New TV Ad Blasts GOP House Leader Boehner

New TV Ad Blasts GOP House Leader Boehner’s Laughable Claim That He’s Yet to Meet an American Supporting a Public Option as Part of Health Insurance Reform

Too Much Time on the Golf Courses in Florida, John? : Recent Poll Finds 57 Percent of Ohioans Support a Public Option

Click Here to View “Boehner’s Bogey”

 

Washington D.C. – Americans United for Change unveiled a new television ad today calling out Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) for his laughable claim that “I’m still trying to find the first American to talk to who is in favor of the public option” as part of health insurance reform. Airing on cable television in Columbus, OH next week, the spot called “Boehner’s Bogey” notes that the Congressman may be spending too much time on golf courses in Florida and lost touch with his constituents back home considering a recent Quinnipiac University poll showing “Ohio voters support 57 - 35 percent the idea of giving American consumers the option of buying health insurance from a government-run plan.” Recent national polls found 62 Percent of the American public and three out of four doctors support a public option.

Tom McMahon, Acting Executive Director, Americans United for Change: “Maybe Congressman Boehner should spend a little less time schmoozing with lobbyists on golf courses in Florida and a lot more time talking to his constituents back home about the kind of health insurance reform they are demanding. With 57 percent of Ohioans supporting a public health insurance option, Rep. Boehner’s office must have taken the phone off the hook.”

 

Americans United and Change and ally groups Health Care for America Now, Progress Ohio and others are mobilizing thousands of constituents in Rep. Boehner’s district to call in and log their support for the public option. In addition, in response to Boehner’s remarks that the public option "is about as unpopular as a garlic milkshake,” local Ohioans visited Boehner's West Chester today along with ally groups Health Care for America Now Coalition, Progress Ohio, MoveOn.org, and Center for Community Change to voice their support for a public option and deliver a garlic milkshake.

Click Here for 50 Helpful Facts to Use When Talking to Opponents of Health Insurance Reform

Americans United for Change is a 501c4 issue-advocacy organization, founded in 2005 to help defeat President Bush’s effort to privatize Social Security. Since then, Americans United has waged numerous media campaigns to move forward a progressive agenda in Congress, from expanding children’s health care to millions of kids in need, to ending the war in Iraq, to investing in the clean energy jobs of the future, to passing major health insurance reform that includes a strong public option..

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