McConnell Aligned Group Sponsors TV Ads Against 'Medicare for All'

(4 mins). A Republican-aligned group, 'One Nation' has launched the 1st of what is to be a series of ads attacking Medicare For All. The ad features “real” people who claim that they had to wait an obscene amount of time to see a doctor because their country has socialized medicine. This is false. Studies show that the wait times for countries with universal healthcare is on par with wait times in the US & in some cases it is actually faster. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins debunks lies in the video. https://trofire.com/2019/06/25/republican-group-launches-ridiculous-attack-on-medicare-for-all/

- The Hill, 'McConnell-Aligned Group Launches $4M Ad Campaign Against 'Medicare for All'', June 20, 2019.

A GOP outside group aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (R-Ky.) is launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign against “Medicare for All.” The group One Nation is spending $4 million on the first round of TV, radio and digital ads nationwide, but the full 18-month campaign will exceed that total. “How long will you wait for care?” the ad’s narrator states. “In other countries with socialized health care, patients wait weeks, even months, for treatment. Everyone forced into the same government plan no matter how serious.” Highlight perceived flaws in Medicare for All is a central GOP line of attack for the 2020 campaign.

“If you’re a union worker, a family dependent on employer insurance, or a senior relying on traditional Medicare, so-called Medicare for All will turn your world upside down,” One Nation President Steven Law, a former chief of staff for McConnell, said in a statement. The ad campaign's launch comes ahead of the first Democratic presidential debates next week, where several of the leading candidates have embraced Medicare for All, though it remains a key dividing line within the crowded Democratic field. “Medicare for All would eliminate private insurance for 180 million people,” the ad states. “You and every American waiting in the same government-run plan.”
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