Conservatives for Patients' Rights

Tag line

"Say no to government-run health care."

Ad

In "Drop It," a bureaucrat pops up as a woman meets with her doctor and shakes his head "no" at what the two have decided. A voice warns that proposed changes would let the government make decisions about your health.

Back story

CPR was founded in March by Rick Scott, former CEO of the Columbia/HCA health-care company, which by 2003 had paid the government a total settlement of $1.7 billion for, among other charges, submitting false Medicare claims and paying kickbacks to physicians during Scott's tenure. Scott has contributed $5 million of his own money toward CPR's efforts to oppose government control of health care. It has been widely reported that the PR agency in charge of CPR ads masterminded the 2004 "Swift boat" campaign against John Kerry.