NRCC is luring doctors to oppose reform by pretending to ‘honor’ them

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



NRCC is luring doctors to oppose reform by pretending to ‘honor’ them.

The Wonk Room has learned that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is engaged in a misleading campaign to trick physicians into opposing health care reform. The NRCC has been placing calls and sending “hand-written” faxes to physicians across the country to ostensibly recognize physicians for their “invaluable experience” and ask recipients to call a toll-free number and approve a press release “to honor the achievements of you and other concerned physicians like you.” The missive invites doctors to “represent” their state “as a consultant on Rep. Tom Price’s (R-GA) ‘Physicians’ Council for Responsible Reform,’” but a call to the “Council” suggests that the NRCC’s real goal is to scare physicians and add legitimacy to Republican efforts to stall reform. (Download a copy of the letter HERE.) Listen to the call: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/31/price-nrcc-physicians/


Rather than seeking “critical input” or “guidance” from doctors “who are respected by their peers”, the “Council” warns doctors about the “very real threat of Washington interfering even more with doctor’s efforts to provide the best possible care for their patients” and explains that the physicians on the Council have already agreed to “a free market type thing.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/31/price-nrcc-physicians/

[Laelth]

1. Very interesting. k&r n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[KT2000]

2. Any doctor who cannot see through

this must be pretty weak already.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Didn't Tom Delay pull that shit all the time?

Just wondering..

[PA Democrat]

4. Yes, his people would call and say that Delay wanted to give you an award

for being a successful small businessperson. My husband got a call from someone on his staff with this wonderful "offer". I talked to the staffer and found out it is nothing but a fund raising scam because you are asked to kick in some money (IIRC the amount was over $1,000) to attend a special award dinner and ceremony.

I played them along to get more info because I knew it was really fishy. My husband and I are both life-long Democrats and a simple search would have shown that all of our campaign contributions have been to Democrats.