Physicians' Council for Responsible Reform
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The Physicians' Council for Responsible Reform is an advocacy group in the United States which opposes proposed legislation
which would change health care funding.
According to its own website, the council seeks "to defeat Members of Congress who support 'ObamaCare
' in the upcoming 2010 elections
." The group, created by U.S. Representative Tom Price as a front for the National Republican Congressional Committee
(NRCC), solicits medical doctors throughout the U.S. for donations, by sending faxes and letters containing different lists of 100 names of doctors, implying to the target of the correspondence that the other named doctors have already chosen to join the council. However, the names of doctors are used without their permission. Since June 2009, the NRCC has raised more than $1.2 million this way, and smaller news outlets have run articles claiming their local doctors are among only 100 individuals chosen to "serve" on the council.
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
The proposed America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 was an unsuccessful bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 14, 2009. The bill was introduced during the first session of the 111th Congress as part of an effort of the Democratic Party leadership to enact health...
which would change health care funding.
According to its own website, the council seeks "to defeat Members of Congress who support 'ObamaCare
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
The proposed America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 was an unsuccessful bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 14, 2009. The bill was introduced during the first session of the 111th Congress as part of an effort of the Democratic Party leadership to enact health...
' in the upcoming 2010 elections
United States elections, 2010
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate were contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial...
." The group, created by U.S. Representative Tom Price as a front for the National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
The National Republican Congressional Committee is the Republican Hill committee which works to elect Republicans to the United States House of Representatives....
(NRCC), solicits medical doctors throughout the U.S. for donations, by sending faxes and letters containing different lists of 100 names of doctors, implying to the target of the correspondence that the other named doctors have already chosen to join the council. However, the names of doctors are used without their permission. Since June 2009, the NRCC has raised more than $1.2 million this way, and smaller news outlets have run articles claiming their local doctors are among only 100 individuals chosen to "serve" on the council.