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Monday, August 10, 2009

Not to be Louised again....

Let's hope that we don't get Louised again when it comes to health care reform. But did you know that the actress who played Louise in that oh-so-effective 1994 anti-health care reform advertisement was actually for reform...and almost walked off the job when she saw the script she was to perform? At any rate, so reported Judith Warner yesterday on her New York Times blog, titled "Louise’s Second Act":
Fifteen years after she starred in the infamous Harry and Louise ads — the televised spots that are generally credited with having turned the tide of public opinion against Clinton-era health reform — she and Harry are back, angling for a shot at redemption, with a new ad campaign, “Get the Job Done,” in support of the Obama plan.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with Harry in Louise to an extent, yeah we need to eliminate the pre-existing clause on health insurance. We need to make it easier to change insurance between jobs, streamline that.

    I think a way to do that would be to remove health insurance from employment benefits and let us shop around. You get rid of the pre-existing clause then people can shop around for the coverage they can afford.

    Government can subsidize those who cannot afford through a tax break, unemployed can be funded through medicaid or something.

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