Health care reform advocates are changing up their tactics this week as they target lawmakers, particularly ones in the South, who have been opposing President Barack Obama's proposal for a public insurance option.
Health Care for America Now, a coalition of more than 1,000 health care groups advocating for public health insurance, have launched a 10-day $1.1 million television ad campaign targeting senators in 10 states, including Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
The ads, entitled "What If," support Obama's proposal for a public insurance option in his plans to overhaul health care. As Facing South reported earlier this week, conservative-leaning Democrats in Congress -- including Southern lawmakers - have been facing criticism for their opposition to public health insurance.
Urging viewers to call their Senators, the ads asks,"What if we stripped away the $13 billion insurance company profits? The $119 million CEO bonuses?" You can view the ads here:
Other health care reform groups are also using ads to target lawmakers who oppose the public insurance option. As the Wall Street Journal blog reported:
The Associated Press reported:
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Health Care for America Now, a coalition of more than 1,000 health care groups advocating for public health insurance, have launched a 10-day $1.1 million television ad campaign targeting senators in 10 states, including Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
The ads, entitled "What If," support Obama's proposal for a public insurance option in his plans to overhaul health care. As Facing South reported earlier this week, conservative-leaning Democrats in Congress -- including Southern lawmakers - have been facing criticism for their opposition to public health insurance.
Urging viewers to call their Senators, the ads asks,"What if we stripped away the $13 billion insurance company profits? The $119 million CEO bonuses?" You can view the ads here:
Other health care reform groups are also using ads to target lawmakers who oppose the public insurance option. As the Wall Street Journal blog reported:
[T]he Democratic-leaning MoveOn.Org is targeting Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu who has voiced opposition to a public insurance option. A 60-second radio ad running in Orleans parish through Wednesday suggests the senator is in the pocket of the health care industry. The ad focuses on financial contributions she has received stating that Landrieu has received "$1.6 million in campaign contributions from the health care industry - the same industry that's now spending millions to stop the president's plan."Over the past week the Senate has been struggling to find agreement over a public insurance plan. But on Friday House Democrats released a health care reform draft outline that they say will bring down spiraling costs and insure about 95% of Americans. The plan, which would include a public insurance option, would require employers to provide coverage to employees or pay a penalty equal to 8 percent of their payroll.
The Associated Press reported:
Major provisions of the draft bill would impose new responsibilities on individuals and employers to get coverage, end insurance company practices that deny coverage to the sick and create a new government-sponsored plan to compete with private companies.
The Associated Press reported:
Major provisions of the draft bill would impose new responsibilities on individuals and employers to get coverage, end insurance company practices that deny coverage to the sick and create a new government-sponsored plan to compete with private companies.
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In other words, you'll be forced to buy insurance you can't afford and spend hours, days, weeks, months, and so on fighting with the government to get your 'subsidy' to help you pay for it which you may or may not be poor enough to qualify for.
Yeah. Health Reform.
June 19, 2009 5:49 PM | Reply
I am happy the monies received by law makers from the health care industy are being exposed! 70 percent of Americans want a public option and yet, we are facing the same old story of corporate money speaking more loudly to Congress! I wish everyone uninsured or underinsured would rise up and demand their lawmakers listen to them instead of the insurance companies. And why did it take until now for the insurance companies to be "willing" to insure people with pre-existing medical conditions? And they still won't unless pressed. For them it is a business, nothing wrong with business except in some cases like water, energy, defense and health care.
Drake
June 23, 2009 5:42 PM | Reply