Single Payer Health Care Ads on National Television

Press Conference Wednesday, May 13, 3-4 pm, Room 2203, Rayburn Office Building

WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HealthJustice will introduce
five television ads featuring Mike Farrell (BJ Hunicutt of M*A*S*H, author and
activist) advocating Medicare For All, Everybody In Nobody Out. HealthJustice
produced these ads with Mr. Farrell speaking to doctors and nurses about
single payer Medicare For All health care.

The five ads are showing on national TV, starting with the ad entitled "Don't
Sell Us Short, Mr. President" on Larry King Live and Hardball (first shown
5/2/09.) The ads have continued to play nationwide on BET network, GameShow
network, MSN, CNN and others.

This press event will introduce the ads and the people whose personal
commitment motivates the advocacy of single payer Medicare For All. Mike
Farrell speaks eloquently for human rights with reason and common sense.
Margaret Flowers MD put herself on the line when she demanded a seat at the
table in Senate Finance Committee hearings. Clark Newhall MD JD founded
HealthJustice in January 2009 and pushed hard to produce these ads and air
them in less than three months.

The ads are coordinated with a nationwide calling, emailing and faxing
campaign to Congress and the White House. As of Friday May 8, the coordinated
campaigns have delivered over 25 thousand faxes, 2000 voicemail or live phone
messages and countless emails to Congress and the White House, all advocating
Medicare For All single payer health care. The fax campaign volume
overwhelmed the fax machines in the White House and in the offices of Sen.
Baucus and Speaker Pelosi, causing them all to stop receiving temporarily.
The calling campaign delivered 500 calls to the White House and Sen. Baucus'
office in one morning. The TV advertisements continue to produce an
outpouring of nationwide support for single payer Medicare For All.

The campaigns and the TV ads are funded entirely with donations to
HealthJustice, typically less than $100 each. Seed money came from Physicians
for a National Health Program and from the Leadership Conference for
Guaranteed Health Care.

The ads and all HealthJustice campaigns are at www.1payer.net.

Contact: Clark Newhall of HealthJustice.org
+1-801-860-8274
clark.newhall@health-justice.org

SOURCE HealthJustice.org

Clark Newhall of HealthJustice.org, +1-801-860-8274, or
clark.newhall@health-justice.org