Accomplishments
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June Highlights
A look at Galen Institute activities in June 2010
Impact
While the nation was focused on oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the White House and its allies have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into a public relations blitz to re-educate the American public about ObamaCare.
With our exclusive focus on ObamaCare and health reform, we continue to use every communications tool available to explain the real facts about the effects of this massive health overhaul on the country and our health sector to counteract the massive White House campaign. The public deserves to know what experts are saying about the broken promises of ObamaCare: the soaring budget deficit, rising health costs, higher taxes, and rationing of care.
This report highlights our conferences, speeches, commentaries, media appearances, videos, podcasts, social media, weekly newsletter, videos, and other communication work in June to spread our message to the public. We simply cannot cede the battlefield to the White House and its allies. Rest assured, we are staying in this fight until we get to the right kind of health reform that puts doctors and patients, not government bureaucrats, in charge of health care decisions.
Publications and Productions
Commentaries by Grace-Marie were published by eight news outlets during June, reaching an audience of more than three million. These commentaries included:
We produced three original Galen videos featuring Grace-Marie explaining ObamaCare’s 1099 tax requirement, ObamaCare’s new job-killing regulations, and the real impact of ObamaCare.
We wrote and distributed four editions of our newsletter, Health Policy Matters: Consumerism in Europe; Re-education Camp; Bureaucratic Nightmare; and ObamaCare's Catch 22.
In the Media
Radio Grace-Marie was interviewed by radio hosts across the country to provide her insight and analysis of the serious problems already bedeviling ObamaCare:
- WCIT-AM, Lima, OH: Grace-Marie was a guest on the Talk with Ron Williams Show on June 1.
- K-State Radio Network, Manhattan, KS: Grace-Marie was interviewed by Professor Richard Baker host of Perspective, on June 1.
- Dateline: Washington, Nationally Syndicated: Grace-Marie spoke with host Greg Corombos on June 7.
- America Family News Network, Nationally Syndicated: Grace-Marie spoke with host Bill Bumpas on June 9.
- City on a Hill, Nationally Syndicated: Grace-Marie was interviewed by host Diana Crews on June 14.
- WRVA-AM, Richmond, VA: Grace-Marie was a guest on Richmond's Morning News with Jimmy Barrett on June 15.
- KMPB-FM, Dillon, CO: Grace-Marie was a guest on Murray in the Morning on June 16.
- WBT-AM, Charlotte, NC: Grace-Marie was interviewed by host Pete Kaliner on June 17.
Print & Web We gave interviews to Reason, The Daily Caller, Newsday and the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, among other news outlets this month.
Speeches & Events
- Grace-Marie gave an issue briefing on ObamaCare and the impact on the states to state legislators and state legislative candidates at the 3rd Annual GOPAC State and Local Summit, "Conservative Solutions for Growing Our Economy," in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 18.
- On June 21, we hosted "Fighting Back Against ObamaCare," a conference call for physicians featuring Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, who described his work in revealing the true costs and consequences of the health overhaul law. We also heard from Michelle Dimarob of the National Federation of Independent Business, who updated us on what millions of small businesses are doing to fight back and protect themselves from the costs and avalanche of regulations to come.
- The Cato Institute was our co-host for "How Will ObamaCare Affect Young Adults?" a student forum to discuss the impact of new taxes and regulations created by the health overhaul law, with speakers Grace-Marie Turner, Kellyanne Conway, Michael Cannon, and Sloane Frost, in Washington, DC, on June 24.
- Grace-Marie participated in a point/counterpoint debate on health reform with Harvard Professor David Cutler at the 2010 Health Meeting of the Society of Actuaries in Orlando, Florida, on June 28.
New Media
We unveiled a redesign of our Health Reform Hub website at the end of June. The Health Reform Hub continues to function as a key site for health reform information and analysis.
Our social media following on Facebook and Twitter continues to grow as more people look to us to find out how ObamaCare is and will be impacting them.
Additional Activities
- Grace-Marie attended "Health Reform 2010: What Went Right, What Went Wrong, and What Next?" hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Washington, DC, on June 1.
- Grace-Marie met with top Senate staffers on June 4 to discuss next steps in public education efforts about ObamaCare.
- Galen Institute Communications Director Jeff Lungren and Deputy Communications Director Andrew Palczewski attended a Congressional Health Care Caucus event featuring Gov. Mitch Daniels in Washington, DC, on June 8.
- Grace-Marie participated in a virtual briefing on National and State Vaccine Policy to discuss the role of scientific data in public perception of vaccines and the importance of continued innovation in vaccines on June 9.
- Grace-Marie met with Jeff Anderson, director of the Benjamin Rush Society in Washington, DC, on June 15.
- Grace-Marie and Galen Institute Coalitions Coordinator Sterling Meyers attended the luncheon keynote given by Gov. Mitch Daniels at the AEI event, "Health Care Reform: An Initial Checkup," in Washington, DC, on June 15.
- Grace-Marie attended a reception at the Kennedy Center for recipients of the 2010 Bradley Prizes awarded by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Washington, DC, on June 16.
- Grace-Marie met with Todd Berkley, HSA business leader at OptumHealth Financial, in Washington, DC, on June 17.
- Grace-Marie spoke with Charlie Kenny of Right Brain People and Connie Marshner of the American Family Business Institute on June 21 about efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
- Grace-Marie participated in a conference call hosted by the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage about grandfathered plans on June 21.
- Grace-Marie participated in the Council on Foreign Relations roundtable, "Aging and the Public Fisc: 21st-Century Public Policy Reforms for G20 Nations," in Washington, DC, on June 22.
- Grace-Marie attended the American Enterprise Institute event, "Comparative Effectiveness Research: One Size Does Not Fit All," in Washington, DC, on June 23.
- Grace-Marie participated in a public policy luncheon to discuss next steps the health policy debate in Washington, DC, on June 23.
- Grace-Marie attended a reception hosted by the National Review Institute in Washington, DC, on June 30.
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