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TV Ad Unveils True Motives of Health Care Reform Critic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ad by Health Care for America NOW! articulates Rick Scott’s hypocrisy in opposing health care overhaul
Thursday, May 07, 2009Contact: Mary Moreno, (202) 339-9316, mmoreno@communitychange.org
Washington – Health Care for America NOW!, the nation’s largest health care campaign, today released an eyebrow-raising video exposing Rick Scott’s suspect past as CEO of Columbia/Hospital Corporation of America. The video explains how the man leading the charge to stop the health care reform our country needs is the former head of a corporation that was forced to pay $1.7 billion for over-billing Medicare, kickbacks and falsified procedures. The company that made Scott a millionaire defrauded the government and the American people for profit.
“Now Rick Scott’s trying to block health care reform,” the ad’s narrator says, “because he and his insurance company friends make millions from the broken system we have now. So before you listen to Rick Scott, look at his record.”
America needs reform that includes a public plan to make health care accessible and affordable for all. We can’t let profiteers like Scott stop the change Americans need and deserve.
Watch the TV ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tItAd_rzJ48
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The Health Rights Organizing Project (HROP) is a national coalition of community organizations across the country working to achieve quality health care for all. HROP is convened by the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO) and the Center for Community Change. The Healthcare Equality Project national campaign’s coalition partners include the Center for Community Change, Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, SEIU, Gamaliel, LULAC, ACORN, La Clínica del Pueblo, URU the Right to Be, Partnership to Fight Chronic Diseases, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Puerto Rican Coalition, Hispanic Federation and Latinos for National Health Insurance.
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