‘Stand Up for Us, Not Big Insurance’
March 12, 2010
With Health Insurance Reform On The 1 Yard-Line in Congress, New National Ad CampaignEncourages African-American Voters to Tell Their U.S. Representative:
‘Stand Up for Us, Not Big Insurance’
Ads from Americans United for Change Part of Massive Coalitional Effort Beating Back Smears and Misinformationfrom Big Insurance and their Allies Spending Millions to Kill Reform and Protect the Status Quo
Click Here to View ‘Make History’
***Click Here to Download Broadcast Quality Version***
Click Here to Listen to Radio Ad “Stand Up for Us”
Washington D.C. – With Congress closer than ever before to passing meaningful health insurance reform, Americans United for Change today announced nearly half a million dollars in TV and radio ads as part of a major coalitional advertising blitz in the home stretch encouraging African-American communities across the country to tell their Members of Congress to stand with them, not the big insurance companies. See scripts below for the ads that will air through March 18th.
Click here to view the new television ad called “Make History” airing nationally on the BET network starting on Saturday:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaaY7Tbaj5A
Click here to listen to the new radio ad called “Stand Up for Us” that will start airing on Monday on Tom Joyner’s nationally syndicated radio program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXC8C1cJp0E
Beginning today, the same radio spot will also air on local stations with predominantly African American listenership in the following media markets: Chicago, Quad Cities, IL; Detroit, MI; Norfolk, VA; St. Louis, MO; Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, OH; Charlotte, Greenville, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Wilmington, NC; Louisville, KY; Pittsburgh, PA; Binghamton, Rochester, NY.
Ø Associated Press, 3/8/10: Poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November
WASHINGTON — About two-thirds of black adults in four states say they are closely following news about the upcoming midterm elections, and between 74 percent and 80 percent say they are very likely to vote, according to the poll, conducted by the nonpartisan Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
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The poll found that the economy and health care reform are the top two issues on black voters' minds heading into the midterm election.
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AUFC Radio Script (:60) – “Stand up for us”
Female Voice Over: Next week, Congress can make history by voting to make health care in America a right. And it’s about time. Insurance rates are exploding…. Some companies are raising rates 39%. And more and more people are losing their insurance coverage. President Obama’s plan would rein insurance rates… prevent the insurance giants from denying coverage when you’re sick. And holding down health care costs will help create jobs. But the insurance giants and using every weapon in their arsenal to block reform. We can’t let them succeed.
President Obama, from March 8 speech at Acadia University, Philadelphia: “I want to spend some time talking about this. The price of health care is one of the most punishing costs for families and for businesses and for our government. It forces small businesses to choose between hiring or health care. It’s plunging the federal government deeper and deeper into debt.”
Female Voice Over: Make your voice heard… call Congress at 202-225-3121. Tell your member of congress to vote yes on health insurance reform. Tell them if they stand up for us…. We got their back.
Paid for by Americans United for Change
Script: TV Ad:
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“Make History” Ad Back-Up Americans United For Change TV (:30)
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ANNCR: Next week, Congress can make history by voting to make health care a right.
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“House Democratic leaders are pushing for a final vote on far-reaching health legislation in the next three weeks, aiming to answer President Barack Obama's call for swift action.” [AP, 3/4/10] |
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ANNCR: President Obama’s plan would rein in exploding insurance rates…
CG: Rein in exploding insurance rates
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“So overall, the bills would mean that more consumers would pay less for their insurance.” [Wall Street Journal, 2/25/10] |
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ANNCR: Prevent the insurance giants from denying coverage when you’re sick…
CG: Don’t let insurance companies drop us when we’re sick
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The Senate health insurance reform bill prohibits insurers from rescinding coverage except in cases of fraud. [Wall Street Journal, 2/23/10] |
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ANNCR: And holding down health care costs will help create jobs.
CG: The President’s health care proposal would save money and create jobs
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Health Care Reform Will Create Up To 4 Million American Jobs In The Next Decade. According to the Center for American Progress, "Relative to baseline employment forecasts from the Employment Projections Program at the U.S. Department of Labor, we estimate that moderate medical savings from health care modernization as envisioned under the legislation now before Congress would lead to an average of 250,000 additional jobs created annually. Under the larger assumption about savings due to health care reform, 400,000 new jobs a year would be created on average." [Center for American Progress, New Jobs Through Better Health Care, January 2010] |
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: The special interests are marshalling their forces for one last fight to save the status quo and we can’t let that happen.
That is why I am asking you to summon the energy and commitment and the drive that has fuel this movement since day 1.
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President Obama addresses Organizing for America [3/5/10] |
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ANNCR: Call Congress to make yourvoice heard now.
CG: 202-225-3121
Paid for by Americans United for Change. |
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