WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, FreedomWorks announced the launch of a new TV ad and
district-targeted digital advocacy ads as part of their campaign calling on Republicans in
Congress not to settle for surprise billing proposals that include government-set rates and
would put America on a path toward a government-run single-payer system such as “Medicare
for all.”
The TV ad declaring a “new strain of ‘Medicare for All’ has been discovered on Capitol Hill in
the GOP surprise billing proposal” highlights Sen. Lamar Alexander’s (R-Tenn.) Lower Health
Care Costs Act, S. 1895, and urges viewers to call their representatives in Congress and tell
them “we can’t afford government price controls.” The 30-second spot, titled “Outbreak,” is
airing now in the Senator’s home state on cable and broadcast stations in Nashville and
Knoxville and is available to view here.
Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks President, commented: “An arbitration backstop would do