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Right-Wing Health Care Group Tricked British Women Into Appearing In Anti-Reform Ad

Aug 16, 2009 09:46

Right-Wing Health Care Group Tricked British Women Into Appearing In Anti-Reform Ad

Earlier this year, Conservatives for Patients Rights (CPR), an anti-health care reform group led by the disgraced former CEO of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Rick Scott, began running a commercial attacking the British health care system. The TV ad runs through “tragic ( Read more... )

gordon brown, health care, republicans

Comments 52

bellichka August 16 2009, 18:26:57 UTC

ALL WE WANTED WAS TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION AND YOU WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO US. AND NOW I'M STUCK WITH THE FUCKING CRAZIES AND MY APPENDIX WILL PROBABLY BURST. FU.

worldmage August 16 2009, 20:02:56 UTC

LMAO IRL

screamingintune August 17 2009, 06:58:36 UTC

lololol

stupid monarchy, this is all their fault. DOWN WITH THE QUEEN.

oceansandsky August 16 2009, 18:32:42 UTC

That guy in the advert is an idiot. I saw an interview he had with Rick Sanchez and his company was fined over $1 billion for trying to screw the government out of money. Why are there no counter-ads from the pro-health care people? I've only seen one lame, embarrassing effort so far and it doesn't even play that often. ps: I'm basing this on commercial at NBC and CNN, so correct me if my perception is off.

thebigbadbutch August 16 2009, 18:59:17 UTC

Counter ads about what? All I've heard about the healthcare plan so far from people who want reform is what's not in it and what might not be in it.

oceansandsky August 16 2009, 19:16:14 UTC

That's all I've heard as well. I suppose it's difficult to spend money in support of a bill that does not yet exist, but I would have thought by now there would be ads to show the current system is costly and allows discrimination against pre-existing conditions. I'm sure they can find a ton of people with diabetes or cancer who have been turned down by large insurance companies to star in an ad.

thebigbadbutch August 16 2009, 19:19:12 UTC

Most people agree reform is necessary so those ads wouldn't be all that effective.

Besides that I can't see anyone spending money to support a bill that probably isn't going to do very much.

Does someone need a can of whoop your ass?! akuma_river August 17 2009, 07:24:13 UTC

Someone needs to sue these fuckers.

That'll shut them up.

Re: Does someone need a can of whoop your ass?! angelus7988 August 17 2009, 08:52:23 UTC

But that would be restricting their freedom of speech, never mind existing laws regarding libel and slander.

showercapfrog August 17 2009, 11:59:20 UTC

Urgh, the misinformation makes me sick.

I LOVE THE NHS.