Ad Campaign Goes After Democrats Who Voted for Health Care Reform

Democrats on Capitol Hill who voted for health care reform will be targeted in a multimillion dollar ad campaign by a conservative advocacy group.

Revere America's plan was announced Wednesday by former New York Gov. George Pataki, who said the group hoped to spend $5 million to oust Congress members who backed the health care law put into place this year,
The New York Times reported.

Pataki, the group's chairman, did not name specific lawmakers who would be targeted by the ads, but he said at least one would be in his home state, the Times said.

Revere America released an early TV spot called "Defeat Your Congressman." The voiceover calls the new law "Obamacare:"

Government run health care. It's a bad plan Government bureaucrats will benefit. Seniors will get hurt. Costs will go up. Care will go down. Longer waits in doctors' offices. And your right to pick your own physician taken away. It's a plan we didn't want and don't need but he voted for it anyway. Defeat your congressman.

The claim that Americans would not be able to choose their own doctor is false, according to the Times:

While the law would require virtually all Americans to obtain health coverage, it would not dictate which doctors are available. Many health insurance plans require beneficiaries to use doctors and other health care providers who are part of network approved by the insurer, but nothing in the law would force Americans to choose a particular insurer.

Revere America said health care is its focus during the election cycle but that it would advocate for other issues in the future.