May 13
Campaigning for Public Health Insurance Option
The National Physicians Alliance has teamed up with Health Care for America Now, a pro-health-care reform group, to run an ad campaign in favor of a “public option” for health care. Opponents to the proposed public health insurance plan fear that this will lead to a single payer system and therefore a rationing and potential limitation of care. However, physicians argue that the insurance companies deny care and limit access to treatments everyday. The physicians featured in the ad tout that the public option can provide quality, affordable care and lead Americans to no longer be at the mercy of health insurance carriers. Will this campaign make an impact on public opinion?