$1 million ad campaign attacks government-run healthcare

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Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2009

A conservative group will begin a $1 million television advertising campaign warning Congress not to enact a government-run healthcare plan similar to those in other countries. The ads feature British and Canadian doctors saying the healthcare plans in their countries reduce choices and asserting that patients have died while awaiting care. The ads are funded by Conservatives for Patients' Rights Action Fund.

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