Today, the 60 Plus Association released a new TV ad targeting the Democrat Congress’ plan to cut Medicare by half a trillion dollars, and announced a phone call campaign into the districts of 78 Members of the House of Representatives.
The ad features members of our Greatest Generation begging Congress not to cut Medicare to pay for health care reform. The 30 second TV ad begins running nationally on cable today. See the ad at www.60plus.org.
The phone calls target Members of the House of Representatives and urge concerned citizens to call their Member and urge them not to cut Medicare.
“This bill adds 111 entitlements and the only one it cuts is Medicare, how is this fair to our greatest generation? Seniors have already lost their Social Security COLA and now Speaker Pelosi wants to cut Medicare, too. As yesterday’s elections prove, seniors are upset. Seniors are taking a stand and say ‘Don’t cut our Medicare,'” said Jim Martin, president of 60 Plus.
Titled “Enough — Congress” the ad highlights seniors speaking in their own words to the fact that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid want to cut up to $500 billion from Medicare. This could mean life-saving drugs could be withheld and seniors could even be prevented from seeing their own doctors.
The ad ends with a senior stating “Don’t make us pay for health care reform by cutting Medicare. We’ve sacrificed enough.”
The 30 second ad began running today. A full transcript of the ad can be found below.
SCRIPT: VIDEO~AUDIO
American Flag B-Roll~(Music Up and Under)
SUPER:~ANNOUNCER:
Seniors Have Sacrificed~Seniors have sacrificed
Great Depression B-Roll~SENIOR:
Senior on camera~We survived the Great Depression
D-Day B-Roll~SENIOR:
Senior on camera~And landed at Normandy on D-Day.
Pelosi and Reid Images/Capitol~ANNOUNCER:
Image/Doctor B-Roll~But now, some in Washington want
SUPER:~up to $500 billion in Medicare
Plans to Cut up to $500 Billion~cuts to pay for a plan that could
from Medicare~lead to a government takeover of
CITE:~health care.
Washington Post, 7/16/09; PBS,
9/28/09
Seniors B-Roll/Prescription Drugs~Treatments and potentially life-
B-Roll~saving drugs could be withheld
SUPER:
Treatments and Potentially Life-
Saving Drugs Could Be Withheld
Senior with doctor B-Roll~And seniors could even lose their own doctors.
SUPER:
Seniors Could Lose Their Own
Doctors
CITE:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services Report, 10/21/09
New York Times, 4/2/09
Senior on camera SENIOR:
GRAPHIC:~Don’t make us pay for health
Call Congress:~care reform by cutting Medicare.
Don’t Pay For Health Care Reform~We’ve sacrificed enough.
By Cutting Medicare
(202) 225-3121
www.60Plus.org
DISCLAIMER:
PAID FOR BY 60 PLUS ASSOCIATION
The 60 Plus Association is a 17-year-old nonpartisan organization working for death tax repeal, saving Social Security, affordable prescription drugs, lowering energy costs and other issues featuring a less government, less taxes approach. 60 Plus calls on support from nearly 5.5 million citizen activists. 60 Plus publishes a magazine, SENIOR VOICE, and a Scorecard, bestowing awards on lawmakers of both parties who vote “pro-senior.” 60 Plus has been called, “an increasingly influential senior citizen’s group” and since 1992 “the conservative alternative to the AARP.”
