In 2006, health insurers donated $184,435 to state legislators while drug companies spread $425,650 around. Their lobbyists made sure they could keep on raising prices without oversight or regulation. New Yorkers pay the fourth-highest electricity rates in the country. Why? Campaign cash again. Power-industry contributors were richly rewarded for their political investments when Albany deregulated the industry to permit soaring rates. We must elect legislators who will fight for full public funding of campaigns so that they can feel free to serve the public and not worry about who will fund their re-election campaigns. Christine Niskanen
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