TV Message to Sen. Obama from Nurses, Doctors: Single-Payer Reform Only Cure for Rising Healthcare Costs

Despite increasing premiums, high deductibles “and all the co-pays, still the insurance companies fight us over every penny.”

“We need real leadership,” the woman tells Sen. Obama. “It’s not good enough just to be better than the Republicans on this.”

Created by Bill Hillsman and North Woods Advertising, the ad can be seen on YouTube or at PNHP.org. More information is also available at GuaranteedHealthcare.org. The ads coincide with appearances of the Democratic presidential candidates in Iowa this week, culminating in a debate Sunday on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

In frequent comments, Sen. Obama has verbally chastised the insurance and drug companies, yet his healthcare plan “fails to rein in the healthcare industry pricing practices that have put so many American families at financial and health risk,” says CNA/NNOC President Deborah Burger, RN.