Singers Hijack Health Insurance Conference w/ Musical Protest

by TheCameraObscura | October 24, 2009 at 06:04 pm

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This past summer, angry gun-toting protesters held racists signs and spewed false claims about the public option and President Obama. In contrast, the pro-public option protesters, Wealthcare, held an impromptu musical protest in the middle of a health insurance conference.

During the American Health Insurance Plans’ (AHIP) annual State issues conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Wealthcare members infiltrated the group and interrupted health industry pollster Bill McInturff’s speech with cheers of thanks for his “good work.”

However, kind words floating from the back of the room at the Capitol Hilton Hotel quickly turned into a full-blown musical number thanking the insurers for blocking a public health insurance option, set to the tune of “Tomorrow, Tomorrow” (WATCH THE VIDEO).

The group called its performance “Public Option Annie,” a guerrilla musical.

“The groups Health Care for America Now and MoveOn.org also bombarded the health insurance conference, hosted by America’s Health Insurance Plans, with hundreds of protesters and families with stories of being denied care by the insurance companies,” CBS News reported.