Posted on 11/17/2009 4:47:44 PM PST by Libloather
Secretive front group battles health bill
Americans for Quality and Affordable Healthcare is trying to shape opinion
updated 1:34 p.m. ET, Sun., Nov . 15, 2009
WASHINGTON - One operative tried to enlist trade groups in Maine to oppose government-run health coverage. Another helped a member of a Las Vegas conservative group appear on local talk radio to criticize the proposal. A third persuaded a Louisiana activist to post an opinion piece on a conservative blog.
These below-the-radar activities were the handiwork of a law firm in Charlotte, N.C., that operates a secretive group called Americans for Quality and Affordable Healthcare. The organization's sponsors remain a mystery — its Web site offers no clues, and the law firm won't say.
In a year that has seen hundreds of millions of dollars spent on health care lobbying and TV ads, the advocacy group's impact is hard to gauge since the full scope of its operations is unclear. But its activities illustrate how some are furtively trying to shape public and congressional opinion through front groups — seemingly independent organizations that pursue their founders' goals while masking their identity.
One clue to the mystery group may lie in its goals: to oppose any government-run insurance option, the approach favored by President Barack Obama and most Democrats, and to support requiring all Americans to buy insurance.
Those aims match two of the health insurance industry's top priorities. Several industry officials disavowed any knowledge of the group and said they're not behind it, including the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans, Blue Cross-Blue Shield of North Carolina, and other large national and North Carolina insurers.
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RUSH: There's also this from the AP: "Secretive Front Group Battled Health Bill -- Americans for Quality and Affordable Insurance is trying to shape opinion. One operative tried to enlist trade groups in Maine to oppose government-run health coverage. ... These below-the-radar activities were the handiwork of a law firm in Charlotte, N.C., that operates a secretive group called Americans for Quality and Affordable Healthcare. The organization's sponsors remain a mystery - its Web site offers no clues, and the law firm won't say." Secret group scares AP. How in the hell is this any different than Americans Coming Together or MoveOn.org or ACORN or the freaking unions? Or the secretive George Soros? Or any of the other groups the Democrats have? Somehow when it's against the liberal agenda it's secretive, it's scary! It reeks of swift boaters. I frankly -- and probably a lot of you -- would like to join this secretive group trying to stop this monstrosity. The State-Controlled AP wants us to think there are dark forces working against health care. Dark forces, powerful forces, secretive forces trying to deny you your own coverage!
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_111709/content/01125104.guest.html
Its a vast, right-wing conspiracy!!
The cultural revolution, back in the 1960's, also concocted stories of evil "counter-revolutionaries" working behind the scenes and wrecking utopia for their evil selfish ends.
What they need, to really bring the message home, is opera!
Here's a great Facebook group to join.
Secretive Group? How about We The People who are resisting government-control of our lives from cradle to grave. How is Pelosi’s MengeleCare any different than Hitler’s plan for the final solution? Pelosi et al. want to deny care to the elderly while providing Hospice Care so they what? die more humanely?
Well I didn't know about it.
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