Harry And Louise Flip Flop On Health Care
Harry And Louise Flip Flop On Health Care
Harry and Louise are back, but this time they’re saying that “the status quo is no longer an option.”
Fifteen years after falsely suggesting that President Clinton’s efforts to reform the health care system would undermine existing coverage and leave health care decisions in the hands of government bureaucrats, Harry and Louise — now “older and wiser” — are demanding that the next president “bring everyone to the table and make [health reform] happen.”
Watch both the 1993 and 2008 ads:
Former opponents of Clinton’s health reform locked arms with the plan’s proponents to finance the new ads, which will run on CNN, MSNBC, and Comedy Central during the Democrat and Republican conventions.
The effort is co-sponsored by the Cancer Action Network, American Hospital Association, The Catholic Health Association, Families USA, and the National Federation of Independent Business and is also supported by America’s Health Insurance Plans, the insurance industry front group behind the original advertisements.
AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni openly admitted her organization’s change of heart at the unveiling of the new ad and promised to “strongly support the coalition’s activity”:
This is a very different time [than 1993] and we are making a strong commitment…to work collaboratively [with this group].
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While the 1993 ad was clearly advocating a particular position, this new ad doesn’t. Instead, it simply suggests that no “alternative” to the plan they opposed was ever introduced.
Not a good ad. If this is to be an effective ad, they need to wonder, “Maybe we were wrong?”
August 19th, 2008 at 1:35 pmPrivate insurers are getting hit in the pocketbook as businesses bail on employer sponsored health insurance. They’re scrambling to keep that high volume, good margin underwriting.
They make alot more from individual plans, and would love to see millions pushed into that market. Then insurance companies charge high fees to insure healthy people, leaving government programs with the risk and responsibility for paying for those who don’t meet their ridiculous underwriting standards.
They’re trying to game the system to their advantage. Leaders need to keep AHIP honest as things move forward. McCain can’t as he’s advised by medical caviar eating Al Hubbard of WellPoint fame.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:51 pm