President Obama, vowing to succeed in health care reform where President Clinton failed, claimed progress in early May after a meeting with industry officials, who seemed open to his call to reduce spending by $2 trillion over 10 years.
But a major new national attack-ad campaign has the potential to put a dent in Obama's plans, with millions of dollars coming from one of the backers of the "Swift Boat" attacks that wounded John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
Conservatives for Patients' Rights, founded by multimillionaire investor and former hospital chief executive Rick Scott, began this week airing a 30-minute infomercial on some cable networks warning Americans of a health care takeover.
The new battle comes as the Senate races to produce legislation that could pass this year guaranteeing universal access to health care. The proposal outlined by Democrats would create a public insurance option and require individuals and employers to buy coverage.
Scott, who helped finance the "Swift Boat" ads, has hired the same group responsible for those ads, CRC Public Relations, to coordinate the campaign. The Washington Post reports he is using $5 million of his own money and up to $15 million more from supporters to push his campaign.
"As Congress looks for solutions inside the Washington Beltway, we plan to go straight to the family rooms of America to let people see the very real consequences of letting the government take over their health care decisions," Scott said in a statement.
"This documentary will educate people on what 'government-run health care' really means: stalling, waiting lists and rationing and withholding care because of red tape, politics, and bureaucratic foot-dragging." - FOX News Story
I don't know what Obama's plan for Health Care Reform is, I will readily admit that. I will also readily admit that there are very few things that the Federal Government does and gets right. So when it comes to Health Care my first reaction is not only NO! but HELL NO!
We have all heard of the horror stories from other Countries who have nationalized health care. The long lines, month long waits for treatment, No Treatment because you are deemed to old. I don't see any way, shape or form that they can get it right. Instead of going after Health Care, I don't get why Obama is fixing Social Security.
But hey this is Obama, we can half ass everything and then claim victory on all the things that we did. The next President can come in and clean up the colossal mess that is being created in Washington.
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