Liars and Deal-Breakers
Former health insurance executive Rick Scott is using fear mongering in an effort to stop health care reform.By Natasha Bowens
May 28, 2009
(Source: Fox News)
You know you’re getting into the thick of a debate when the gloves come off, the lying begins, and promises are broken just as soon as they’re made. Well, roll up your sleeves, because we’re wading into the thick of the health care reform debate and its about to get ugly.
Former health insurance executive Rick Scott, recently released ads with the aim of spreading fear, warning that if Obama’s health care reform passes, Americans will “lose control of their medical system”. These ads were released through Scott’s group, Conservatives for Patients Rights (CPR), who have loudly voiced their opposition to the progressive health care reform advocated by Health Care for America NOW. In turn, HCAN released their own ads exposing Rick Scott for his health insurance fraud and rhetoric. Not to be outdone and in a desperate attempt to raise funds, CPR quickly sent a boastful letter to their supporters, proclaiming that Comcast pulled HCAN’s ads from the air due to misleading content.
That claim was a blatant lie. Comcast confirmed to HCAN that the ads had simply expired from their original media buy and will return to the airwaves soon.
In further heated news, health insurance executives have already backed out of their commitment to President Obama to cut costs in national health care spending. Executives are claiming that the whole discussion was misunderstood and overstated. Instead of the firm commitment to trim $2 trillion from health care spending, the industry is now using terms such as “eventually”, “gradually”, and “not specific” on when the spending “target” would be achieved. Breaking that commitment didn’t take long and just proves that we can’t leave it up to the insurance industry for real reform.
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